Ivy was born at Hermannsburg in 1952, the daughter of well-known watercolour artist Edwin Pareroultja. Ivy’s father and his two brothers Reuben and Otto were part of the original Hermannsburg Watercolour movement and were all skilled watercolour artists. As a young woman, Ivy learnt to paint in this style and developed a gift for watercolour landscapes.
Ivy moved to Alice Springs in 1994 and continues to paint in the tradition of her father and uncles. Her work uses bold colours successfully creating emotive depictions of the Central Desert landscape.
Ivy’s work is extremely popular and has been acquired by institutions such as the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory.

Projects and Prizes:

• 2011 – 2014 The Namatjira Play, Big hart production
• 2014 Public Art, Mural at the Alice Plaza, Alice Springs
• 2014 31st Telstra Prize, Knara Nunaka Tjurretja – Our Big Country: The West MacDonnell Ranges, Highly commended
• 2014 Featured artist, Dobell Art Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
• 2015 Tjukurpa Diary’s Cover, IAD Press
• 2016 Parrtjima, Festival of Light, Alice Springs (Ground projection)
• Featured artist at the Enough is Enough drink drive campaign, MACC

Group exhibitions

• 2023
  Belonging / Tjoritjarinja, Ngununggula Regional Gallery Southern Highlands, Bowral NSW
• 2020
  Homeless on my Homeland, NIRIN 22nd Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
• 2019
  Tjina Nurna-ka, Pmarra Nurn-kanha, Itla Itla Nurn-kanha (Our family, our country, our legacy), Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide SA
• 2017
  Tjuritja Nana Mara to Paris (From the good Tjuritja to Paris), IDAIA , Paris , France
• 2017
  Pmara Nurnakanha Parta-Kurta,, Wooloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
• 2016
  Abducted! Alcaston Gallery,, Melbourne, VIC2017 ArtGeo Complex Exhibition, Busselton, WA
• 2015
  Kinship, In the footsteps of Namatjira,, Moree, NSW
• 2015
  A Hermannsburg Christmas,, Redot Gallery, Singapore
• 2015
  Hermannsburg Horizons,, Wooloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
• 2014
  Country in Colour,, AIATSIS, Canberra, ACT
• 2014
  Namatjira to Now,, Parliament House, Canberra, ACT
• 2014
  Women Artists of the Hermannsburg School of Art,, The Residency, Alice Springs, NT
• 2014
  Regeneration,, Metropolic Gallery, Geelong, VIC
• 2014
  RightNow,, Boomalli, Sydney, NSW
• 2014
  Five Generations: The Strength of Namatjira’s Legacy,, Araluen Galleries, NT
• 2013
  Macquarie University Art Gallery,, Sydney, NSW
• 2013
  Living Watercolours,, Southbank Centre, London
• 2013
  Contemporary Aboriginal Art From Australia,, Château de l’Etang, Paris
• 2012
  Frankston Arts Centre,, Frankston, VIC
• 2012
  Perc Tucker Regional Gallery,, Townsville, NT
• 2012
  Adelaide Festival Centre,, Adelaide, SA
• 2012
  Art Mob,, Hobart, TAS
• 2012
  Regional Art Gallery,, Burnie, TAS
• 2012
  Damian Minton Gallery,, Sydney, NSW
• 2011
  The University Gallery,, Newcastle
• 2011
  Alcaston Gallery,, Melbourne
• 2011
  Chapman Gallery,, Canberra
• 2010
  World Vision,, Sydney
• 2010
  Damien Minton Gallery,, Sydney
• 2009
  The Watercolourists of Central Australia,, Indigenart, Melbourne
• 2009
  Beyond Batterby, Recent Watercolour by Central Australian Artists,, Hobart
• 2009
  Real to Surreal, Scenes from the Centre: Journey with the new Generation of Hermannsburg Watercolour Artists,, Tandanya Adelaide
• 2009
  Telstra Art Awards,, Darwin, Northern Territory
• 2009
  Art Gallery of NSW
• 2008
  Indigenart,, Subiaco WA
• 2008
  The Namatjira circle-landscapes of Central Australia,, Birrung Gallery, Sydney
• 2007
  Advocate Art Award,, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs
• 2006
  Hermannsburg School of Art – Watercolour Exhibition,, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs
• 2003
  Desert Mob,, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs

Collections

• 2011 National Gallery of Australia (NGA), Canberra, ACT
• 2012 Art Gallery of NSW (AGNSW), Sydney, NSW
• Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs, NT
• Museum & Art Gallery of NT, Darwin, NT
• 2018 Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA), Adelaide, SA
• 2014 Art Gallery of NSW (AGNSW), Sydney, NSW
• 2017 Queensland Art Gallery Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), Brisbane, QLD
• 2010 Flinders University Art Museum (FUMA), Adelaide SA
• 2016 Artbank, Office for the Arts, Sydney, NSW