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| DOROTHY NAPANGARDI |
Mitjili Napanangka
Gibson |
 | | Region: Yuendumu
(Central Desert)
Language Group:
Warlpiri |
 | | Region: (Western
Desert)
Language Group:
Pintupi/Warlpiri |
 | Recent Winner of the 1st prize - Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Award, 2001 Dorothy is one of the most exciting and experimental artists to emerge in the last decade. She has established a style of painting that is winning her worldwide acclaim. |
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Mitjili was born circa
1940 at Winparrku near Papunya, an area west of Alice Springs in the
Northern Territory. Her country is called Wilkinkarra which is her father’s
country. This area is near Lake Mackay in the Gibson Desert. Wilkinkarra is
on the edge of the Western Australian border with the Northern Territory.
She is from the Pintupi Language group, and also speaks the Warlpiri
language. |
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JULIE NANGALA ROBINSON | Vincent
Forrester MUNTJANTJI |
 | | Born:1973
Region:Yuendumu
(Central Desert)
Language Group:
Warlpiri |
 | | Born:1952
Region:
(Central Desert)
Language Group:Luritja/Aranda |
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Using an
aerial perspective Julie’s current paintings (which depict the
topographical features of her traditional country at the site of
Pirlinyanu) have become works of extraordinary optical
brilliance as she alternates the size of dots throughout her
work as well as building up specific shapes or reference points
often by repeated overdotting. |
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Vincent Forrester Muntjantji is a Luritja/Aranda
man, a traditional elder of Mutitjulu who was born in Alice Springs in 1952.
Vincent was raised at Angus Downs Station (400km southwest of Alice
Springs). He grew up as a Stockman and spent most of his youth traveling
through the country mustering stock. During this time he lived in close
proximity with Bessie Liddle, a very well known artist and senior law woman
who was married to his uncle, Arthur Liddle. |
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| Dr. George Tjapaltjarri |
Walala Tjapaltjarri |
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Born: c.1930
Region: Gibson Desert (Western Desert)
Language Group: Pintupi |
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Born: c.1960
Region: Lake McKay (Western Desert)
Language Group:
Pintupi |
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'Dr' George Tjapaltjarri is a Pintupi artist working in a highly contemporary style. His paintings possess a wonderful boldness, conveying his strong, continuous association with his traditional country, ceremonies and the application of body paint designs. His subjects are that of Tingari Cycle and Snake Dreaming. |
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| Walala received international recognition early in his career by participating in numerous group and solo exhibitions. He is known for both the graphic strength and bold simplicity of his paintings. |
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| Barbara Napangarti Reid |
Gracie Pwerl Morton |
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Born: c.1964
Region: Tjukurla (Western Desert)
Language Group:
Ngaanyatjarra |
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Born: c.1956
Region: Utopia, (Eastern Desert)
Language Group: Alyawarre |
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Vital to Barabara's work is the telling of women's sacred stories - minyma - narratives that revolve around the role of the woman as healer and provider within Ngaanyatjarra society. |
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Gracie's paintings are distinctively minimalist, highlighted by delicate dotting and a traditional palette. Her most commonly depicted subject is the bush plum known to the Alyawarre people as Arnwekety. |
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