Imiyari Adamson is part of the art centre Ernabella Arts.
Imiyari was born in Ernabella in 1954. She has been coming to the art centre since she was a young woman and she has worked across many different mediums over the years. Imiyari is an accomplished batik artist, tjanpi weaver, an expert mukata (beanie) maker as well as being a painter. She is the mother of Priscilla and Sandra Adamson, who are up and coming artists, and aunt of emerging break through artist Tjulyata Kulyuru. Imiyari has works in the collections of the National Museum of Australia and the National Museum of Scotland.
Imiyari is a highly respected senior artist and community elder. She has been an Ernabella Arts Board member in 2022, 2023 and 2024.
Collections:
- National Museum of Australia, ACT
- National Gallery of Australia, ACT
- National Gallery of Victoria, VIC
- Art Gallery of South Australia, SA
- National Museum of Scotland, Scotland
Selected Group exhibitions:
- 2024 – NGURRA – Painting Country / Peindre nos Terres, IDAIA, Paris, France
- 2023 – Songlines. Centres d’art du désert australien., IDAIA, Ambassade d’Australie, Paris, France
- 2017 – Aboriginal Signature • Estrangin gallery, Bruxelles, BELGIUM – Inuntjii – Regeneration
- 2017 – Outstation Gallery, Darwin, NT – Rising Star
Awards:
- 2012 – Finalist, Togart Contemporary Art Award
SOURCE: Ernabella Arts