Gloria’s country is Anungara, and this is the inspiration for all her work. She has a unique style, using abstract methods to represent leaves, grasses & body paint in a monochromatic colour scheme.
Gloria paints ‘awelye’, body paint applied for ceremonies, with symbolic marks that represent women’s knowledge for their land.
Dreamings:
Mountain Devil Lizard (arnkerrthe), Bean (atnwerle), Emu (ankerre), Pencil Yam (arlartyeye) and Grass Seed (ntange).
Exhibitions
1990 - ‘Utopia: A Picture Story’, Ireland, London & India
1991 - Utopia Art, Sydney
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT.
Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney.
Jinta Desert Art, Sydney
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
Awards
1999 – Winner of the Wynne Prize, for landscape painting
Collections
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
Allen, Allen & Hemsley Victoria Museum
Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
Westpac Collection, New York, USA
Gold Coast City Art Gallery
Holmes a ‘Court Collection
Museum of Victoria
Singapore Art Museum
James D. Wolfensohn Collection
Riddoch Art Gallery, S.A.
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, USA
British Museum, London.
