Skin name: Petyarre
Language: Alyawerre/Eastern Anmatyerre
Date of birth: 1945
From: Utopia/Atnangkere/Mosquito Bore
Current home: Alice Springs

Kathleen and Mary Petyarre were born at Atnangkere, near Utopia.. They belong to the Alyawarre/Eastern Anmatyerre clan and they settled at Mosquito Bore at Utopia Station where they were both initiated to batik in 1977.
Kathleen was the winner of the 13th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award in 1996.
Her considerable reputation as one of the most original indigenous artists has since been confirmed nationally and internationally by her regular inclusion in exhibitions at the most reputed museums and galleries.

Major collections:

• Holmes a Court Collection[3]
• Musée des Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie, Quai Branly, Paris, France
• Musée des Confluences, Lyon, France
• Kunsthaus – Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg, Austria
• Aboriginal Art Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands
• The Vroom Collection, The Netherlands
• Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, USA
• Kelton Foundation, Los Angeles, California, USA
• Harvard University (Peabody-Essex Anthropology and Ethnology Museum), Salem, Massachusetts, USA
• Levi-Kaplan Collection, Seattle, Washington, USA
• Kluge-Rhue Collection, University of West Virginia VA, USA
• Museum Puri Lukisan, Ubud, Indonesia
• National Gallery of Australia , Canberra ACT, Australia
• Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney NSW, Australia
• Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide SA, Australia
• The Kerry Stokes Collection, Perth WA, Australia
• The Museum & Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin NT, Australia
• Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide SA, Australia
• A.T.S.I.C. Collection, Adelaide SA, Australia
• National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne VIC, Australia
• University of South Australia Art Museum, Adelaide SA, Australia
• Edith Cowan University, Perth WA, Australia