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Caroline Petrick Ngwarreye

Caroline Petrick Ngwarreye

Caroline Petrick Kngwarreye is an Eastern Arrernte and Alyawarr women born c 1978. Her traditional country is Irrerlirre approximately 250km north east of Alice Springs in the beautiful Harts Range

Caroline began her artistic journey in 2007 and developed her talents under the tutelage of her mother Jill Kelly Kemarre. Her subtle paintings of intricate patterns of dot work and splashes of colour relate to her mother’s country and stories from Irrwelty. These stories include arnwekety – conkerberry, ntange– seeds and awelye –women’s ceremony.

Her works have been included in exhibitions both nationally and internationally.