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Date of Birth: Circa 1970
Area: Akaye Soakage (Mulga Bore) Utopia
Language: Eastern Arrernte
Born in Santa Teresa, Colleen Wallace often paints in the company of Ada Bird Petyarre who is a very well-known Utopia artist. Colleen's husband (now deceased), sometimes collaborated on her paintings. Her depictions include awelye (women's ceremonies) and the Yam Dreaming which she inherited from her grandfather, Kenny Tilmouth Panangka. Colleen is also the sister to Cindy Wallace Nungurrayi.
Exhibitions:
1996 Aboriginal Art Gallery, Melbourne; Cooinda Gallery, Coffs Habour, Queensland
Source: Kreczmanski, Janusz B & Birnberg, Margo (eds.): Aboriginal Artists: Dictionary of Biographies: Central Desert, Western Desert & Kimberley Region (JB Publishing Australia, Marleston, 2004)
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