Maisie Bundey Petyarre Biography and CV
DATE OF BIRTH: 1949
REGION: Utopia
LANGUAGE GROUP: Eastern Anmatyerre
Maisie Bundey, intermittently painting for Delmore Gallery since 1989, has always strived to have a different style to others who paint the same country and story. Her work is linked in style to her foundational experience in making batik, and the fluid and colourful liberation that this technique allows. The low incidence of dotting within her work is her most defining characteristic and allows for unique depictions of plants and ceremonies that are significant to her. Maisie works by layering colours varying from fuchsia pinks to pastels, developing her own textured, magnified interpretation of the yam seed (kame), and women's ceremonial body paint (awelye). Her "Bush Tucker" works are painted versions of the classic Utopia batik style and are from the perspective of looking down at a ground covered in growth, with significant foods to gather and celebrate.
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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2016 Utopia Sisters - The Petyarre Women, Delmore Gallery with RedSea Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
EXHIBITION OF BATIK SILKS
1988 Time Before Time, Austral Gallery, St Louis, USA
1988 Painting and Batik from the Desert, Utopia Art, Sydney, NSW
1988 Utopia Batik, Craft Council Gallery, Canberra, ACT
1988 Utopia Batik, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, QLD
1987 Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, WA
1987 Darwin Museum Gallery, Darwin, NT
1987 Yirrkala Community Centre, Northern Territory
1987 Jogyakarta Fine Art Academy, Indonesia
1987 Sydney Expo, Craft Council Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1987 The Araluen Centre, Alice Springs, NT
1986 Craft Council Gallery, Canberra, ACT
1986 Bundaberg Art Gallery, Queensland
1986 The Araluen Centre, Springs Craft Festival, Alice Springs, NT
1985 Black Women in Focus, Adelaide Festival, Adelaide, SA
1985 Burnie Gallery, Tasmania
1985 Tasmanian Craft Gallery, Hobart, TAS
1984 Craft Council Gallery, Canberra, ACT
1984 Queensland University Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
1984 Fireworks Gallery, Adelaide, SA
1984 Sydney Craft Expo, Sydney, NSW
1984 Darwin Craft Council Gallery, Darwin, NT
1984 The Araluen Centre, Alice Springs, NT
1983 Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, SA
1983 Alice Springs Craft Council, Alice Springs, NT
1982 Sydney Craft Expo, Sydney, NSW
1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games Exhibition, Brisbane, QLD
1981 Floating Forests of Silks - Utopia Batik from the Desert, Adelaide Festival Centre, SA
1980 Artworks, Alice Springs, NT
