Minnie Pwerle

Minnie Pwerle was an Alyawarre woman born in the Utopia region in the early 1920s.  Her country was Atnwengerrp; her languages were Alyawarre and Anmatyerre.

Pwerle did not start painting until 1999, presented with canvases, she began to paint a series of linear works with an authority reminiscent of the late Emily Kame Kngwarreye.

Pwerle’s work have exhibited internationally including in the USA and Australia.