Susan Pitjara Hunter
About
Skin: Pitjara (also spelt Petyarre)
Language Group: Alyawarr
Region: Atnwengerrp, Utopia region, NT
Dreaming: Red bud mallee, Grevillea, awelye (the painted designs on the body, and the ceremonial teachings through painting, song, dance and totems)
Susan's Story
Born in 1966 into the Alyawarr tribe, Susan Pitjara Hunter is the younger sister of artists Annie, Jessie and Sandy. Susan lives at the outstation of Atnwengerrp, in the Utopia region north east of Alice Springs.
Susan Pitjara Hunter is one of the most gifted artists of this region. She has always had a deep sense of belonging to her country and has remained steadfastly a bush woman.
Her meticulous execution of her dreamings and awelye is rendered with extreme care and respect for her subject matter.
Collections
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Robert Holmes a Court Collection, Perth
National Gallery of Victoria
Exhibitions
1989 - A Myriad of Dreaming. Twentieth Century Aboriginal Art, Westpac Gallery, Melbourne
1989 - Utopia Women's Paintings, the First Works on Canvas, A Summer Project, 1988-89, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney.
1989-91 - Utopia - A Picture Story, Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide
1990 - Utopia - A Picture Story, an exhibition of 88 works on silk from the Holmes a Court Collection by Utopia artists which toured Eire & Scotland.
1991, 92,93,94,96 - Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs,NT
1997 - Geschichtenbilder, Aboriginal Art Gallery Bahr, Speyer, Germany
1999 - Aboriginal Art - Australien heute, Deutsche Welle, Koln, Germany (in co-operation with the Aboriginal Art Gallery Bahr, Speyer)
1999 - Australie – Art, Arts d'Australie • Stephane Jacob / J.L. Amsler - Bastille, Paris.
2004 - Bilderwelten in Utopia. Holzschnitte und Gemaelde vom Aborigines, Staedtisches Kunstmuseum Spendhaus Reutlingen, Kunstmuseum Bayreuth, Deutschland (in Kooperation mit Aboriginal Art Galerie Bahr, Speyer)
2006 - Senior Women of Utopia, GalleryG, Brisbane
2006 - Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
2007 - Standing on Ceremony, Tandanya Cultural Institute, Adelaide
2007 - Patterns of Power, Art from the Eastern Desert, Simmer on the Bay Gallery, Sydney
2007 - Eastern Desert Dreaming - Artists from Utopia, GalleryG, Brisbane
2007 – Eastern Desert Song, Brush with Art Festival, Prairie Hotel, Parachilna, South Australia
2008 - Power of Place, Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute Inc., Adelaide
2008 – Yurlunggurr Art, From the Desert to the Sea, Brisbane
2009 - Aboriginal art in Korea, Gong Pyeong Art Space, Seoul, Korea
2009 – Brush With Art, Prairie Hotel, Parachilna, South Australia
2010 – May The Utopia Story, Australasian Arts Projects, Singapore
2010 – Aboriginal Artists in London June 11 - 13, London, UK
2010 - Western and Eastern Desert Art, Stockman’s Hall of Fame, Longreach, Queensland
2010 – The Utopia Story, Australasian Arts Projects, Singapore
2011 –Desert Icons, Australasian Arts Projects, Singapore
2011 - Utopian Aboriginal Art, Without Pier Art Gallery, Melbourne
2011 – Desert Visions, Prairie Hotel, Parachilna, South Australia
2012 - Prairie Hotel, Parachilna, South Australia
2012 - Belongings - Australasian Arts Projects Gallery, 303 Tanglin Road Singapore
2014 – Indigenous Group Show, Without Pier Art Gallery, Melbourne
2014: Senior Women From Camel Camp, London, UK
2015 –Wimbledon Fine Art Exhibition, Wimbledon Village, London, UK
2016 – Richmond Hill Gallery, London, UK
2017 - Prairie Hotel, Parachilna, South Australia
2018 - Indigenous Group Show, Without Pier Art Gallery, Melbourne
2018 - Prairie Hotel, Parachilna, South Australia
2019 - Prairie Hotel, Parachilna, South Australia
2020 - Richmond Hill Gallery, London, UK
2020 - 2024 Prairie Hotel, Parachilna, South Australia
Artworks
A collection of Susan’s artworks below.
