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About the Artists
Our vibrant and dynamic artists are from the Utopia region; a large remote area of Central Australia which, until recently, had no government funded art centre. As a result of their pioneering efforts, they have one of the strongest and richest art histories.
About the Artists
Our vibrant and dynamic artists are from the Utopia region; a large remote area of Central Australia which, until recently, had no government funded art centre. As a result of their pioneering efforts, they have one of the strongest and richest art histories.
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Name: Eileen Bird
Skin name: Nungarai (also spelled Nungari)
Language group: Eastern Arrernte and Anmatyerre
Country: Arnumarra (near Gem Tree)
Lives: Utopia, Central Australia
Born: 1956
Eileen is an Eastern Arrernte woman and her country is Arnumarra, near Gem Tree north east of Alice Springs in Central Australia.
Eileen grew up on her country at Harts Range but moved to southern Utopia to marry her husband, the late Paddy Bird. Together they had eleven children, Maggie Bird being their eldest. Paddy's mother was a renowned artist named Ada Bird Petyarre.
Eileen has been painting professionally since the mid 1990’s. Her artworks often depict women's ceremony or the pencil yam story.
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