Hetti perkins biography of william
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Hetti perkins biography of william
Hetti Perkins
Aboriginal Australian art curator and writer
For her grandmother, the Arrernte elder, see Hetty Perkins.
Hetti Perkins | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1965 (age 59–60) |
| Other names | Hetti Kemerre Perkins |
| Occupation | Art curator |
| Years active | 1987– |
| Known for | art + soul (2010) |
Hetti Kemerre Perkins (born 1965) is an Aboriginal Australian art curator and writer.
She is known for her work at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, where she was the senior curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art at the gallery from around 1998 until 2011, and for many significant exhibitions and projects.
Early life and education
Hetti Kemerre Perkins[1] is an Eastern Arrernte and Kalkadoon woman from Central Australia. She was born in 1965, the daughter of Aboriginal Australian activist Charles Perkins[2] and his wife Eileen Munchenberg.
Hetti is a granddaughter of Hetty Perkins; sister to film director Rachel Perkins and b