Marlene Cooley

Marlene Cooley is the daughter of Billy and Lulu Cooley, a renowned husband and wife carving partnership from the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands in South Australia. Their skills have been passed on through the Tjukurpa, the Law and way of life governing their country and they have raised their children in this strong tradition. Marlene has long assisted her parents, going with them on trips to collect wood and helping to etch the design work under her mother’s instructions. She has been making and selling carvings in her own right since about 2001.

Group Exhibitions
2024 Waru Walkatjunanyi ~ Drawing on Fire, Chapman and Bailey, Melbourne, VIC.
2023 Desert Mob 2023, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, NT.
2021 Walytjarara Walytjarara – Punu Painta Putukurapa: All in the Family – wood carving, painting, photography, Everywhen Art Gallery.
2020 Walka - Design from the NPY Lands and the Central Australian Desert, Hazelhurst Gallery, Sydney, NSW.
2017 Tarnanthi, Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, Adelaide, SA.
2017 Desert Mob 2017, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs Cultural Precinct, NT.
2017 Desart mob 2017.
2017 Maruku at Monte, Monte Saint Angelo, Sydney, NSW.
2017 Monte 2017.
2010 Desert Mob 2010, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs Cultural Precinct, NT.
2009 Desert Mob 2009, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs Cultural Centre, NT.
2008 Yamatji Pirni: Many Friendships: Sharing Life and Art from the Western Desert, Bunjilaka Melbourne Museum, VIC.