Timothy Cook was born in 1958 and lives and works at Milikapiti on Melville Island. His country is Goose Creek, Melville Island, his skin group Marntupuni (House Fly) and dance Tarduwuli (Shark). A member of Jilamara Arts & Crafts Association,…
This painting shows country called Gardagoon near Lake Argyle on Texas Downs Station where the artist worked for much of his life. This is part of the artist’s traditional country and was given to him by his grandfather. In the…
Nyumi’s mother belonged to the country of Nyumi near Kiwirrkurra on the Pintupi side. Her father was from Alyarra in the region of Ngaanyatjarra. When Nyumi was a very young child her mother died at the Kanari soakwater close to…
A creator of the ceremonial Morning Star Poles, ‘Banumbirr’, the artist Wilson Lanydjurra has placed natural ochres in fine lines using a blade of grass to create a two dimensional image representing these beautiful ceremonial sculptural objects. Painted on fine…
Pegleg Tjampitjinpa was born circa 1920 and lived a traditional lifestyle in the region Central Australian desert region surrounding Wilkinkarra. Tjampitjinpa had no contact with western civilisation until 1957 when his family group encountered a Northern Territory Welfare branch control…
A Warlpiri speaking artist from Lajamanu (Hooker Creek), Japaltjarri painted his land and law, seeping his work with cultural connections and knowledge of his Country. Friend, colleague and fellow law man with Abie Jangala, the men travelled great distances across…
Laurie Marburduk, born 1951, lives in Wurdeja and is of the Jowunga moiety. She is a senior artist and the partner of the late great bark painter, Johnny Bulunbulun. Her artwork is held in the Charles Darwin University, QUAGOMA and…
Mother to ten children, Tjunkiya Napaltjarri lived her life in the Western Deserts of Central Australia. A prominent figure in the burgeoning Australian First Nations art movement, Tjunkiya has a striking uniqueness in her paint application depicting her Country, shared…
Mother to ten children, Tjunkiya Napaltjarri lived her life in the Western Deserts of Central Australia. A prominent artistic figure in the burgeoning Australian First Nations art movement, Tjunkiya has a striking uniqueness in her paint application depicting her Country,…