Anna is the daughter of the late Glory Ngarla and the niece of the late Emily Kame Kngwarreye, both famous aboriginal artists. Anna was taught to paint under the guidance of another well respected artist Gloria Petyarre.
Anna started painting in early 1980's and became a very popular artist. She traditionally depicts subject such as Yam Seeds, Yam Flowers, Body Paint Designs and Women's Ceremonies.
She now resides at Mulga Bore, Utopia.
Selected Exhibitions:
2002 Glen Eira City Gallery, Melbourne
2002 Hogarth Galleries, Sydney
2002 Gallery Le Temps du Reve, France
2001 Raintree Aboriginal Art Gallery, Darwin
2001 Japingka Gallery, Perth
2001 Women's Business, Australian Exhibition Centre, Chicago, U.S.A.
2000 Dacou (in association with AMP), Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
2000 Tandanya, Adelaide
1999 BMG Art, Adelaide
1999 Tandanya, Adelaide
1998 Selected entrant for the 15th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Awards, Darwin
1998 Quadrivium Gallery, Sydney
1997 Sutton Gallery, Melbourne
1997 Dacou Gallery, Adelaide
1996 Utopia Dreaming, Soho Gallery, Sydney
Selected Collections:
Art Bank, Sydney
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Adelaide
Power House Museium, Sydney
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
The Kerry Stokes Collection
The Holmes a Court Collection, Perth
Anthropology Art Museum, Perth
many private and corporate collections in U.S.A., Singapore, Ireland, India, Denmark, France, Germany and U.K.
