Born in 1954, Gwenda was Albert Namatjira’s granddaughter and came from a large family of artists. She was the daughter of artists Oscar and Desma and the sister of Lenie, Regie, Albert Junior and Rosabelle. Gwenda died in June 2017.
Gwenda painted in a naive style with delicate soft colours. She primarily painted her home country of Arreyonga and the surrounding areas.
Gwenda is part of the art centre Iltja Ntjarra Many Hands Art Centre.
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Temps forts de sa carrière / Career highlights
Collections / Collections
- Queensland Art Gallery│Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
- National Museum of Australia (NMA), Canberra
Projets spéciaux / Special projects
- 2014 Public Art, fresque d’Alice Plaza, Alice Springs / Public Art, mural at the Alice Plaza, Alice Springs
- 2011–2014 The Namatjira Play, pièce produite par Big hArt / The Namatjira Play, Big hArt production
Expositions, florilège / Selected exhibitions
- 2016 UNALIENABLE, Sullivan + Strumpf Gallery, Sydney
- 2015 Desert Mob, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs
- 2014 Women Artists of the Hermannsburg School of Art, The Residency, Alice Springs
- 2014 Five Generations: The Strength of Namatjira’s Legacy, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs