Yvonne Koolmatrie
Location: Berri, SA
Language group(s): Ngarrinjderi
Renowned Ngarrindjeri weaver Yvonne Koolmatrie has an artistic practice spanning three decades. Working with the traditional coil bundle weaving technique and the river rushes of the Murray River, Koolmatrie has made imaginative and elegant forms that are held in major public and private collections.
Selected Exhibitions
2018 Superposition: 21st Biennale of Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
2017 Defying Empire - 3rd National Indigenous Art Triennial, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
2015 Riverland: Yvonne Koolmatrie, TARNANTHI | Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
2015 Yvonne Koolmatrie – Master Weaver solo exhibition, Aboriginal & Pacific Art Gallery, Sydney
2014 - 2017 Country Arts SA, Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), Adelaide
2014-2015 Our Spirits Lie in the Water, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2012 Parallel Collisions: 2012 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
2010- 2011 Ripples in the Water, Murray Bridge Regional Gallery, Touring exhibition
2010 21st Century: Art in the First Decade, Queensland Art Gallery/ GOMA, Brisbane
2010 Art & Soul, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2010 In the Balance: Art for a Changing World, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
2009 Yvonne Koolmatrie: Eel Traps, Samstag Museum, SA
2008 Murray Cod: the biggest fish in the river, Bunjilaka, Melbourne Museum
2007 ReCoil Change and Exchange in Coiled Fibre Art, Artback, NT, touring exhibition
2006 Landmarks, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
2006 Murray Cod: The Biggest Fish in the River, Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, Swan Hill, Australia. Touring exhibition: Mildura Arts Centre, Albury Regional Art Gallery, Gippsland Art Gallery, Flinders University City Gallery, Melbourne Museum
2006 Mixed Media, Aboriginal & Pacific Art, Sydney
2004 – 2005, Contemporary Indigenous Art from the Murray Darling Region, Hahndorf Academy Art Gallery, SA (touring exhibition)
2004 A Wing and A Prayer: Artists Investigate Flight, Mildura Arts Centre Regional Gallery
2004 Message Sticks, Indigenous arts festival: Contemporary Indigenous Art from the Murray Darling Region, Sydney Opera House, Sydney
2002 – 2003 Bush Tucker Connections, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
2001 – 2002 Home is Where the Heart is, Travelling Exhibition , SA Country Women’s Association
2001 Pacific Wave – Festival of Contemporary Pacific Arts: Weaving Garden. Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Bondi Pavilion, Sydney
2001 Dreamweavers, Woven works by Yvonne Koolmatrie and Victorian Indigenouse Artists, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts
2001 Yvonne Koolmatrie and Lena Yarinkura, Aboriginal and Pacific Art Gallery, Sydney
2000 Beyond the Pale, Contemporary Indigenous Art, 2000 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
1999 Organic Forms, Aboriginal and Pacific Art Gallery, Sydney