The 21st Biennale of Sydney, MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART Yarrenyty Arltere Artists Yarrenyty Arltere Artists - The 21st Biennale of Sydney, MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
The 21st Biennale of Sydney, MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART 2018
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The 21st Biennale of Sydney, MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART2018
The 21st Biennale of Sydney, MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART Yarrenyty Arltere Artists Yarrenyty Arltere Artists - The 21st Biennale of Sydney, MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
The 21st Biennale of Sydney, MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART 2018
The 21st Biennale of Sydney, MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ARTYarrenyty Arltere ArtistsThe 21st Biennale of Sydney, MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
The 21st Biennale of Sydney, MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART2018
'ART OF WOMEN' INSTALLATION VIEW Yarrenyty Arltere Artists Yarrenyty Arltere Artists - 'ART OF WOMEN' INSTALLATION VIEW
'ART OF WOMEN' INSTALLATION VIEW 2020
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'ART OF WOMEN' INSTALLATION VIEW2020
Man Beth Ebatarinja Beth Ebatarinja - Man
Beth Ebatarinja
Man 2019
ManBeth EbatarinjaMan
Beth Ebatarinja
Man2019
woollen blanket, knitting wool, cotton, metal stand
63 x 33 x 6 cm
$990  ENQUIRE
Tjikamata (front) Rhonda Sharpe Rhonda Sharpe - Tjikamata (front)
Rhonda Sharpe
Tjikamata (front) 2024
Tjikamata (front)Rhonda SharpeTjikamata (front)
Rhonda Sharpe
Tjikamata (front)2024
woollen blanket, knitting wool, cotton, metal stand
31 x 50 x 11 cm
SOLD 
Tjikamata (back) Rhonda Sharpe Rhonda Sharpe - Tjikamata (back)
Rhonda Sharpe
Tjikamata (back) 2024
Tjikamata (back)Rhonda SharpeTjikamata (back)
Rhonda Sharpe
Tjikamata (back)2024
woollen blanket, knitting wool, cotton, metal stand
31 x 50 x 11 cm
SOLD 
Woman with Cooloman full of Bush Foods, Ready for Sharing (front) Rhonda Sharpe Rhonda Sharpe - Woman with Cooloman full of Bush Foods, Ready for Sharing (front)
Rhonda Sharpe
Woman with Cooloman full of Bush Foods, Ready for Sharing (front) 2023
Woman with Cooloman full of Bush Foods, Ready for Sharing (front)Rhonda SharpeWoman with Cooloman full of Bush Foods, Ready for Sharing (front)
Rhonda Sharpe
Woman with Cooloman full of Bush Foods, Ready for Sharing (front)2023
woollen blanket, knitting wool, cotton, metal stand
45 x 38 x 14 cm
$3,800  ENQUIRE
Woman with Cooloman full of Bush Foods, Ready for Sharing (back) Rhonda Sharpe Rhonda Sharpe - Woman with Cooloman full of Bush Foods, Ready for Sharing (back)
Rhonda Sharpe
Woman with Cooloman full of Bush Foods, Ready for Sharing (back) 2023
Woman with Cooloman full of Bush Foods, Ready for Sharing (back)Rhonda SharpeWoman with Cooloman full of Bush Foods, Ready for Sharing (back)
Rhonda Sharpe
Woman with Cooloman full of Bush Foods, Ready for Sharing (back)2023
woollen blanket, knitting wool, cotton, metal stand
45 x 38 x 14 cm
$3,800  ENQUIRE
Echidna (front) Beth Ebatarinja Beth Ebatarinja - Echidna (front)
Beth Ebatarinja
Echidna (front) 2024
Echidna (front)Beth EbatarinjaEchidna (front)
Beth Ebatarinja
Echidna (front)2024
woollen blanket, knitting wool, cotton, metal stand
37 x 60 x 46 cm
$3,200  ENQUIRE
Echidna (back) Beth Ebatarinja Beth Ebatarinja - Echidna (back)
Beth Ebatarinja
Echidna (back) 2024
Echidna (back)Beth EbatarinjaEchidna (back)
Beth Ebatarinja
Echidna (back)2024
woollen blanket, knitting wool, cotton, metal stand
37 x 60 x 46 cm
$3,200  ENQUIRE
Rooster (front) Roxanne Petrick Roxanne Petrick - Rooster (front)
Roxanne Petrick
Rooster (front) 2023
Rooster (front)Roxanne PetrickRooster (front)
Roxanne Petrick
Rooster (front)2023
woollen blanket, knitting wool, cotton, metal stand
50 x 35 x 12 cm
$2,800  ENQUIRE
Rooster (back) Roxanne Petrick Roxanne Petrick - Rooster (back)
Roxanne Petrick
Rooster (back) 2023
Rooster (back)Roxanne PetrickRooster (back)
Roxanne Petrick
Rooster (back)2023
woollen blanket, knitting wool, cotton, metal stand
50 x 35 x 12 cm
$2,800  ENQUIRE
Pussycat (front) Louise Robertson Louise Robertson - Pussycat (front)
Louise Robertson
Pussycat (front) 2024
Pussycat (front)Louise RobertsonPussycat (front)
Louise Robertson
Pussycat (front)2024
woollen blanket, knitting wool, cotton, metal stand
36 x 60 x 14 cm
$3,200  ENQUIRE
Pussycat (back) Louise Robertson Louise Robertson - Pussycat (back)
Louise Robertson
Pussycat (back) 2024
Pussycat (back)Louise RobertsonPussycat (back)
Louise Robertson
Pussycat (back)2024
woollen blanket, knitting wool, cotton, metal stand
36 x 60 x 14 cm
$3,200  ENQUIRE
Bird (front) Beth Ebatarinja Beth Ebatarinja - Bird (front)
Beth Ebatarinja
Bird (front) 2024
Bird (front)Beth EbatarinjaBird (front)
Beth Ebatarinja
Bird (front)2024
woollen blanket, knitting wool, cotton, metal stand
47 x 30 x 10 cm
$2,200  ENQUIRE
Bird (back) Beth Ebatarinja Beth Ebatarinja - Bird (back)
Beth Ebatarinja
Bird (back) 2024
Bird (back)Beth EbatarinjaBird (back)
Beth Ebatarinja
Bird (back)2024
woollen blanket, knitting wool, cotton, metal stand
47 x 30 x 10 cm
$2,200  ENQUIRE
Bird (front) Trudy Raggett Trudy Raggett - Bird (front)
Trudy Raggett
Bird (front) 2024
Bird (front)Trudy RaggettBird (front)
Trudy Raggett
Bird (front)2024
woollen blanket, knitting wool, cotton, feathers, metal stand
37 x 24 x 9 cm
$2,200  ENQUIRE
Bird (back) Trudy Raggett Trudy Raggett - Bird (back)
Trudy Raggett
Bird (back) 2024
Bird (back)Trudy RaggettBird (back)
Trudy Raggett
Bird (back)2024
woollen blanket, knitting wool, cotton, feathers, metal stand
37 x 24 x 9 cm
$2,200  ENQUIRE
Thepa (bird) (back) Marlene Rubuntja Marlene Rubuntja - Thepa (bird) (back)
Marlene Rubuntja
Thepa (bird) (back) 2024
Thepa (bird) (back)Marlene RubuntjaThepa (bird) (back)
Marlene Rubuntja
Thepa (bird) (back)2024
woollen blanket, knitting wool, cotton, metal stand
47 x 38 x 12 cm
$2,800  ENQUIRE
Thepa (bird) (front) Marlene Rubuntja Marlene Rubuntja - Thepa (bird) (front)
Marlene Rubuntja
Thepa (bird) (front) 2024
Thepa (bird) (front)Marlene RubuntjaThepa (bird) (front)
Marlene Rubuntja
Thepa (bird) (front)2024
woollen blanket, knitting wool, cotton, metal stand
47 x 38 x 12 cm
$2,800  ENQUIRE
Kurrkurrka (owl) (front) Rhonda Sharpe Rhonda Sharpe - Kurrkurrka (owl) (front)
Rhonda Sharpe
Kurrkurrka (owl) (front) 2024
Kurrkurrka (owl) (front)Rhonda SharpeKurrkurrka (owl) (front)
Rhonda Sharpe
Kurrkurrka (owl) (front)2024
woollen blanket, knitting wool, cotton, metal stand
29 x 18 x 9 cm
$1,800  ENQUIRE
Kurrkurrka (owl) (back) Rhonda Sharpe Rhonda Sharpe - Kurrkurrka (owl) (back)
Rhonda Sharpe
Kurrkurrka (owl) (back) 2024
Kurrkurrka (owl) (back)Rhonda SharpeKurrkurrka (owl) (back)
Rhonda Sharpe
Kurrkurrka (owl) (back)2024
woollen blanket, knitting wool, cotton, metal stand
29 x 18 x 9 cm
$1,800  ENQUIRE
Pussycat (front) Rhonda Sharpe Rhonda Sharpe - Pussycat (front)
Rhonda Sharpe
Pussycat (front) 2024
Pussycat (front)Rhonda SharpePussycat (front)
Rhonda Sharpe
Pussycat (front)2024
woollen blanket, knitting wool, cotton, metal stand
20 x 35 x 10 cm
$2,500  ENQUIRE
Pussycat (back) Rhonda Sharpe Rhonda Sharpe - Pussycat (back)
Rhonda Sharpe
Pussycat (back) 2024
Pussycat (back)Rhonda SharpePussycat (back)
Rhonda Sharpe
Pussycat (back)2024
woollen blanket, knitting wool, cotton, metal stand
20 x 35 x 20 cm
$2,500  ENQUIRE
Self Portrait (front) Marlene Rubuntja Marlene Rubuntja - Self Portrait (front)
Marlene Rubuntja
Self Portrait (front) 2024
Self Portrait (front)Marlene RubuntjaSelf Portrait (front)
Marlene Rubuntja
Self Portrait (front)2024
woollen blanket, knitting wool, cotton, metal stand
50 x 37 x 18 cm
$3,500  ENQUIRE
Self Portrait (back) Marlene Rubuntja Marlene Rubuntja - Self Portrait (back)
Marlene Rubuntja
Self Portrait (back) 2024
Self Portrait (back)Marlene RubuntjaSelf Portrait (back)
Marlene Rubuntja
Self Portrait (back)2024
woollen blanket, knitting wool, cotton, metal stand
50 x 37 x 18 cm
$3,500  ENQUIRE
Thepa (back) Marlene Rubuntja Marlene Rubuntja - Thepa (back)
Marlene Rubuntja
Thepa (back) 2023
Thepa (back)Marlene RubuntjaThepa (back)
Marlene Rubuntja
Thepa (back)2023
woollen blanket, knitting wool, cotton, acrylic paint, metal stand
94 x 59 x 15 cm
$4,000  ENQUIRE
Thepa (front) Marlene Rubuntja Marlene Rubuntja - Thepa (front)
Marlene Rubuntja
Thepa (front) 2023
Thepa (front)Marlene RubuntjaThepa (front)
Marlene Rubuntja
Thepa (front)2023
woollen blanket, knitting wool, cotton, acrylic paint, metal stand
94 x 59 x 115 cm
$4,000  ENQUIRE
Yarrenyty Arltere Artists

Situated at the Larapinta Valley Town Camp at the base of Mt Gillen in Alice Springs, the Art Room of the Yarrenyty Arltere Learning Centre has quickly become one of the most dynamic forces in contemporary Australian Indigenous art.

Established in 2000 as an intergenerational education and community facility, Yarrenyty Arltere was introduced as a safe space away from the extreme poverty, overcrowding and social issues that afflicted the remote town, and provide the town camp’s residents with new skills and opportunities in an area with little access to work or education. A social enterprise since 2008, the Yarrenyty Arltere Learning Centre is credited with significantly improving living conditions within the community.

Especially noted for their soft sculptures made from recycled woollen blankets hand-dyed with local plants and rusted metal, the Yarrenyty Arltere artists create works that reveal the stories and experiences of generations of town camp residents.

Represented in significant public and private collections throughout Australia, the unique sculptures have twice won the Wandjuk Marika Memorial Three-Dimensional Award (Rhonda Sharpe – 2015, 2013) at the Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAAs), won the inaugural Vincent Lingiari Award (Marlene Rubuntja, 2016), and have been included in major Australian exhibitions such as the 2018 NGV Triennial, Melbourne, the 21stBiennale of Sydney, and the 2017 TARNANTHI Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, Adelaide.

Yarrenyty Arltere Artists: Dulcie Sharpe, Rhonda Sharpe, Marlene Rubuntja, Trudy Inkamala, Louise Robertson, Beth Ebatarinja, Patricia Nelson, Benita Multa

Situated at the Larapinta Valley Town Camp at the base of Mt Gillen in Alice Springs, the Art Room of the Yarrenyty Arltere Learning Centre has quickly become one of the most dynamic forces in contemporary Australian Indigenous art.

Established in 2000 as an intergenerational education and community facility, Yarrenyty Arltere was introduced as a safe space away from the extreme poverty, overcrowding and social issues that afflicted the remote town, and provide the town camp’s residents with new skills and opportunities in an area with little access to work or education. A social enterprise since 2008, the Yarrenyty Arltere Learning Centre is credited with significantly improving living conditions within the community.

Especially noted for their soft sculptures made from recycled woollen blankets hand-dyed with local plants and rusted metal, the Yarrenyty Arltere artists create works that reveal the stories and experiences of generations of town camp residents.

Represented in significant public and private collections throughout Australia, the unique sculptures have twice won the Wandjuk Marika Memorial Three-Dimensional Award (Rhonda Sharpe – 2015, 2013) at the Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAAs), won the inaugural Vincent Lingiari Award (Marlene Rubuntja, 2016), and have been included in major Australian exhibitions such as the 2018 NGV Triennial, Melbourne, the 21stBiennale of Sydney, and the 2017 TARNANTHI Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, Adelaide.

27 June 2019 – 17 July 2019
YARRENYTY ARLTERE ARTISTS

26 June 2019 – 17 July 2019
THE NEW GALLERY SHOW — A Group Exhibition

12 – 16 September 2018
SYDNEY CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR - DAN KYLE, MIRANDA SKOCZEK, MARK WHALEN, YARRENYTY ARLTERE ARTISTS

29 August 2018 – 15 September 2018
THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION

10 – 28 April 2018
YARRENYTY ARLTERE ARTISTS

April 16, 2018

YARRENYTY ARLTERE ARTISTS AT THE MCA

Yarrenyty Arltere Artists In Our Hands are soft sculptures made with bush dyed woollen blankets, embellished with wool and feathers for the 21st Biennale of Sydney. 

SUPERPOSITION: Equilibrium & Engagement, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2018. Commissioned by the Biennale of Sydney with generous assistance from Georgie and Alastair Taylor. 

Yarrenyty Arltere Artists Founded 2000 in Alice Springs, Australia Live and work in Alice Springs. Participating artists:

Cornelius Ebatarinja (Western Arrernte/Arrernte), Trudy Inkamala (Western Arrernte/Luritja), Roxanne Petrick (Alyawarre), Sonya Petrick (Eastern Arrernte/Alyawarre), Dulcie Raggett (Luritja), Marlene Rubuntja (Arrernte), Katherine Ryder (Eastern Arrernte), Rosabella Ryder (Arrernte), Dulcie Sharpe (Luritja/Arrernte), Rhonda Sharpe (Luritja)

Yarrenyty Arltere Artists is a not-for-profit Aboriginal owned and run art centre located in the Larapinta Valley Town Camp, Alice Springs, one of the oldest Town Camp communities on Arrernte country.

Yarrenyty Arltere Artists present a series of the whimsical soft sculptures that demonstrate the unique style for which they are renowned. Representing the past, present and future, the pieces reflect memory and traditional stories as well as exploring contemporary issues and challenges faced by the community. Embodying local flora and fauna, stories of family and country, or scenes from everyday life in the Town Camp, the sculptures are made from recycled woollen blankets which are dyed using local plants, tea and corroded metal. Embroidered with brightly coloured wool thread and embellished with feathers, the soft sculptures are filled with character and humour. They are emblematic of the vitality of the Town Camp and its people, and the ingenuity of the Yarrenyty Arltere Artists who, through creativity and perseverance, have reignited the confidence and spirit of their community.

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April 16, 2018

YARRENYTY ARLTERE ARTISTS AT THE NGV TRIENNIAL

ESTUDIO CAMPANA | YARRENYTY ARLTERE ARTISTS | ELLIAT RICH

NGV TRIENNIAL

Victoria Amazonica 2017, was created by Brazilian designers Fernando and Humberto Campana in collaboration with Yarrenyty Arltere Artists, designers Elliat Rich and James Young and the Centre for Appropriate Technology – all based in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory.

Based initially on a sketch Humberto Campana made in Alice Springs of a giant South American lily, this exuberant, large-scale soft domed structure features intricate embroidery by the Yarrenyty Arltere Artists that tells stories of rain, rivers and water.

MARLENE RUBUNTJA AT THE ART GALLERY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
YARRENYTY ARLTERE ARTISTS 'ART OF WOMEN' EXHIBITION
LARAPINTA VALLEY TOWN CAMP - YARRENYTY ARLTERE ARTISTS
YARRENYTY ARLTERE ARTISTS ON ABC THE MIX

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