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Dolly Snell

 


 

Born: 1 / 7 / 33
Skin: Nampiyinti
Country: Kurtal
Language: Wangkatjungka

 

 


I was born at a place called Kurtal. I spent time at Bohemia Downs and Christmas Creek stations. I used to milk the nanny goats on Bohemia station. I was a young girl without milk. I had not yet had children when I first went there.

Exhibition History

Group Exhibitions
1991 Karrayili, Tandanya, Adelaide
1992 Group Show, Hogarth Gallery, Sydney
1993 Images Of Power, National Gallery of Victoria
Mangkaja Women, Fremantle Arts Centre, Perth
1994 Ngajakura Ngurrara Minyarti- this is my country, Festival Of Perth Exhibition, Artplace
1995 Group Show, Australian Perspectives Gallery, Brisbane
Kimberley Art, Melbourne
National Aboriginal Art Award, Selected to hang
1996 National Aboriginal Art Award, Selected to hang
Group Show, Hogarth Gallery, Sydney
Broken Promises, Tandanya, Adelaide
Heritage Commission Art Award, Old Parliament House, Canberra
1997 Group Show, Hogarth Gallery, Sydney
1998 Group Show, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
1999 Ngurrara, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle
2001 Ngurrara Canvas, National Gallery of Australia
Mangkaja Arts Ten Years On Mangkaja’s 10 year Anniversary Show, Tandanya, Adelaide
2002 Group Show, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
2003 Mangkaja Women, Raft Artspace, Darwin
Jila, Jumu, Jiwari & Wirrkuja, University of Western Australia
Fitzroy Fusions, Raft Artspace, Darwin
2004 This is still my country... 10 years on... Perth International Arts Festival- Artplace, Perth


Publications
1991 Karrayili; 10 years on , Exhibition Catalogue
Aboriginal women's Exhibition catalogue, Art Gallery Of New South Wales
1993 Mangkaja Women , Exhibition catalogue
1994 Ngajakura Ngurrara Minyarti, This Is My Country, Exhibition Catalogue
1998 Jila Painted Waters of the Great Sandy Desert, Video Documentary / SBS Television
2000 Oxford Companion to Aboriginal Art , Oxford University Press & ANU
Karrayili The history of Karrayili Adult Education Centre, IATSIS Canberra
2001 Painting Up Big, The Ngurrara Canvas, Kaltja Now National Aboriginal Cultural Institute - Tandanya
2002 Kurtal; Snake Spirit , Video Documentary / ABC Television
2003 Martuwarra and Jila, Jumu, Jiwari and Wirrkuja, Exhibition Catalogue Cullity Gallery UWA Perth/ Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency
The Painted Desert The Fate of an Aboriginal Masterpiece, New Yorker Magazine July 28

Collections
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Artbank, National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria, Kennesaw State University-Atlanta Georgia

 

Exhibitions