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Adamson, Imiyari Yilpi | ||
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Imiyari Yilpi Adamson Anangu Pitjantjatjara/Yankuntjatjara Lands Imiyari (Yilpi) Adamson was born in Ngunaratjara, near Uluru in the Northern Territory. Her mother’s country is Pipalatjara, and her father’s country is Yankunytjatjara. Her family travelled to Ernabella (Pukatja) by camel when she was very young. This is where Imiyari grew up, and worked at Ernabella Arts, and also made art at Nyapari and Amata Art Centres. The first things she learned to make at the art centre were floor rugs and batiks. She is a busy lady with many skills, she is an accomplished basket weaver and also makes mukata (beanies). Imiyari has been painting for many years and she often illustrates two important dreaming stories - Kungkarankapla (the Seven Sisters Story) and Wati Ngintaka – the story of a big lizard who steals a grinding stone. Imiyari also makes punu – wood carvings, painted ininti seed jewellery, woven tjanpi animals and ceramic works. Imiyari has travelled to Adelaide to stay with her youngest son Mervin, and has five grown up children. Imiyari has recently had her prized batik work selected by National Museums Scotland for their collection, and it will be displayed in a new Australian Gallery opening at their Edinburgh museum. Imiyari won the ‘Spirit of the Land’ special mention at the 2007 Alice Springs Beanie Festival. She has been asked to travel to Brisbane for a week’s residency teaching weaving mid 2008, and has recently exhibited her paintings in Better World Arts’ inaugural exhibition ‘Ngapari Ngapari’. In July 2008 Imiyari will be exhibiting her paintings with other Anangu artists from the Pitjatjantjara Lands at Australia Dreaming Art in Melbourne, Victoria for ‘Anangu Dreaming, City Life.’ | |
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Baker, Alec | ||
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Alec Baker Anangu Pitjantjatjara/Yankuntjatjara Lands Alec Baker was born and grew up in Saddle Well (c.1932). His father's country was Iltar way. It is a strong country there for law and business. His mother's country is Kunnamatta. Alec was the first art man at Iwantja, long time ago when it all began. He spent his time as a little boy at Granite Downs. He went horseriding, bush camping and chased bullocks, and went on holidays lots. Later when Alec grew up he learnt about stockman work and cattle. He traveled the lands everywhere for stock work. Alec has four children: Tiny, Larry, Rosy and Johnny Baker. Alec has had exhibitions in Adelaide, Canberra and Alice Springs. He likes painting and also does linocuts. Alec am not allowed to do tjukurrpa designs so he paints patterns of country from his mind. Alec is from Iwantja Arts and Crafts. | |
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Baker, Marita | ||
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Marita Baker Anangu Pitjantjarjara Yankunytjatjara Lands Marita Baker was born in Fregon. She went to the local Fregon Anangu School and also spent some time in Adelaide attending Ingle Farm High School while living at the Wiltja Hostel. Marita is versatile having worked in numerous positions within the Kaltjiti Community at Fregon. In the early days Marita worked in the mediums of painting, silk painting and lino cuts. From 1996-2005 Marita moved to Kanpi, her father’s traditional country and for some of this time was Chairperson of the Kanpi Community. On returning to Fregon, Marita became the gallery assistant for Kaltjiti Arts. Marita has exhibted most recently at the Adelaide Festival Centre during the Anangu Backyard Exhibition, and in the 2006 Peter Bailey Award. | |
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Baker, Mukayi | ||
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Mukayi Baker Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunyjatjara Lands Mukayi Baker comes from Ernabella in the remote Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunyjatjara Lands in north western South Australia. Her father’s country is Walytjitata and mother’s country is Piltati. Her language is Pitjantjatjara. Mukayi is a traditional woman, bought up out in the desert country of central Australia. Mukayi is an Anangu Education Worker at Ernabella School. She teaches children about culture, bush tucker, maths, spelling and Pitjanjatjara language. | |
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Leah Brady Anangu Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara Lands Leah Brady grew up in Amata where she went to school. Leah said she will always stay in Amata. Her mother had to travel to Pukutja to give birth to Leah as there was no hospital in Amata. Her parents eventually moved back to her mother's homeland at Angatja. Leah said she painted at Angatja, "not always, sometimes". Her dreaming or creation story is the Ningtaka song line. This is a story about the Ningtaka or Lizard man who steals the grinding stone from the Walytjatjata women. | |
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Brown, Kunytjitia | ||
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Kunytjitia Brown Anangu Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara Lands Like many other residents of Fregon, Kunytjita went to the mission school at Ernabella. Her mother and father’s country is west of Fregon. She was born north west of Fregon, in a community at the western end of the Macdonnell Ranges. In Ernabella, Kunytjita joined the craft room at the mission, learning how to make rugs, spin and dye wool and paint. Kunytjita moved to Fregon and finished her schooling there, later married and had four children. Throughout this time, Kunytjita continued to work with her art and craft practice, making moccasins and floor coverings, and learning tie dying and batik. At the Ernabella craft room Kunytjita first learnt the techniques of batik. She continued to work with batik at Kaltjiti, and has travelled to Alice Springs and Utopia, teaching batik and has worked in batik with women from different communities. “Know batik, for everybody”, she says, describing how she has worked in communities throughout SA, WA and the NT, including Areyonga, Finke, Haasts Bluff, Amata and Ernabella. Today, Kunytjita paints in acrylic on canvas. Group Exhibitions 2004 Manta Atunymankunytja: Looking after Country, Flinders University Art Museum City Gallery, State Library of South Australia, Adelaide 2003 International Print Fair in conjunction with Basil Hall Editions, Melbourne 2003 Desert Mob, Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs 2003 Ngura-Tjanpi: Desert Spinifex Country, Raintree Aboriginal Art Gallery, Darwin 2003 Tjiripi Pakani: Sunrise, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney 2002 Ku Art: Art of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara, Bundaberg Arts Centre 2002 Alive with Spirit: Contemporary Australian Aboriginal and Native American Indian Art, Republic Plaza, Denver, Colorado USA 2000 Desert Mob, Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs 1997 Kaltjiti Bizarre, Mutitjulu Cultural Centre, Ayers Rock 1996 Opera in the Outback, South Australia 1996 Central Australian Aboriginal Art Exhibition, Araluen Centre for the Arts, Alice Springs 1995 Fabric of Life, Port Community Arts, Port Adelaide 1993 Rainbow Serpent Gallery, Sydney 1993 Women of Kaltjiti, Nexus Gallery, Multicultural Artsworkers Union, Adelaide | |
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Brown, Trevor "Turbo" | ||
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Trevor "Turbo" Brown Mildura, Victoria Turbo is a Latje Latje man from Mildura. Turbo’s exuberant paintings feature kookaburras, wombats, kangaroos and platypus. `They picture me and I picture them.’ He loves the sensation of painting: ‘ a brush in my hand (then) dipping the paint…. Splashing the paint all over the canvas.’ Turbo exhibited in the finals of the 22nd National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award in 2005 and 2006. His first solo exhibition held at the KHT Galleries in Melbourne in 2004, was a sell out with almost all of the pieces bought by the opening night. Turbo’s work has recently bought by the National Gallery of Victoria. Turbo’s work is constantly evolving in his use of colour and composition, ranging from early single subject studies of goannas and dingos followed by more complex scenes featuring mobs of marching emus and echidnas roaming his Latji Latji home lands of North Western Victoria. His urban surrounds also inspire Turbo, in particular the pelicans of the campus lake. This theme is continuously revisited in his work along with presence of the sun, warming his subjects while they rest on the lake or beside a waterhole. Turbo’s use of pictorial narrative reflects what he refers to as his Latji Latji Dreaming “when I paint I feel like I’m in the dreamtime and can see all the animals and birds that live there” Turbo explains. In terms of painting technique, Turbo has favoured acrylics, which allows him the flexibility to move the paint quickly over the canvas. Once Turbo has arranged his subject-matter by blocking in the form and colour, he then completes the work with a detail layer. The fluidity of Turbo’s application of paint produces a busy scene, dotted with rock formations, trees and grasses, roofed over by busy clouds resting on high horizons, which like their bird and animal counterparts are constantly on the move. Group Exhibitions 2001 End of Year Show PIT Space Gallery RMIT University 2002 Arts Showcase PIT Space Gallery RMIT University End of Year show in conj. with Northland Sec. College 2003 Us Mob 1, Dantes Upstairs Gallery, Fitzroy Naidoc Week Show (Group show with NMIT) PIT Space Bagunnga, 10 years of RMIT Koori Ed, Koorie Heritage Trust Indigenous Awareness Week Show, (Group show with NMIT) Grand Hall, City of Whittlesea Us Mob Too, PIT Space Gallery, RMIT University 2004 Emerging Artists Koorie Heritage Trust Wirrigiri PIT Space gallery RMIT University City of Darebin Acquisition Art prize Koorie Now Group show with NMIT A-Space Gallery Gumbri White Dove Indigenous Art Prize Bundoora Homestead City of Darebin Reconciliation Show Aboriginal Affairs Victoria Latrobe St Gallery Urbanity Parliament House and Bunjilaka - 2 - 2005 Affordable Art Show Koori Heritage Trust Stand Melbourne ‘Sorry Seems so Hard to Say’ Bundoora Homestead Art Gallery, City of Darebin Grugidj (White Cockatoo) Faculty Gallery RMIT University 22nd Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Art Award Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Victorian Indigenous Art Award Arts Victoria Gallery Urbanity 2 Dantes Up Stairs Gallery, Fitzroy Urban Yarns: Southern Region Indigenous Arts Counihan gallery, City of Moreland 2006 Landmarks National Gallery of Victoria Curated by Judith Ryan and Stephen Gilchrist Tribal Expressions Commonwealth Showcase of Indigenous Art Blackbox Gallery, Victorian Arts Centre Indigenart, The Mossenson Galleries, WA Koorie Alchemy, Lorraine Connelly-Northey and Turbo Brown 2007 Naïve, Australia Dreaming Art, Melbourne Solo Shows 2004 Turbo Brown Koorie Heritage Trust, Melbourne 2006 Turbo Brown Dreamtime Animals, Koorie Heritage Trust 2007 Turbo Brown Animals From the Dreaming Australia Dreaming Art, Melboure Awards and Acquisitions 2005 2 works acquired by the National Gallery of Victoria form Grugidj RMIT Graduation Show 2005 Finalist in Telstra NationalAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award 2004 1 artwork acquired by the National Gallery of Victoria from solo show 2004 2 artworks acquired by RMIT Student Union 2004 1 artwork acquired by the Koorie Heritage Trust from solo show 2004 City of Darebin DATSIC award Gumbri Exhibition Bundoora Homestead Gallery 2004 2 artworks acquired by Broadmeadows Health Service 2003 2 artworks acquired by Koorie Heritage Trust from Us Mob 1 Publications 2005 Art monthly review on the NATSIAA award 2005 The Age review section ‘Turbo –charged’ article 2004 Artwork used as postcard image for Gumbri exhibition 2004 Article on solo exhibition Koorie Trust newsletter 2004 Whittlesea leader article on Gumbri exhibition 2004 Artwork used as design on City of Darebin Xmas greetings card 2004 artwork used as poster image for RMIT Union Spring festival 2003 Koori mail for Bagunnga article 2003 Herald Sun for Bagunnga article 2003 Artwork used as postcard image for RMIT Union Spring Festival | |
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Craig Allan Charles Latje Latje -Mildura Craig Allan Charles Born: 1975 Mildura, Victoria Language Group: Yorta Yorta (mother), Mhutti Mhutti (father) Country: Mildura, Victoria Education: 2006 Masters RMIT University, Melbourne 1998 BA, Latrobe University, Mildura Campus 1996 1st and 2nd year Associate Diploma of Visual Arts & Design, Sunraysia Institute of TAFE 1996 1st and 2nd year Advanced Cert of Koori Art & Design, Sunraysia Institute of TAFE 1993 Year 12, St Joseph's College, Mildura Craig Allan Charles is a young Koori artist (born 1975) whose work is deeply connected to the relationship with his land - Mhutti Mhutti (father's side) around the Lake Mungo area of Mildura and Yorta Yorta (mother's side). His four previous exhibitions have explored these themes highlighting the stories associated with his grandparents. His great grandfather Ronald Murray is a descendant of the Wamba Wamba tribe around Swan Hill. Past exhibitions were an exploration of these themes and retold the stories of his grandparents and although Craig continues to pay homage to his ancestors, his recent exhibitions Mungo Stories and Edler’s Place a clear maturation of the artist as a narrator and storyteller was highly evident, or as Craig refers to it "the importance of storytelling". In Craig’s work he captures the landscapes of the Mhutti Mhutti region with layers of thick acrylic paint, earth, gold leaf, and the glossy lacquer finish; which the artist is known for. Craig shows the parched earth through a cracking technique in the paint. Recent paintings have taken us from the Mhutti Mhutti region to Phillip Island, where he now lives with his partner and son. Craig Allan Charles COLLECTIONS Museum Victoria, Melbourme National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Koorie Heritage Trust, Victoria La Trobe University Art Collection Melbourne & Mildura, Victoria Artbank, Sydney Mildura Regional Gallery. AWARDS 2008 Finalist in Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award 2007 Winner of the NGV Acquisitive Prize at Victorian Indigenous Art Awards for Nan and Pop’s Campfire Kitchen 2003 Michael Long Testimonial Award 2000 The Black Crow Dancers - started own dance group, toured extensively through northern Sri Lanka, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia promoting Indigenous Dance and culture 1998 Highly commended (emerging artist section) The Fourth National Indigenous Heritage Art Award 1997 Colin Barrie Acquisition Scholarship, La Trobe University, Mildura, Victoria 1997 Artist's Merit 25 years and under. Russell Savage MLA Award, Sunset in Spring Exhibition 1996 Awarded Outstanding Koori Student 1996, Victoria, Victoria Training Awards, Melbourne 1996 Awarded Runner-Up Australian Aboriginal Student of the Year 1996, Australian National Training Awards (ANTA), Brisbane 1997 Awarded the Collin Barrie Acquisition Scholarship, La Trobe University, Mildura, 1997 Awarded Artistic Merit 25 years and under, Russell Savage MLA award, Sunset in Spring exhibition SOLO EXHIBITONS 2007 Elders Place, Prahran Town Hall, Prahran Melbourne 2006 Mungo Stories, Australia Dreaming Art, Melbourne 2005 City Style, Country Youth Bunjilaka Aboriginal Centre Melbourne Museum 2005 Djarrah Country Gold, Gallery Deakin - Gallery 21, Mildura 2002 Stories from Nan and Pop, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne 2000 Nanna Bett and Me, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2008 A Latje Latje Story – Locations and Longevity 2007 Treasures of the Spirit: Investing in Indigenous Art, Tandanya, Adelaide SA 2007 Art Melbourne 2007, Represented by Australia Dreaming Art Craig Allan Charles 2005 Native Title Exhibition, National travelling exhibition, 2001 – 2005 2005 Djarra Country Gold, Gallery 25, Deakin Ave, Milldura, Feb 2005 2005 City Style, Country Youth, Supported by City of Melbourne - Bunjilaka Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria 2003 All About Art, Alcaston Gallery at Depot Gallery, Sydney 2003 Bachelor of Fine Art - Honours Paintings & Drawing Graduate Exhibition, RMIT Univeristy, Melbourne, Victoria 2002 Spirituality and Australian Aboriginal Art, touring exhibition, sponsored by the Regional Government of Madrid, Spain, final exhibition at Alcaston Gallery Melbourne 2002 Ab-Normal, Next Wave Festival, Dante's Upstairs Gallery, Fitzroy, Victoria 2002 Native Title Business: Contemporary Aboriginal Art, National Travelling Exhibition presented by the Gurrang Land Council Aboriginal Corporation toured by the Regional Galleries Association of Queensland 2002 What's Going On, Contemporary Indigenous Art From the Murray Darling region. Mildura Arts Centre. Victoria and touring. 2002 Michael Long Testimonial Award, Alcaston Gallery Melbourne 2002 Melbourne Art Fair, October 2 - 6, represented by Alcaston Gallery 2002 Inaugural Hang, the Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia at Federation Square, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne 2002 Omnific, TAP Gallery, Sydney 2001 All About Art, Alcaston Gallery Melbourne, Victoria 2001 Spirituality and Australian Aboriginal Art, touring exhibition, Department of Culture, Regional Government of Madrid, Spain 2001 Queer Family, Community Group Show, Span Galleries, Melbourne, Victoria 2001 Unseen Country, a part of the City of Port Phillip's Bless Your Big Black Arts Festival, St Kilda 7 - 22 September 2001 Scar - A Stolen Vision, a public art installation presented by the City of Melbourne 2000 The Art of Place, The Fifth National Indigenous Heritage Art Award, The old Parliament House, Canberra, ACT and touring: Wagga Wagga Regional Gallery, NSW; Tandanya Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, SA; State Library of NSW, Sydney; The Araluen Centre for Arts and Entertainment, Alice Springs; John Curtin Gallery, University of Technology, Perth. 2000 Artfair 2000, represented by Alcaston Gallery Melbourne, Victoria 2000 Belonging to Country, Bunjilaka Aboriginal Gallery, Melbourne Museum 1999 Goodies and Oldies, Tandanya Centre, Adelaide, SA 1999 All About Art, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria 1999 Which Way Exhibition, Mutti Mara, Mildura, Victoria 1998 Fourth National Indigenous Heritage Art Award, The old Parliament House, Canberra, ACT 1994 - 1996 End of Year Visual Arts Student Exhibitions, Mildura Art Centre, Victoria Just Too Deadly, Linden Art Gallery, St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria Blackfellas, Grand Central Gallery, Bourke Street, Melbourne, Victoria Australian Heritage Art Award, The Old Parliament House, Canberra, ACT Advanced Certificate of Koori Art & Design Student Exhibition, Mildura Art Centre, Victoria Guddamungan Art Festival of Exhibitions, Australia National Univeristy, Canberra, ACT 1996 Big Shots Exhibition - We-Iri-We-Homeborn, The National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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Nici Cumpston Adelaide/Broken Hill Nici Cumpston was born in Adelaide in 1963 of Aboriginal, Afghan, English and Irish heritage. She trained as both a nurse and in the visual arts and lectured in photography at Tauondi Aboriginal Community College in Port Adelaide for ten years. She has exhibited in group shows since 1998 and in 2002 presented her first solo exhibition at Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute in Adelaide. In 2005 she was commissioned to create a series of works for the foyer of the Commonwealth Law Court in Adelaide. In 2006 she was a finalist in the inaugural Xstrata Coal Indigenous Art Award at the Queensland Art Gallery. She is now a Lecturer in Indigenous Arts, Cultures and Design at the University of South Australia. Education 2004 Bachelor of Visual Arts – Photography - Honours University of South Australia 2001 Bachelor of Visual Arts - Photography University of South Australia 1994 Advanced Diploma in Applied and Visual Arts North Adelaide School of Art Employment 2006 – current Lecturer - Photography and Indigenous Arts, Cultures and Design-University of South Australia 1996-2006 Lecturer - Photography Tauondi Aboriginal Community College 2004 – current Panel Member, Selection Committee Art in Public Places, Arts SA 2007 – current National Indigenous Arts Reference Group Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board, Australia Council Selected Exhibitions 2007 Power and beauty, Indigenous Art Now Heide Museum of Modern Art 2007 Responses to Landscape Wilderness School 2007 24th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory 2007 Hobart City Art Prize Tasmania Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart 2007 Scotch College Fine Art Exhibition curated by Paul Greenaway Scotch College, Adelaide 2007 Indigenous Responses to Colonialism – Another Story Artspace, Adelaide Festival Centre 2007 River Murray Art Prize, ‘The Culture of the River Murray’ People’s Choice Award, Waikerie Institute 2006 Xstrata Coal Emerging Indigenous Artist Award Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane 2006- 2008 The Murray Cod: much more than just the biggest fish in the River National Tour NETS Victoria, Melbourne Museum 2006 Palmer Project Winter LandscapeMurray Darling Palimpsest 2006 Introducing…Nici Cumpston, Lorraine Austin and Helen Tiernan Cooee Aboriginal Art, Sydney 2006 Stories: Country Spirit Knowledge &Politics Lake MacQuarie City Art Gallery 2006 NAIDOC Week 2006 Respect the Past – Believe in the Future Nici Cumpston and Darren Siwes, SA Department of Health 2006 Emerging Talent Shoalhaven City Arts Centre 2004 – 2005 Holy Holy Holy Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide Festival of Arts 2004 National Tour 2004 – 2005 2004 21st National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory 2004 Fresh Catch Port Adelaide Community Art Gallery, SALA Week Event 2004 Ngapartji Ngapartji Equinox, Union House - Adelaide University Collaboration with Joel Birnie Adelaide Fringe Festival 2004 Eclectic Land J III Gallery - Underdale Campus, University of South Australia Adelaide Fringe Festival 2004 Universal Gallery Universal Playground, Torrens Parade Ground Adelaide Festival of Arts 2003 20th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, National Tour 2004 2003 Indigenous Art Collection, New Acquisitions Adelaide Festival Centre Foundation 2002 Reflections Tandanya, National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, South Australia 2002 Nakkondi / Look - Indigenous Australians The Kluge Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia, USA 2002 Indigenous Australians: 1873 – 2001 Nicole Cumpston, Andrew Dunbar, Stephanie Flack, Mellissa McCord, John Ogden, J.W. Lindt The Embassy of Australia, Washington D.C., USA 2001 Peter Bailie Acquisitive Art Award Flinders University Art Museum 2001 18th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory 2000 Nakkondi / Look - Indigenous Australians 1999-2000 Collaboration with Andrew Dunbar State Library of South Australia, 2000 Adelaide Festival of the Arts Bernnheim Library - Noumea, New Caledonia 8th Pacific Festival of the Arts, Regional tour - New Caledonia 2000 17th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin 1998 Three Views of Kaurna Territory Now Artspace - Adelaide Festival Centre Commissions 2007 Department of Health, Citi Centre Foyer, Government of South Australia 2005 Commonwealth Law Courts Foyer, Adelaide 2005 Bundanon – Emerging Artists Residency, Shoalhaven Bay, NSW 2003 Works from the collection Reflections on loan to Arts SA, Planning SA and Transport SA for 12 months 2002 Weaving The Murray Centenary of Federation collaborative weaving project. Kay Lawrence, Rhonda Agius, Chrissie Houston, Karen Russell, Kirsty Darlaston, Sandy Elverd, Nicole Cumpston Art Gallery of South Australia, Regional Tour Country Arts SA South Australian Museum 2002 Artist-In-Residence Wilderness School, Adelaide 1999 Black Diamond Public Art Commission Collaboration between Tauondi College art staff and Trevor Wren Grants/Awards 2007 River Murray Art Prize, ‘The Culture of the River Murray’ People’s Choice Award 2002 Kate Breakey Returning Artist Residency Helpmann Academy Menteeship Allowance 2001 Tour of Nakkondi/Look to USA collaboration with Andrew Dunbar,Arts SA Artist Talks/ Workshops 2007 Colonialism: Persistance and Resistance in Urban Indigenous Art Another Story Forum, chaired by Dr. Christine Nicholls with Dr. Irene Watson, Gordon Hookey, Jared Thomas, Yhonnie Scarce, Nerina Dunt and Nici Cumpston welcomed by Aunty Josie Agius held at Artspace, Adelaide Festival Centre 2007 Wilderness School Annual Art Forum Responses to Landscape with Sandy Elverd 2006 Xstrata Coal Emerging Indigenous Art Award Artist Talk, Queensland Art Gallery 2004 Trompe L’oeil Symposium, Nexus, SA Guest Speaker 2003-2006 Facilitated hand colouring workshops at the SA School of Art Experimental Photography, University of South Australia 2003-2006 Guest lecturer Flinders University, Indigenous Art Contemporary Indigenous Photographers for Dr. Christine Nicholls 2002 Wilderness School Annual Art Forum Guest speaker alongside Darren Siwes, visual artist 2001 Guest lecturer for professional practice AIT Arts and University of South Australia 2001 Wilderness School Annual Art Forum Guest speaker alongside Trevor Wren sculptor and Jane Hilton independent curator 2000 Nexus - Community Arts Forum Slide presentation, discussion Selected Reviews 2007 Another Story: Indigenous Responses to Colonialism A People’s Story by Adam Dutkiewicz Independent Weekly, Adelaide Saturday 28/4/07, page 31 2007 Another Story: Indigenous Responses to Colonialism Response and Reconciliation by Christine Nicholls, Asian Art News, Volume 17 Number 4 Hong Kong ISSN 1023-5884 pp74-81 2006 Xstrata Coal Emerging Indigenous Art Accolade for non-traditional trend by Louise Martin-Chew The Australian, April 13, 2006 2004 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award – Celebrating 20 years, Reason to celebrate by Christine Nicholls The Advertiser, Arts Monday, September 13th, 2004 page 76 2004 Holy Holy Holy at the Flinders University City Gallery in Adelaide By Nick Waterlow Art Monthly Australia June 2004 Number 170, page 24 2004 Holy Holy Holy Artlink, Volume 24 No 2, page 75 by Stephanie Radok 2004 Holy Holy Holy, In the name of God by John Neylon The Adelaide Review, April 2004 pg 29 2004 Eclectic Land Eclectic Land by Stephanie Radok The Adelaide Review, April 2004 pg 28 2003 Reflections Red gums colour a river of memories by Louise Nunn The Advertiser, Arts Tuesday April 8th pg 44 2002 Weaving the Murray Enchanting stream of ideas by Noris Ioannou The Advertiser, Arts Monday January 21st pg 77 Selected Publications 2007 Fresh Water New Perspectives on Water in Australia A story is like a river: Weaving the Murray Kay Lawrence & Nici Cumpston Edited by Emily Potter, Alison McKinnon, Stephen McKenzie & Jennifer McKay Melbourne University Press, 2007 2006 “Xstrata Coal Emerging Indigenous Art Award” Queensland Art Gallery, Julie Ewington 2006 “Palmer Project Winter Landscape” Murray Darling Palimpsest 2006 2006 NAIDOC Week 2006 Respect the Past – Believe in the Future Government of SA Department of Health, Cathy Speck/ Julie Ewington 2004 “Holy Holy Holy” Flinders University Art Museum 2003 " Telstra presents the 20th National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award" Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory 2002 “Weaving The Murray” Exhibition catalogue, Prospect Gallery & Centenary of Federation 2001 " Kaltja Now - Indigenous Arts Australia " Tandanya - National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Wakefield Press, Adelaide 2001 " Telstra presents the 18th National Aboriginal & Torres Strait IslanderArt Award" Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory 2000 " Australia's Indigenous Arts "Australia Council, Real Time 2000 “ Arts Yarn Up “ Australia Council – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Fund Jan – March " Extra Extra " 2000 The State Library of S.A. 1998 " By Popular Demand " Campbell, Lance Wakefield Press, Adelaide 1998 " South Australia : Horizons Beyond " Baker, Tony Wakefield Press, Adelaide Collections Wilderness School South Australian Museum Flinders University Art Museum Robert Bleakley Private Collection Adelaide Festival Centre Foundation Commonwealth Law Courts, Adelaide Sir James and Lady Cruthers Collection Multicultural and Ethnic Affairs, Adelaide Mortlock Collection, State Library of South Australia Kluge Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, University of Virginia, USA Private Collections both national and international | |
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Katie Curley Anangu Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara Lands Katie Curley is from Centre Bore Homeland on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara/ Yankunytjatjara Lands, 350km south east off Uluru. She works in both of the art forms of painting and batik using the dot painting and 'walka'.styles. Katie has some pieces in the National Gallery of Victoria, South Australian Museum and Murcoch University collection. | |
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Sandy Elverd Adelaide Sandy is a practicing artist living in Adelaide. Sandy specialises in fibre art, and textile works. she has studied extensively and taken part in overseas projects and events. Sandy has worked with groups of Aboriginal women in the field of fibre works. Sandy co ordinated the Tjampi weavers project at Womadelaide in 2006, and is currently running fibre art workshops at Better World Arts, in conjunction with support form UnitingCare Wesley in Port Adelaide. | |
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Debbie Hansen Anangu Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara Lands Debbie Hansen was born in Cundeelee, a mission settlement which was created when the Maralinga atomic tests were undertaken in central South Australia. Her parents were nomadic people her and mother’s country was Tjuntjuntjara. Debbie spent her childhood on the mission but her family stayed together and were often able to go out to look for bush tucker and keep their cultural traditions alive. Debbie has been painting for most of her life and has been involved in community projects such as Pila Nguru. She has taken part in numerous group exhibitions throughout Australia. She now lives with her husband and children in Adelaide. | |
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Robin Kankapankatja Anangu Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara Lands Robin Kankapankatja started paintinig in July 2004. His theme is always his traditional country, Walakara. His rich understanding of his country shows through in his naïve, fresh style. He tells the story of his country. An expert tracker, this intimate knowledge of the animals and plants is evident from the way he depicts the images of the trees, animal tracks and landmarks such as creeks and hills as he knows them. Robin, a traditional aboriginal elder He was born at Walakara, 65km southwest of Fregon, in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands. His mother and father were both Pitjantjatjara people from further west. AHe lived a traditional nomadic life in his early years with his family. On a journey from Makari to Mimili, Robin was born at Walakara, his traditional country. He saw a ‘whitefella’ for the first time when he was a young teenage boy, Walakara is where he stilll lives with his wife Tjayanka (Antjala), children and grand-children. | |
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Ken, Iwana | ||
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Iwana Ken Anangu Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara Lands Iwana Ken lives in the community of Fregon in the far north west of South Australia. Iwana is a senior woman, born out bush and travelled with her family throughout the country of her parents, learning how to find bushtucker like rabbit, kangaroo, perentie and bush flowers and berries. Iwana is becoming well known for her lively landscapes and her particular style in depicting her country. Mrs Ken is custodian of the stories and cultural lore that shape Anangu and their cosmology. | |
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Ken, Mulykuya | ||
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Mulykuya Ken Mrs Ken lived in Fregon for muchy of her adult life and now lives in Adelaide to be with other family memebers who have moved here. Originally form Ernabella she has memories of the Maralinga bomb blast sweeping across the community many years back. Mulikuyu has trained as a batik artist, transferring her skills later onto painting. Recent involvement with Better World Arts has seen her work flourish and her paintings are being recognised and purchased by collectors. As a senior traditional woman, Mrs Ken is custodian of knowledge and lore of her culture and cosmology which extends back through generations. | |
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Ken, Sylvia | ||
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Sylvia Ken Anangu Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara Lands Sylvia Ken was born at Amata in March 1965. Her language is Pitjantjatara. Sylvia’s mother’s country is Watarru south west of Amata and her father’s country is Willi Willi, also south west of Amata. Her dreaming is Wanampi (rainbow serpent dreaming). Sylvia has been painting at Tjala Arts (formerly Minymaku Arts) since 1999, and has exhibited regularly since 2000. | |
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Daisybell Kulyuru Anangu Pitjantjarjara Yankunytjatjara Lands Daisybell Kulyuru was born in Ernabella in 1971. She worked at Ernabella Arts a long time ago. When she finished school she painted canvas and batik, and she won a prize for batik painting. She worked at Ernabella school as an Aboriginal Education Worker. Daisybell likes to paint bushtucker, and traditional imagery. She moved to Adelaide last year with her two children. | |
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Kulyuru, Karen | ||
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Karen Kulyuru Anangu Pitjantjatjara/ Yankunytjatjara Lands Karen Kulyuru was born and raised in Ernabella (Pukatja) on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara/ Yankunytjatjara Lands, Karen first learned to paint by watching her mother, and comes from a family of artists. She started painting at the Arts Centre in Ernabella many years ago. Karen now lives in Adelaide with her family and two children. | |
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Kunmanara, Paddy | ||
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Paddy Kunmanara Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunyjatjara Lands Paddy Kunmanara was born in 1946 at Mimili on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunyjatjara Lands in South Australia. Paddy went to Amata for business when he was young and remained when he married. He has worked as a stockman and then trained as a mechanic. Paddy is quiet, gentle and unassuming and now suffers from Parkinson’s disease. Paddy loves to paint and depict his mother’s country around Mimili. | |
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Lewis, Wanatjura | ||
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Wanatjura Lewis Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunyjatjara Lands Wanatjura Lewis was born in 1952 in Ernabella Pukatja in the remote Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunyjatjara Lands in north western South Australia. Her mother’s country is Kunamata and her father’s country is Pipalyatjara. Wanatjura has 5 children and 8 grandchildren. She moved to Amata with her family and finished school in year eight. She worked at Amata Anangu School as an Aboriginal Education Worker and School Coordinator. Wanatjura first learnt batik art practice at Ernabella and then started painting. | |
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Maringka, Kathy | ||
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Kathy Maringka Anangu Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara Lands Kathy lives in Fregon and has created a number of powerful images that have been transformed into rugs. Kathy is a consistently good designer, and active and long term member of the Kaltjiti art centre in Fregon. | |
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Mitakiki Shepherd, Mona | ||
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Mona Mitakiki Shepherd Anangu Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara Lands Mona Mitakiki was born on 1 July 1954 at Warakuna, near Giles in WA. Her languages are Arrente and Pitjantjatjara. Mona started painting with Tjurma Arts and Crafts in 1998. After a long break she returned to painting at Tjala Arts (formerly Minymaku Arts) in mid 2003. | |
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Napangarti, Gail | ||
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Gail Napangarti Anangu Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara Lands Gail Napangarti was born at Papunya in 1970 and her languages are Luritja and Pitjanjatjara. Gail moved to Amata with her husband and family on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunyjatjara Lands in South Australia. The theme of her painting is her grandmother’s story of two women. Her approach to walka (design) differs from that of Tjala artists born in the area, reflecting the traditional design of her original country. | |
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Norris, Matjangka (Nyukana) | ||
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Matjangka (Nyukana) Norris Anangu Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara Lands Matjangka Norris is from Watinuma Homelands on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara/ Yankunytjatjara Lands, 350km south east of Uluru. She works in both the art forms of painting and batik which can be found in the National Gallery of Victoria, South Australian Museum and Flinders University Collections. She uses both the dot painting style as well as ‘walka’ -abstract images –a style unique to the region. | |
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Pompey, Tali Tali | ||
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Tali Tali Pompey Anangu Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara Lands Tali Tali Pompey lives in the community of Fregon on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara/Yankunyjatjara Lands in the far north west of South Australia. An energetic emerging artist, her preferred medium is acrylic on canvas or paper. Tali Tali paints images of Irititja from long ago as well as those of Angura - traditional country. Tali Tali has exhibted extensively and has appeared in Australian Art Collector's list of most collectable artists. | |
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Richards, Margaret | ||
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Margaret Richards Adelaide Margaret is originally from Ernabella, but now lives in Adelaide with her extended family. She is a 'number one basket weaver" and an experienced painter, usually depicting Tjukurpa (creation) stories. Her language group is Pitjantjatjara. | |
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Robin, Kanytjupai | ||
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Kanytjupai Robin Kanytjupai lives in Fregon in the Anangu Pitjantajtara Lands. Kanytjupai works in a distinctive organic and decorative style that is influenced by her earlier training as a batik artist. She is the daughter of two talented artists, Robin Kankapankatja and Antjala Robin. Kanytjupai is an active member of the art centre in Fregon, working in administration as well as practicing as a painter. | |
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Sampson, Rama | ||
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Rama Sampson Anangu Pitjantjatjara/ Yankunytjatjara Lands Rama Kaltu-Kaltu Sampson was born in Mt Davis, Pipalatjara, in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara/ Yankunytjatjara Lands. He is an accomplished painter and also a traditional Ngangkari – witch doctor and spiritual healer.He has been painting at Ernabella for three years, and has exhibited in Sydney. As an Anangu elder, Rama has a great wealth of traditional knowledge and skills. Rama’s country is Kuntjanu, and his painting theme is Wanampi Dreaming – the Rainbow Serpent. | |
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Smart, Minma | ||
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Minma Smart Mima Smart was born in Penong, west of Ceduna. Her mother’s country is Amaroo close to Mimili and father’s country is spinifex country, Mamadu on the WA border where the lady gets speared and turned into rock. Mima went to school at Cundeelee mission in WA then to Yalata. Mima has 4 children and 6 grandchildren. Mima is a senior traditional woman, raised in the bush and custodian of the stories which shape her culture, lore and cosmology. The intimate knowledge of her land which is her heritage has ensured the surivival of generations of her people in the harsh and unpredictable Central Australian desert. | |
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Tjanyari, Kanakiya | ||
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Kanakiya Tjanyari Anangu Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara Lands Kanakiya Tjanyari was born near Waturu, south west of Indulkana. Kanikiya says ”I was a spinifex baby, growing up on my homelands. Then when I was little we traveled to a bush camp near Mimili. I spent a lot of time there growing up. I have done a lot of work here at Granite Downs (Indulkana) in Aged Care for the community old people. I assisted at the Health Clinic too. Long time ago I worked at the old store packing shelves and things. I also assisted the teacher at school. I have 3 children and 4 grandchildren. I was one of the first members at the art centre at Iwantja.” Kanakiya has successfully exhibited at the 2006 Desert Mob Exhibition in Alice Springs and the Out Mob Exhibition in Adelaide. | |
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Tjilari, Andy | ||
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Andy Tjilari Anangu Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara Lands Andy Tjilari was born in at Nyultu near Kalka in the west of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands., and lived a traditional life with his family travelling around their country until they moved east to Ernabella, when he was a young teenager. Andy attended school at Ernabella. He was already married when he and his wife and the first of his two children, moved to Fregon in the early 1960’s. An active, important elder in the community, he was a key figure in the establishment of the new community at Fregon as well as assisting in the setting up of the Fregon school. A traditional ngankari, (healer), Andy assists the local health clinic and also works with the NPY Women’s Council. Painting is a very new art form for Andy who also carves traditional implements such as boomerangs and spears. | |
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Treacle, Anyupa | ||
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Anyupa Treacle Anangu Pitjantjarjara Yankunytjatjara Lands Anyupa Treacle is from the Pitjantjatjara language group. She lives in the Aboriginal Community of Fregon in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara/Yankunyjatjara Lands, in the far north west of South Australia. Anyupa is a talented artist and has exhibited at the Flinders University Art Gallery in Adelaide and in Denver Colorado at Alive with Spirit: Comtemporary Australian Aboriginal and Native American Indian Art. | |
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Treacle, Mantuwa | ||
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Mantuwa Treacle Anangu Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara Lands Mantuwa Treacle is a community elder, living in Fregon, SA. She was born in Waltjitjata Northern Territory, in the country at the western edge of the MacDonnell Ranges. Her mother’s country is Irrunytju – Wingellina WA and her father’s country is Waltjitjata NT. She grew up and went to school in the Areyonga community, before travelling with her family to the mission at Ernabella. Mantuwa married in Fregon after it was established in the 1960s and has five children. She started working at Kaltjiti Arts and Crafts, learning about batik and tie-dying fabrics, making rugs and painting. Mantuwa has taken part in a number of exhibitions in Adelaide, Alice Springs and Land and Spirit: Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art Café Gallery, Children’s Hospital, Denver,Colorado, USA. | |
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Walker, Liddy | ||
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Liddy Walker Yuendumu Liddy Walker was born at Mt Doreen and spent her younger years living with her family in bush camps. She regularly visits her country around Mt Theo and west of Yuendumu. She has lived in Yuendumu, a Warlpiri community in the Tanami 300km Northwest of Alice Springs, since it was first established and has worked in the community in various pastoral care roles including as a cook. She started painting on canvas not long after Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Association was established and is now one of its most senior members | |
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Wells, Tjinkuma | ||
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Tjinkuma Wells Ernabella Tjinkuma Wells was born in Ernabella Pukatja in the remote Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunyjatjara Lands in north western South Australia. Tjinkuma has 6 children and 4 grandchildren. She currently works at Ernabella Anangu School and teaches the children in Pitjantjatjara and English. Tjinkuma is a respected elder in her community and passes on traditional knowledge about country and culture to the children. Tjinkuma's distinctive and bold paintings tell Tjukurrpa (creation) stories. | |
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Williamson, Brenda | ||
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Brenda Williamson Anangu Pitjantjatjara/ Yankunytjatjara Lands Brenda Williamson is from Fregon on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara/ Yankunytjatjara Lands, 350km south east of Uluru. Her medium is acrylic on canvas with subjects relating to traditional foods and ‘walka’ – abstract images. (a style unique to the region.) She also works in the medium of silk painting and batik. Brenda recently moved to Adelaide with her family and has been painting at Pila Arts in Port Adelaide. | |
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Williamson, Inawinytji | ||
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Inawinytji Williamson Adelaide Inawinytji is from Fregon on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara/ Yankunytjatjara Lands, 350km south east of ULURU. Inawinytji is a proficient and skilled batik artist, who in recent years has turned her talents to painting in the medium of acrylic on canvas. Subject matter relates to traditional foods and to traditional stories from the Anangu Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara Lands. Inawinytji now lives in Adelaide with her husband Patrick, daughter Brenda and her extended family. She also works at CASM, the Aboriginal music school at the Adelaide Univeristy, teaching her songs and inma (traditional dance) to young Aboriginal people. The National Gallery of Victoria and Murdoch University in Western Australia have some of her batiks in their collections. | |
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Williamson, Ruby | ||
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Ruby Williamson Anangu Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara Lands Ruby Williamson was born west of Amata in the bush C1940. Her Pitjantjatjara name is Tjangawa. Ruby and her family came to Amata when she was a young girl most likely around the time Amata was established in the 1960s. Ruby is a now senior law woman and is committed to fostering law and culture, story-telling, hunting, punu - wood carving, dancing and painting. She has been painting with Minymaku Arts since 2000 and is already receiving attention and acclaim for her contemporary style. Ruby is also recognised for her 'punu' woodblocks, a process that involves burning the design into a wooden surface using hot wire. Ruby is represented in a number of Australian collections. The National Gallery of Australia purchased a selection of her prints in 2004. Ruby has been exhibiting regularly since 2000. | |
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Wilson, Willie | ||
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Willie Wilson Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands Willie Wilson is a Pitjantjatjara man living in Ceduna. He was born around 1950 on the other side of Pipalatjara in Western Australia. His father’s country is at Piplatjara and his dreaming is marlu, (kangaroo). Willies father had 6 children, three from each of two wives. His mother’s country is Arryunga/Umutu. He is married with 5 grown children and his language is Pitjantjatjara. Willie is a good bushman and worked as a cattleman when he was a young man. He grew up in the traditional way, learning how to hunt, find sources of water and gathering bush foods. He is very interested in his Tjukurrpa stories and has a wealth of traditional knowledge which he illustrates in his paintings. He paints aspects of his traditional country, water holes and the magical "Wanampi" (snakes with special powers) Willies' paintings are strong in image and with story. | |
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Young, Carol | ||
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Carol Young Anangu Pitjantjatjara/ Yankunytjatjara Lands Carol Young was born in Alice Springs in 1972 and grew up in Pipalatjara in the remote Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunyjatjara Lands in north western South Australia. Carol has painted at Ninuku Arts Centre and enjoys basket weaving. As a traditional woman, Carol is custodian of stories of her land and cosmology handed down through generations. Her strong culture has survived for generations in the harsh Australian desert through an intimate knowledge of country. Carol is mother to two boys and a girl. | |
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Young, Roma | ||
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Roma Young Anangu Pitjatjantjara/Yankunytjatjara Lands Artist: Roma Young Date of Birth: 1953 Language: Pitjantjatjara Roma was born in Warburton, Western Australia. Her mother and father’s country is near Pipalatjara. She attended Ernabella School and started painting at Ninuku Arts, Kalka. Roma is a senior traditional woman, and has an intimate knowledge of her country and bush survival. She loves to paint her father’s country which is a way of passing on her knowledge and heritage. Roma has 5 children and 8 grandchildren. | |
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