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…
An example of one of Tjunkiya’s smaller scale paintings hanging on a wall.
This painting depicts the site of Malparingya which is north-west of Kintore. The site, which has many rockholes, was visited in ancient times by a large group of Tingari Men who had travelled from Lake Mackay, camping at various places…
Urapuntja Artists was the artist’s community Art Centre in Utopia. Utopia, a wide-spread cluster of several smaller communities, lies 100 nms North North East of Alice Springs. Purchased by Helen in 2009 whilst visiting the artists the painting was in…
Paddy Japaljarri Stewart (30 June 1935 – 30 November 2013) was a Walpiri speaking Australian artist from Mungapunju, south of Yuendumu. Chairman of the Warlukurlangu Artists Committee, Paddy Stewart was one of the artists who contributed to the Honey Ant…
Pauline Sunfly is the daughter of the famous Balgo painters, Sunfly Tjampitjin, and Bai Bai Sunfly Napangarti, from whom she has inherited many Tjukurrpa (Dreamtime) stories. Pauline learnt to paint from years of watching her father. She is an extremely…
John Mandjuwi Guruwiwi’s language groups are Galpu & Dhangu. His homeland is Gika – adjacent to Matamata which is set on a mangrove beach facing North across the Nalawarung Straits in far North North-Eastern Arnhem Land. His Skin Group is…
Delilah Freddy Puruntatameri has exhibited regularly in Jilamara group exhibitions since 1996, and had her first solo exhibition of works on paper at Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne in 2003. Delilah is the daughter of the late renowned artist Paddy Freddy Puruntatameri,…
Paddy Japaljarri Stewart (30 June 1935 – 30 November 2013) was a Walpiri speaking Australian artist from Mungapunju, south of Yuendumu. Chairman of the Warlukurlangu Artists Committee, Paddy Stewart was one of the artists who contributed to the Honey Ant…
Wanurr Bob Namundja was born in western Arnhem Land to the Kardbam clan in 1933. He spoke Kunwinjku which is part of the Bininj Kunwok language group. During the 1960s, he lived on the Oenpelli Mission in what is now…