Bonnie Nakara Connelly
1936
REGION: Docker River NT
LANGUAGE: Pitjantjatjara Ngaanyatjarra
ART CENTRE: Tjarlirli Art
IMAGE CREDIT: Tjarlirli Art
Bonnie was born in Illurpa, a place near Blackstone in the Ngaanyatjarra lands. When she was young her mother took her to Ernabella, later they moved to Angus Downs and then Mutitjulu.
PROFILE
Bonnie Nakara Connelly
1936
REGION: Docker River NT
LANGUAGE: Pitjantjatjara Ngaanyatjarra
ART CENTRE: Tjarlirli Art
IMAGE CREDIT: Tjarlirli Art
Bonnie was born in Illurpa, a place near Blackstone in the Ngaanyatjarra lands. When she was young her mother took her to Ernabella, later they moved to Angus Downs and then Mutitjulu.
Bonnie's father passed away in Alintjarra. She has a lot of family in Warakurna and in Blackstone. Bonnie's father's country is Blackstone. Bonnie has six children, four boys and two girls.
Bonnie is now an elderly grandmother and strong cultural woman. She has been painting for many years and has passed her knowledge and skills down to her daughters, Dianne and Marlene, who now paint for Kaltukatjara Art.
ARTIST CV
Group Exhibitions:
2024 Desert Mob 2024
2024 Rapa, Yaama Ganu, Moree
2023 Kaltukatjara Ladies Show, Yaama Ganu, Moree
2023 Really One Story: Art of the Ngaanyatjarra Lands, FORM Gallery, Perth
2021 Zeitreise: 15 Jahre Aboriginal Art in Freiburg, ARTKELCH, Freiburg, Germany
2020 New Aquisitions - National Museum of Australia
2020 Rawa Titungarala - Artsource WA
2020 Smart Art, ARTKELCH, Freiburg, Germany
2016 Revealed
2016 PRO COMMUNITY – Ngaanyatjarra Lands, touring exhibition, ARTKELCH, Germany 2015 Tunbridge Gallery, Perth
2015 Desert Mob 2015 - Araluen Gallery
2015 Wintjiri Gallery
2014 Warakurna Artists and Tjarlirli Art - Vivien Anderson Gallery 2014 Living Spirit- Marshall Arts
2013 Desert Mob 2013
Collections:
SOUTH AUSTRALIA MUSEUM
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIA
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