Bird by Dulcie Sharpe
Bird by Dulcie Sharpe
Body 18cm high x 13cm wide x 6cm deep
#90-23
Height including feathers and stand 37cm high
Filled bush dyed woollen rug, wool and cotton embroidery, emu feathers, metal stand.
Copyright remains with the artist.
Yarrenyty Arltere Artists
Originally established in 2000 as a response to the chronic social issues faced by the town camp, Yarrenyty Arltere Town Camp Artists started as an arts training project. In 2002 the community identified the enterprise as a goal and in 2008 the enterprise was established. Now a vibrant and dynamic hub, Yarrenyty Arltere Artists is seen as an important part in rebuilding strength in the community and creating economic access for people, many of whom had not been engaged previously in the workforce. Now people are participating in regular work, there is a vehicle for social inclusiveness and the activities in the art centre have provided real and engaging pathways into the wider society.
“I like sewing birds and porcupine. I like birds the most. I sew after work, on the weekends and even in hospital. I think too much (a lot) about what sewing to do and what colours for each bird.
I have been coming to the Learning Centre for 15 years. I did painting, pottery, printing and now I sew. We learnt everything here. Sewing and dying and print making. Now we have this really good building.
I was born at Hamilton Downs. My father and mother been leave me to stay with my sister Trudy. Then we came back to Jay Creek for school. Everyday after school we used to go swimming at Jay Creek. My grandmother taught me everything about culture; how to find honey ants, bush tucker, dancing, language. This made me strong.” - Dulcie Sharpe
COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of Australia
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art
Art Gallery of South Australia
National Gallery of Victoria
Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs
AWARDS
2023 Finalist – Telstra NATSIAA, MAGNT, Darwin NT
2021 Finalist – National Indigenous Fashion Awards. Special Recognition for Yarrenyty Arltere Artists
2014 Finalist – Telstra NATSIAA, MAGNT Darwin
2013 Highly Commended Finalist – WA Indigenous Art Award, Perth 2011 Final Selection – Togart Contemporary Art Award, Darwin
2010 Final Selection – Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Sydney
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2022 Tangentyere Artists Gallery, Alice Spings, NT
2022 Desert Mob - Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs, NT.
2022 We are from Mpaarntwe, our ideas are from here and so is our art – Hugo Michelle Gallery, Adelaide, SA
2022 Werte Canberra! – Beaver Galleries, Canberra, ACT
2022 Celebrate with Us How Much We Love to Make Art! – Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney, NSW
2022 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony – National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
2022 Town Camp Stories – Short St Gallery, Broome
2021 Nurna Yaarna Iltjerrama. Nurna Kutatha Mpaarama! (‘We can’t rest. We always/continue to make!) – Jam Factory Adelaide
2021 Desert Mob – Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs
2021 Waltja Tjutja: Family – Salon Arts Project, Darwin
2021 Looking back, Looking Forward: 21 Years of the Yarrenyty Arltere Learning Centre – Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs
2021 We belong to this country, we look after this country – Short Street Gallery, Broome
2020 NAIDOC Exhibition – Tangentyere Artists Gallery Alice Springs 2020 Our Art Makes Us Happy (we hope it makes you happy too!) – Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney
2020 Art of Women – Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
2020 Trudy said Mwerre! – Outstation Gallery, Darwin
2020 SUMMER SALON – Artitja Fine Art Gallery, South Fremantle 2019 Tangentyere Christmas Show
2019 Tarnanthi Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art – Art Gallery of South Australia
2019 Looking for Pmara (home) Merricks –General Store Gallery
2019 Desert Mob exhibition – Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs
2019 Group Show – Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
2019 Arrentye Mamu-Monsters Monsters – Tangentyere Artists Gallery, Alice Springs
2019 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
2018 Tjina Mob – Tangentyere Artists Gallery, Alice Springs
2018 Desert Mob – Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs
2018 Edwina Corlette Sydney Contemporary Art Fair
2018 Sculpture for Sight – Sight For All, Adelaide
2018 Central Australia Aboriginal Textiles Exhibition – Tangentyere Artists Gallery
2018 We use our Kapurta (heads) for looking after things – Hugo Michelle Gallery, Adelaide
2018 OUR PLACE-OUR TIME – Artitja Fine Art, Perth
2018 Sydney Biennale Exhibition – Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney 2018 Yarrenyty Arltere Artists Group Exhibition – Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
2018 Works On Paper – Tangentyere Artists Gallery, Alice Springs
2018 Sydney Biennale – Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
2017 Artbank Neon Light Sculpture commission, Sydney
2017 Carved, Sewn and Thrown-Objects From Remote Australia – Yaama Ganu Gallery, Moree
2017 The Worlds We Stitch Together – Wynscreen moving picture project Wynyard Station Sydney: in collaboration with Cultural Capital, NSW Transport and Leonardo Ortega
2017 National Gallery of Victoria Design Triennial: in collaboration with Estudio Campana, Elboworkshp and NGV
2017 Tarnanthi Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art – Art Gallery of South Australia
2017 Desert Mob – Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs
2017 Arrweketye Mape Awethe Akine (Women Back Together Again) – Tangentyere Artists Gallery, Alice Springs
2017 Together our Stories are Stronger – Merrick’s General Store, Victoria 2017 Creature Collection – Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide
2017 Where Worlds Come Together – Nomad Gallery, Darwin
2016 Deck Your Walls Christmas Show – Tangentyere Artists Gallery, Alice Springs
2016 Drawing from the Inside – Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney
2016 Desert Mob – Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs
2016 Salon Des Refuses Darwin
2016 Arrweketye Mob: Women Mob – Tangentyere Artists Gallery, Alice Springs
2016 Avatar RAFT Artspace Alice Springs
2016 Beauty and the Beasts – Talapi Gallery, Alice Springs
2016 From our heads and our hands: stories told with colour – Red Dot Fine Art Gallery, Singapore
2016 Outsider Art Fair – Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery, New York
2015 TARNANTHI | Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art – Art Gallery of South Australia
2015 Selfies Exhibition – Tangentyere Gallery, Alice Springs
2015 Desert Mob – Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs
2015 Beautiful Days Making Art – Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney