Barbara Weir

Language:  Anmatyerre/Alyawarre

Region:  Utopia

Dreaming:  Grass Seeds, My Mothers Country, Bush Berry, Awelye

Barbara Weir was born c.1945 on Bundy River Station in the area of Utopia, North East of Alice Springs. Barbara Weir's mother is the late famous Aboriginal Artist Minnie Pwerle.

Barbara's father was an Irishman. She was taken from her family and fostered out, but, in the 1960's Barbara returned to Utopia and stayed with her aunt Emily Kame Kngwarreye.

Barbara commenced painting with acrylics on canvas in 1989 and developed a sophisticated contemporary painting style. (She also paints with ochres). In 1994, Barbara Weir and other artists from the Utopia Region traveled to Indonesia to learn batik techniques. 
She is renowned for her Grass Seed dreaming.

Collections:

Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Art Gallery of Queensland, Brisbane

Artbank, Sydney

Queensland College of Art Griffith University

Ebes Collection-Workum, The Netherlands

University of Adelaide, Adelaide

AMP Collection

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Hank Ebes Collection

Holmes a Court Collection

Hitachi Collection

Macquarie Bank Collection

 

Exhibitions:

1995, 1997, 2003, Dacou Gallery, Adelaide

1995, Davis Avenue Gallery, Melbourne

1996, 2002, Framed Gallery, Darwin

1996, Gallery Woo Mang and Partners, Paris, France

1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne

1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, Quadrivium Gallery, Sydney

1996, 1997, 1998, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane

1997, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

1997, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney

1997, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne

1997, Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney

1998, ARTEXPO, New York, USA

1998, 2001, Chapman Gallery, Canberra

1998, Adelaide Festival Theatre, Adelaide

1998, Exhibited extensively in Europe including: Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, The Netherlands

1999, 2002, Japingka Gallery, Perth

1999, 2000, 2001, Tandanya, Adelaide

1999, 2000, 2002, Gallery Savah, Sydney

2000, ArtSauce, Singapore

2000, Redback Art Gallery, Brisbane

2000, AMP Building, Sydney

2000, "Women's Business", Chicago, USA

2001, Mbantua Gallery, Alice Springs

2002, Knut Grothe Galeri, Charlottlenlund, Copenhagen, Denmark

2003, Alison Kelly Gallery, Melbourne

2003, Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Melbourne

May 2006 Solo exhibition, “Recent Paintings”, Gallery Savah,

Sydney, NSW.

July 2006 ‘Utopia’, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, VIC.

Aug 2006 Group exhibition, APS Bendi Lango Art Exhibition, Rio

Tinto Offices, Melbourne, VIC.

1997 – 2007 Permanent exhibition DACOU, Adelaide, SA.

January 2007 Group exhibition, Robert Steele Gallery, NY, USA.

Feb 2007 “Standing on Ceremony”, Tandanya Cultural Institute,

Adelaide, SA.

June 2007 Utopia exhibition, Robert Steele Gallery, NY, USA.

July 2007 Group exhibition, Australian Embassy, Washington, USA.

July 2007 Group exhibition, “Desert Diversity”, Flinders Lane

Gallery, Melbourne, VIC.

Aug 2007 Group exhibition, “Treasures of the Spirit – Investing in

Aboriginal Art”, Tandanya Cultural Institute, Adelaide,

SA.

Sept 2007 Group exhibition, Annual APS Bendi Lango Art

Exhibition with Rio Tinto, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane,

QLD.

Oct 2007 “Best of the Best”, group exhibition, Gallery Framed,

Darwin, NT.

Oct 2007 Solo exhibition, “Blowing in the Wind”, Artmob, Hobart,

TAS.

Oct 2007 “New Works from Utopia”, Space Gallery, Pittsburgh,

PA, USA.

Feb 2008 “Utopia Revisited”, NG Art Gallery, Chippendale, NSW.

April 2008 Group exhibition, “Utopia Discoveries”, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne, VIC.

May-Oct 2008 Group travelling exhibition to capital cities of Australia,“EWB Elements”, presented by Dacou in conjunction with Dreamtime Art.

June 2008 “Blue: A Group Exhibition”, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane, QLD.

July 2008 “Walking Together to Aid Aboriginal Health”, Shalom Gamarada Aboriginal Art Exhibition, University of NSW, Kensington, NSW.

Oct 2008 Solo Exhibition, Gecko Gallery, Broome, WA.

Jan 2009 “Utopia, Color’s of the Desert”, Gongpyeong Art Space in conjunction with Dacou, Australian Embassy in Korea & Crossbay Gallery, Seoul, Korea.

Feb-April 2009 Solo exhibition, Janet Holmes Á Court Gallery, Perth, WA.

May 2009 My Country’, solo exhibition, Dacou Gallery Melbourne, Middle Park, VIC.