Rhonda Sharpe

RHONDA SHARPE

Born 1977

Language Luritja

Region Mparntwe (Alice Springs)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024

• 'Town Camp, Bush Camp', Short Street Gallery, Broome
• 'Yarrenyty Arltere Artists'', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane
  

2023

• Tarnanthi Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art - Art
• Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
• 'BLAZE: people made known.' The University of Western Australia Lawrence Wilson
• Art Gallery, Perth
• 'Desert Mob', Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs
• 'Big Mob Thepa Thepa (Birds)', Salon Arts Projects, Darwin
• Salon des Refuses, Darwin
• 'Crossing Country - Artitja Fine Art Gallery, South Fremantle
• 'Our Beautiful Home Mparntwe Alice Springs', Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney
• 'Portrait23', National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
• Short Street Gallery, Broome

2022

• 'Desert Mob', Araluen Cultural Project, Alice Springs
• National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art Award, Museum and Art Gallery Northern Territory, Darwin
• 'We are from Mparntwe, our ideas are from here and so is our art', Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide
• 'Werte Canberra!', Beaver Galleries, Canberra
• 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
• 'Town Camp Stories', Short St Gallery, Broome

2021

• 'Rhonda' The Film – Migration Museum as part of Tarnanthi 2021, Adelaide
• 'Nurna Yaarna Iltjerrama. Nurna Kutatha Mpaarama! (‘We can’t rest. We always/continue to make!)', Jam Factory as part of Tarnanthi 2021, Adelaide
• Desert Mob, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs
• 'Waltja Tjutja: Family', Salon Arts Project, Darwin
• 'Looking back, Looking Forward: 21 Years of the Yarrenyty Arltere Learning Centre', Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs
• 'We belong to this country, we look after this country', Short Street Gallery, Broome

2020

• NAIDOC Exhibition – Tangentyere Artists Gallery, Alice Springs
• 'Our Art Makes Us Happy (we hope it makes you happy too!)', Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney
• 'Trudy Said Mwerre!', Outstation Gallery, Darwin
• SUMMER SALON – Artitja Fine Art Gallery, South Fremantle

2019

• Tangentyere Christmas Show
• Tarnanthi Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art – Art Gallery of South Australia
• 'Looking for Pmara (Home)', Merricks General Store Gallery
• Desert Mob Exhibition, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs
• 'From Country to Couture', Fashion Show Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin
• Salon des Refuses, Darwin
• 'Arrentye Mamu-Monsters Monsters', Tangentyere Artists Gallery, Alice Springs
• 'We Are Always Making Something From What We Have Salon', Arts Projects, Darwin

2018

• 'KNOWING COUNTRY The Power of Aboriginal Women in Art', Artitja Fine Art Gallery, South Fremantle
• 'Tjina Mob', Tangentyere Artists Gallery, Alice Springs
• Desert Mob, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs
• EDWINA CORLETTE, Sydney Contemporary Art Fair
• Central Australia Aboriginal Textiles Exhibition, Tangentyere Artists Gallery
• 'We use our Kapurta (heads) for looking after things', Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide
• Sydney Biennale Exhibition, Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney
• Yarrenyty Arltere Artists Group Exhibition, EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane
• 'Women Telling Stories Arelhe Altyerre Ileme', Short St Gallery, Broome
• Sydney Biennale, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

2017

• Artbank Neon Light Sculpture Commission, Sydney
• Tjukurrpa Exhibition, Kiri Kiri Gallery, South Australia
• Mparntwe & Ntaria itweke-itwe Mob, Alice Springs and Hermannsburg Neighbours, Tangentyere Artist Gallery
• 'Wynscreen moving picture project', Wynyard Station Sydney: in collaboration with Cultural Capital, NSW Transport and Leonardo Ortega
• National Gallery of Victoria Design Triennial: In collaboration with Estudio Campana Elbow workshop and National Gallery of Victoria
• Tarnanthi Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, Art Gallery of South Australia
• Desert Mob, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs
• Arrweketye Mape Awethe Akine – Tangentyere Artists Gallery (Women Back Together Again)
• 'Together Our Stories Are Stronger', Merricks General Store, Victoria
• 'Creature Collection', Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide
• 'Where worlds come together', Nomad, Darwin

2016

• 'Deck the Walls', Tangentyere Artists Gallery, Alice Springs
  
• 'Drawing from the Inside', Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney
• Desert Mob, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs
• Salon Des Refuses, Darwin
• 'Arrweketye Mob: Women Mob', Tangentyere Artists Gallery, Alice Springs
• 'Avatar', RAFT Art Space, Alice Springs
• 'From our heads and our hands: stories told with colour', Red Dot Fine Art Gallery, Singapore
• 'Outsider Art Fair', Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery, New York

2015

• Tarnanthi Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Gallery of South Australia
• 'Selfies Exhibition', Tangentyere Artists Gallery, Alice Springs
• Desert Mob, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs
• 'Beautiful Days Making Art', Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney
• 'We are in Wonder LAND', Gallery UNSW New experimental art from Central Australia
• 'Tjulpu', Talapi Gallery, Alice Springs

2014

• 'Figuratively Speaking: Stories from Town Camp artists', Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney
• 'We just keep on travelling further', Red Dot Gallery, Singapore
• Desert Mob, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs
• 'This belongs to us, but we did it for you', Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne

AWARDS AND PRIZES

2023

• Winner, People’s Choice Award Salon des Refuses NATSIAA, Darwin
• Winner, Wearable Art Category, National Indigenous Fashion Awards, Darwin

2022

• Finalist, Telstra NATSIAA, MAGNT, Darwin

2021

• Winner, Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Sydney
• Finalist, National Indigenous Fashion Awards, Cultural Adornment and Wearable Art
• Finalist, National Indigenous Fashion Awards, Textile Design
• Finalist, National Indigenous Fashion Awards, Special Recognition for Yarrenyty Arltere Artists
• Finalist, Telstra NATSIAA, MAGNT Darwin
• Finalist, Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize

2017

• Finalist, Telstra NATSIAA, MAGNT Darwin

2015

• Winner, Telstra NATSIAA, 3D Award, MAGNT Darwin
• Finalist, Telstra NATSIAA, MAGNT Darwin

2013

• Winner, Telstra NATSIAA, 3D Award, MAGNT Darwin
• Finalist, Telstra NATSIAA, MAGNT Darwin

2012

• Highly Commended Finalist, Telstra NATSIAA, MAGNT Darwin

COLLECTIONS

Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs

The University of Western Australia, Perth

Art Gallery NSW, Sydney

National Portrait Gallery, Canberra

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Araluen Arts Centre Alice Springs

Janet Holmes a Court Collection

Art Gallery of South Australia

Art Gallery of New South Wales

Museum and Art Gallery of Northern Territory

Araluen Arts Centre Alice Springs

Maitland Regional Gallery

Museum and Art Gallery of Northern Territory

Flinders University City Gallery Art Museum Adelaide