Angelina Pwerle Ngale - Artist Info

About Angelina Pwerle Ngale

  • Biography

    Born to Nellie Petyarre in the arid desert area of Utopia Station in 1947, Angelina Ngale has become an Australian renowned aboriginal artist with her work held in collections both nationally and internationally.
    Initially Angelina began in the medium of batik when this begun in the late 1970’s at Utopia.

    When acrylics swept the Utopia region about a decade later Angelina made the swift transition and has continued using this medium like other Utopia artists.
    Becoming well known for her fine dot representations of the Anwekety (conkerberry, also known as conkleberry and bush plum) Angelina quickly became a household name amongst Australian Indigenous galleries.

    Like most other women Angelina can paint the women’s cerem...

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