2021 Revealed Exhibition Catalogue: New and Emerging WA Aboriginal Artists

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FAC acknowledges the Whadjuk people, both past and present, as the Traditional Owners of the land upon which it operates, and the greater Walyalup area. We honour and respect their spiritual relationship with their Country and the significant role they play for our community to flourish, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

FAC acknowledges the value, diversity and integrity of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, music and performance as an integral expression of Australian culture. We acknowledge that the spelling and interpretation of Indigenous language can vary greatly from community to community.

Cover image: Bessie Daylight from Warmun Art Centre, Bat and Goanna Ngarranggarni (detail), 2020, ochre and acrylic on canvas, 70 x 50cm

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Revealed is presented by FAC with the support of the WA State Government through the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries; and the Australian Government through the Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support Program.

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revealed exhibition 2021 Presented by Fremantle Arts Centre, Revealed showcases the best new and emerging Aboriginal artists from across Western Australia through the annual Revealed Exhibition, WA Aboriginal Art Market and connected workshops, events and public programs. Revealed is an essential platform for supporting the creative and professional development of the next generation of Aboriginal artists, while allowing our audiences the opportunity to make ethical purchases of affordable work from WA Aboriginal artists and Art Centres.

The 2021 Revealed Exhibition showcases over 100 of the best new and emerging Aboriginal artists from 31 of Western Australia’s remote and regional art centres, as well as independent Aboriginal artists from across WA, including the Perth and South West areas. The selected artists have created exciting new works that span a breadth of styles and mediums including painting, neon, textiles, photography, print media, digital games, carving and sculpture.

Open to all emerging Aboriginal artists living in WA, Revealed artists are selected by a panel of industry experts. This year’s selection panel comprised of curator Glenn Iseger-Pilkington and artist Esther McDowell / Yabini Kickett. The exhibition, which fills the galleries at Fremantle Arts Centre, is curated and installed with assistance from this year’s Revealed Aboriginal Artsworkers: Leonie Bennett and Dianne Wamantjangu (Tjarlili Arts); Kimberley McKie (Spinifex Hill Studios); Savannah Travia-Dann (Perth) and Amanda Bell (Busselton).

Revealed showcases the wealth and diversity of Aboriginal art practices across our state. It is also a means for artists to develop their practices, and participating in Revealed can have a lasting impact on an emerging artist’s career:

“It’s given me the confidence to believe in myself and my ability as an artist. I have made some beautiful lifelong connections with people during the artsworker program. I would recommend it to any artist starting out.”

Savannah Travia-Dann, 2021 Revealed Exhibiting Artist and participant in the 2021 Revealed Artsworker placement

Purchasing works from the Revealed Exhibition is a great way to support WA’s Aboriginal art centres and artists, who have been severely impacted by COVID-19 and who rely on the income of artwork sales to support their communities. Almost all works in the catalogue are for sale.

Revealed is an initiative of the WA State Government through the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries; and the Australian Government through the Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support program.

Jane Chambers, Revealed Exhibition Coordinator

exhibiting artists 2021 1 | ARTGOLD Kalgoorlie-Boulder and Goldfields Region Thomas Reid 2 | BRAG NOONGAR ART PROGRAM Wardandi Country (Bunbury and South West) Lera Bennell Marjorie Ugle Rhona Wallam 3 | CHEEDITHA ART GROUP Yindibarni Country (Roebourne) Sharon Warrie Kaye Warrie Wendy Warrie 4 | DADAA Whadjuk Country (Perth) John Morrison 5 | INDEPENDENT ARTISTS Yawuru Buru (Broome) Renee Clifton 6 | INDEPENDENT ARTISTS Derby Marion Cox 7 | INDEPENDENT ARTISTS Ngarluma Country (Roebourne) Chenise Cameron Samantha Walker 8 | INDEPENDENT ARTISTS Wardandi Country (Bunbury & South West) Amanda Bell Kerry Stack Beverly Thomson

9 | INDEPENDENT ARTISTS Whadjuk Country (Perth & Rockingham) Rory Charles Harley Richards Samuel Pilot-Kickett Rebecca Reid Savannah Travia-Dann Mandy White Leanne Zilm 10 | INDEPENDENT ARTISTS Wilman Country (Dwellingup) Maitland Hill 11 | JULUWARLU GROUP ABORIGINAL CORPORATION Yindibarni Country (Roebourne) Barnyji Pansy Cheedy Gabrielle Cheedy Wendy Hubert Harry Mills Wimiya Woodley 12 | KIRA KIRO ARTS PROJECT Kalumburu Community, North Kimberley Clarrie Djanghara Sylvia Djanghara

15 | MANGKAJA ARTS RESOURCE AGENCY Bunuba Country (Fitzroy Crossing) Elizabeth Jingle Lynley Nargoodah 16 | MARTUMILI ARTISTS Nyiyaparli Country (Newman) Gladys Bidu Kathleen Maree Sorensen Ignatius Taylor Pauline Williams 17 | MARUKU ARTS Tjuntjuntjara Community (Great Victoria Desert) Byron Brooks Fred Grant Stanley Patju Presley Ian Rictor Nolie Rictor Lydon Stevens Leonard Walker 18 | MINYMA KUTJARA ARTS PROJECT Wingellina Community, Ngaanyatjarra Lands Diane Dawson Rene Nelson Sally Ann Wipana Foster

13 | KU’ARLU MANGGA ART CENTRE Yamatji Country (Northampton) Colleen Drage Mauretta Drage Marrika Gilla Leanne Peck

19 | MOWANJUM ART & CULTURE CENTRE Worrorra, Ngarinyin and Wunambal people of Mowanjum Community (Derby) Brendon Charles Shontae Charles

14 | LAVERTON ABORIGINAL ART GALLERY/LCCA Laverton, Northern Goldfields Stacia Munroe Janice Scott

20 | NAGULA JARNDU DESIGNS Yawuru Buru (Broome) Nikita Drummond Marie Cecilia Manado Kerry Woods

21 | NINUKU ARTS Kalka Community, APY Lands Phyllis Donegan Allison Watson 22 | PAPULANKUTJA ARTISTS Papulankutja (Blackstone), Ngaanyatjarra Lands Anawari Inpiti Mitchell Narelle Ethel Kanpatja Holland Maimie Nginytja Butler Nora Nyutjanka Davidson Dorothy Richards Angilyiya Tjapiti Mitchell 23 | SPINIFEX HILL STUDIO Kariyarra Country (South Hedland) Sharlene Phillips Narlene Waddaman 24 | SPINIFEX ARTS PROJECTS Tjuntjuntjara Community (Great Victoria Desert) Maureen Donnegan 25 | TJANPI DESERT WEAVERS Warakurna Community, Ngaanyatjarra Lands Chriselda Farmer Erica Shorty Ikungka 26 | TJARLIRLI ART Tjukurla Community, Ngaanyatjarra Lands Mary Gibson Maime Giles Pantjiti Mckenzie Ms. M Porter Rosalind Yibardi 27 | TJUKURBA ART GALLERY Wiluna, Martu Country Vera Anderson 28 | WANGABA ROEBOURNE ART GROUP Yindibarni Country (Roebourne) Nana Pansy Hicks

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29 | WARAKURNA ARTISTS Warakurna Community, Ngaanyatjarra Lands Dorcas Bennet Rocky Porter 30 | WARINGARRI ABORIGINAL ARTS Miriwoong Country (Kununurra) Brenda Ningarmara

35 | YAMAJI ART Lower Murchison region, Yamatji Country (Mid west/Geraldton) Naomi Danischewsky Lily-­mae Kerley 36 | YARLIYIL ARTS Halls Creek Johnathon Johnston Graham Lightning

31 | WARLAYIRTI ARTISTS Kutjankgka Country (Balgo) Miriam Baadjo Jane Gimme Gracie Mosquito Marie Mudgedell Helen Nagomara Joan (Eva) Nagomara Winifred Nanala Helicopter (Joey) Tjungurrayi

37 | YINJAA-BARNI ART Yindjibarni Country (Roebourne) Marlene Harold Justina Willis Danii Rae Wilson

32 | WARMUN ART CENTRE Warmun Community, Gija Country Geraldine Bedford Bessie Daylight Jane Yalunga Tinmarie 33 | WIRNDA BARNA ART CENTRE Badimia Country (Mt Magnet) Elizabeth (Annie) Walsh 34 | YALGOO ARTS – WIRNDA BARNA Yalgoo Community, Wajarri Country Charmaine Simpson

We acknowledge that the spelling and interpretation of Indigenous language can vary greatly from community to community.

artgold

kalgoorlie-boulder and goldfields region Artgold, formally Arts & Culture Goldfields Association, exists to serve and promote arts organisations, upcoming events and individual artists working in Kalgoorlie-Boulder. The association aims to raise the profile of all arts genres by actively promoting and supporting arts activities in the wider community.

artist THOMAS REID

Image: Belinda Dimer. Photography by Billy Stokes

thomas reid Thomas Reid is a Ngaanyatjarra artist from the Papulankutja (Blackstone) Community and currently resides in Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

Thomas paints the stories passed down by his father and grandfather, which include the Dreaming stories of the Emu in the Sky, travelling on Country to rockholes, the Dreaming tracks of his grandfather’s Country and celebrations with family on ancestral lands.

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Thomas Reid Celebration on Grandfathers Country, 2019 acrylic on canvas 112 x 85cm $1,250 sold REV21-1

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wardandi country (bunbury and south west) artists LERA BENNELL MARJORIE UGLE RHONA WALLAM

Image: Rhona Wallam, Wheatbelt, 2021, water colour on arches paper, 60 x 75cm. Photography by Pixel Poetry.

lera bennell Lera is a Wilman and Wardandi Elder, living in Bunbury. Lera is one of ten children from parents Henry and Violet Bennell [dec.]. As a new artist she uses her art as a voice to comment on the history of Aboriginal people. In this work Lera references how Noongar reserves were built with the toilet block and ablutions separate to the houses: “During my childhood we moved around the South West, Noongar Country, my father was a labourer who worked on farms and railways. We lived in tin camps, tents and old native welfare houses in Darken. The houses consisted of cement floors, 2 bedrooms and a kitchen with no running water.”

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Lera Bennell Minimalism, 2021 acrylic on canvas triptych 76 x 51, 40 x 51, 40 x 51cm $840 sold REV21-2

marjorie ugle Marjorie is a Wardandi Elder who lives in Bunbury. She has a fearless approach to new mediums and has created works across weaving, printmaking and painting.

Marjorie uses her woven baskets to tell stories of how the old people used traditional vessels to collect and carry food: “The old people that lived in the areas of the South West where peppermint trees grow, used to use the small baskets for gathering seeds and berries in the bush for food. In the old times, the woman would chew the kangaroo gut until it was thin and use it for the string. A needle was made from a shard of kangaroo bone.” Marjorie enjoys sharing her weaving techniques and cultural knowledge with children and other artists.

Marjorie Ugle Peppermint Woven Basket, 2021 peppermint tree leaves and branches 8 x 20 x 8cm $140 sold REV21-3

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Marjorie Ugle Peppermint Woven Basket, 2021 peppermint tree leaves and branches 8 x 20 x 8cm $140 sold REV21-4

rhona wallam Rhona is a Wilman and Wardandi Elder who lives in Bunbury. Using watercolours, she paints scenes of the South West WA bushland, depicting her direct relationship with home and Country and exploring light and colour. She ‘walks’ through these scenes as she paints. Originally informed by the tradition of the Carrolup style, Rhona has worked to develop her own unique style. “The landscapes do not have to be a particular place; it is a scene that flows through me in a celebration of Country.”

Rhona’s work has been acquired by the BRAG Collection and private collectors.

Rhona Wallam Wheatbelt, 2021 water colour onarches paper 60 x 75cm $1,160 sold REV21-5

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Rhona Wallam Salinity in the Wheatbelt, 2021 gouache on arches paper 27 x 40cm $480 sold REV21-6

cheeditha art group

yindibarni country (roebourne) Cheeditha Art Group is a small art cooperative showcasing the culture and creativity of the Ngarluma and Yindjibarndi people from Australia’s extraordinary Pilbara region. The Group has artists from several language groups including Yindjibarndi, Kariyarra, Ngarluma and Eastern Guruma.

The artists produce works with a difference, utilising painting and other artforms to share their stories and culture.

artists SHARON WARRIE KAYE WARRIE WENDY WARRIE

Image: Wendy Warrie at Cheeditha Art Group Cheeditha Community 2020. Image courtesy of FORM

sharon warrie Sharon is a Kariyarra, Yindjibarndi woman.

She has been painting since the Bujee Nhoorr-Pu Art Group were painting at Cossack. She paints Dreamtime stories about the land and the Country, focusing on Millstream and the waterholes along the Fortescue River. The Barrimirndi story – the story of how the Rainbow Serpent created the Fortescue River – is an important story for the Yindjibarndi people and it often appears in Sharon’s artworks. Her work also features the Yindjibarndi brand symbol and her strong ochre colours reflect those colours used in body painting for ceremony.

Sharon Warrie Stepping Stones, 2020 acrylic on canvas 113 x 92cm $1,350 sold REV21-7

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wendy warrie Wendy Warrie is a Yindjibarndi woman living at Cheeditha Community in the Pilbara. She has been painting for 17 years, and has exhibited in the Cossack Art Award, Colours of our Country and Ngurra Nyingu. She has recently embarked on an independent art career and started exploring other mediums to keep her stories and culture alive. Her artwork focuses on the creation story of the Yindjibarndi people. The Barrimirndi (Rainbow Serpent), when the land was soft, his journey inland formed the Fortescue River turning the Country hard. Flooding rivers also feature in Wendy’s artwork, the rough water where the tide comes in and meets the flooded rivers.

Wendy Warrie After the Hightide, 2020 acrylic on canvas 89 x 90 cm $1,890 sold REV21-8

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Wendy Warrie After the Hightide, 2020 acrylic on canvas 105 x 94cm $2,015 REV21-10 sold

Wendy Warrie Horizon, 2020 acrylic on canvas 94 x 87cm $1,890 sold REV21-9

kaye warrie Kaye is a Yindjibarndi woman living at Cheeditha Community in the Pilbara. She has painted for 15 years, and exhibited in the Cossack Art Award, Colours of our Country and Ngurra Nyingu. She has recently embarked on an independent art career and started exploring other mediums to keep her stories and culture alive, including the Dreamtime story of the Seven Sisters and the colours of the Country. Her mother used to take her out on Country, showing and telling the stories of the marks on the land. The Thurlawirdingbirding (Sturt Pea) features often in her work with the strong childhood memory of her Mother giving her and her siblings the flowers to suck out the sweetness.

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Kaye Warrie Thurlawirdingbirding, 2020 acrylic on canvas 121 x 73cm $1,350 sold REV21-11 Kaye Warrie Thurlawirdingbirding, 2020 acrylic on canvas 121 x 73cm $1,350 REV21-12

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whadjuk country (perth) Working within a Community Arts and Cultural Development (CACD) framework, DADAA is a leading arts and health organisation that creates access to cultural activities for people with disability or a mental illness.

DADAA has three arts and community centres – in Fremantle, Midland and Lancelin. Working in partnership with local governments and other organisations, this place-based approach creates environments that are welcoming to artists and audiences, and activates local urban, regional and rural spaces.

artist JOHN MORRISON

Image: John Morrison's World Monsters digital game installation.

Photography by Pixel Poetry

john morrison John is a Noongar emerging artist and multi-media designer who was born in Darwin and now lives in Midland. His mother, also an artist, is from Queensland with connections to Central Australia, and John’s father is a Noongar man from the South West. In his work, John explores the interactive potential of animation to tell his stories and love of pop culture and video games. John’s artwork offers a small glimpse into his intricate world of gaming characters, often hybridizing animals to create fantastical creatures. The choice of gaming and augmented reality allows the viewer to interact with John’s art in a playful way, sharing his love of video games and the worlds within them.

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John Morrison All works are watercolour and pencil on paper, 15 x 21cm A | Quaga, 2020 $200 framed REV21-13

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John Morrison A | Protagonist’s bedroom part II, 2020 watercolour and pencil on paper 30 x 42cm $450 framed REV21-22 B | Protagonist’s room, 2020 watercolour and pencil on paper 30 x 42cm $450 framed REV21-23 C | Your rival’s house, 2020 watercolour and pencil on paper 30cm x 42cm $450 framed REV21-24 D | World Monsters with Hashirama Game Console, 2020 digital game and console $2,500 REV21-25 World Monsters, 2020 digital game only $75 personal use / $500 institutional use REV21-26

juluwarlu group aboriginal corporation yindibarni country (roebourne)

Based in Roebourne, Juluwarlu is an organisation dedicated to preserving, recording and promoting the culture of Yindjibarndi people. Works created at Juluwarlu span multiple platforms including audio, video, documents and photos, traineeships for local people in cultural preservation, trips on country, artist residences, documentaries, radio, TV, producing and publishing books, as well as providing a gathering space for the community to relax, feel safe and come together.

artists BARNYJI PANSY CHEEDY GABRIELLE CHEEDY WENDY HUBERT HARRY MILLS WIMIYA WOODLEY

Image: Pansy Cheedy. Image courtesy of Juluwarlu Group Aboriginal Corporation

barnyji pansy cheedy Barnyjii is an Yindjibarndi Elder, cultural custodian and highly respected artist.

She is the daughter of renowned cultural custodian, teacher and Elder, Ned Mayurabingu Cheedy (dec.), and plants specialist, Cherry Cheedy. As a Yindjibarndi cultural leader, Barnyjii enjoys sharing her cultural, environmental and creative skills and knowledge with young people.

Barnyjii mainly paints on canvas, and has recently added stitching to her paintings.

She also makes ‘yarranga marni’ carved boards and woven fibre works. Her art features plants, animals, water and creation stories of her Yindjibarndi Country and culture. She has exhibited in Colours of the Country, Japingka and FORM. She won ‘Best Work by a WA Indigenous Artist’ at the Cossack Art Awards.

Barnyji Pansy Cheedy Rock Flowers, 2020 giclee print 62 x 73cm $570 framed (edition 1/10) sold REV21-27 $225 unframed (editions 2-10/10) REV21-282 8/9 sold

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Barnyji Pansy Cheedy Garlumba Watharn-Ngarli (Native Bush Tomato Leaves), 2020 giclee print 63 x 65cm $550 framed (edition 1/10) sold REV21-28 $200 unframed (editions 2-10/10) REV21-283 4/9 sold

harry mills Harry is a Yindjibarndi Elder and cultural custodian with deep and abiding connections with his ngurrra (Country) and culture. He creates yarranga marni carved boards and says, “I am an old man.

78 last year. Soon 79. The Yurra is the sun. We call it Yurra. I make my art to say what I want to say.

Yurra is coming every day. It gives us light. It warms the plants and flowers I grow. I was taken away as a boy. To Carnarvon mission.

Then I worked on stations a lot.

I think about that. There was this out-camp I knew at Hooley Station. Worked there. Sheep.

Windmill. Fencing. Probably I won’t see it again. I make my art to say what I want to say. The Yindjibarndi Shield we have has these carved zigzag marks. We always have this shield since a long time ago. Only Yindjibarndi have this shield. I want to say that these are the things Yindjibarndi men make for fighting and killing animals in the Old Days. Now just for ceremony like Law and singing and dancing. Like our plants and animals and ngurra, we have to keep our culture going for the young people.”

Harry Mills Barrimirndi (The Sea Serpent), 2020 giclee print 63 x 63cm $550 framed (edition 1/10) sold REV21-30 $200 unframed (editions 2-10/10) REV21-284 2/9 sold

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wimiya woodley Wimiya is a young and emerging Yindjibarndi artist who has a passionate interest in his culture and all art forms including performance and dance. He has grown up immersed in culture, camping and travelling his Yindjibarndi ngurra (Country) with Elders and family, gathering the meanings of places and the stories of his people. He has been exhibiting his art since 2017 and is currently studying Aboriginal Performance at Edith Cowan University.

Wimiya Woodley Tree Rain Drops, 2020 giclee print 61 x 86cm $630 framed (edition 1/10) sold REV21-31 $250 unframed (editions 2-10/10) REV21-285 5/9 sold

gabrielle cheedy Gabby is an emerging Yindjibarndi artist and maker.

She is a granddaughter of renowned Yindjibarndi cultural custodian, teacher and Elder, Ned Mayurabingu Cheedy – who was named the 2012 Australian NAIDOC Aboriginal Person of the Year, before he died at the age of 105 – and renowned Yindjibarndi plants specialist, Cherry Cheedy.

Her artworks celebrate her Yindjibarndi ngurra (Country).

She has recently begun creating traditional Yindjibarni fish traps and other women’s artefacts, and since early 2019 has participated in Juluwarlu Art Group activities and workshops.

Gabrielle Cheedy Tribe’s Tablelands Fortescue River, 2020 acrylic on canvas 80 x 90cm $1,100 sold REV21-32

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Gabrielle Cheedy Mining in Our Country, 2020 acrylic on canvas 35 x 70cm $750 sold REV21-33

wendy hubert Wendy is a respected Yindjibarndi Elder, cultural custodian and linguist who has lived passionately and supported her Roebourne and Yindjibarndi Community for more than 40 years. As Wendy paints, she inspires young people with her memories and stories of Yindjibarndi culture and the cultural heroes she has worked with during her lifetime. Wendy’s artworks celebrate her people’s 60,000-year-old culture and their continuing management and care for the West Pilbara tableland Country.

Wendy says: “I know my Ngurra. I know its Laws. I am an Yindjibarndi Custodian, old now, but strong in my thinking and my life.

So I have painted here, my Country after fire. The rain will come. When it comes everything will grow again. It has done this since the beginning of time and will go on doing this forever.”

Wendy Hubert Malu Buuggayi (In the Shade, Sit Down), 2020 acrylic on canvas 97 x 84cm $1,200 sold REV21-34

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Wendy Hubert Jinda-Warra Country, 2020 acrylic on canvas 130 x 96cm $1,500 sold REV21-35

kira kiro arts project

kalumburu community, north kimberley Kira Kiro Artists is the Kalumburu Community’s recognised art centre, located on the land of the Kwini people in north western Western Australia. Kira Kiro or Kirri Kirri are Kwini spiritual figures featured in the rock art galleries around Kalumburu. The name was adopted by important senior artist Mary Punchi Clement, who is known for her intricate depiction of the region’s flora, fauna and associated stories.

artists CLARRIE DJANGHARA SYLVIA DJANGHARA

Image: Clarrie Djanghara painting at Kira Kiro Artists 2021.

Image courtesy the artist and Kira Kiro Artists

clarrie djanghara Clarrie was born in the Kimberley town of Derby and moved to Kalumburu during the missionary times, where he grew up and went to school. He was trained as a builder in his community and has worked in the community store. In 1999 he was elected President of Kalumburu Aboriginal Community Council. Clarrie has only recently turned his hand to painting in order to record his culture for the younger generation.

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Clarrie Djanghara The Beginning of the Wet Season, 2021 natural pigment on canvas 100 x 80cm $1,320 REV21-36

Clarrie Djanghara Wandjina with Wunggurr and Bush Wallaby, 2021 natural pigment on canvas 60 x 60cm $550 REV21-37

Clarrie Djanghara Wandjina Talking to the Lightning and Thunder, 2021 natural pigment on canvas 60 x 60cm $550 sold REV21-38

Clarrie Djanghara Agula with the Animals, 2021 natural pigment on canvas 60 x 80cm $748 sold REV21-39

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sylvia djanghara Sylvia’s Dreaming is Rock Kangaroo who was speared in the leg and captured by her father before being born in Wyndham.

A birthmark signifies this event. Her father was from Gunmunyah and came to Kalumburu by canoe with his older brother, Waigan Djanghara. He worked as a stockman and met Sylvia’s mother, Phillipena, when she was 16. They got married at the Kalumburu Catholic Church.

Sylvia is one of 14 children and learned to paint by watching her Uncle Waigan Djanghara and Aunty Lily Karadada. Sylvia continues to paint the traditions of the Wandjina, which is prevalent in the rock art throughout the northern Kimberley region.

Sylvia Djanghara Gwion and the Wunggurr, 2021 natural pigment on canvas 76 x 76cm $1,595 REV21-42

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Sylvia Djanghara Agula, the Wunggurr and the Jamba, 2021 natural pigment on canvas 45 x 45cm $550 sold REV21-41

Sylvia Djanghara Wandjina and the Gwion, 2020 Natural pigment on canvas 45 x 45cm $550 sold REV21-40

ku’arlu mangga art centre yamatji country (northampton)

Ku’arlu Mangga is Nhanda for Good Nest, reflecting its focus on youth wellbeing, as well as the Art Centre. A small but aspirational Art Centre in the Mid-West of WA, best known for innovative, intergenerational community art installations, such as the Message Sticks and Kalbarri Skywalk installations, Ku’arlu Mangga is now opening a gallery.

artists COLLEEN DRAGE MAURETTA DRAGE MARRIKA GILLA LEANNE PECK

image: Colleen Drage pressing Looking for Bush Tucker, 2021. Image courtesy Ku’arlu Mangga Art Centre

colleen drage Colleen lives and works in Northampton, on Yamatji Country. She is a senior Nhanda woman, and cultural leader. Colleen grew up in Ajana and on the Murchison River, then moved to Northampton for high school.

Her artworks celebrate the strong cultural and Country connections she developed in early life living on Murchison House Station, with memories and stories from aunties, uncles and in particular her father. Colleen’s practice has developed in collaboration with her daughter Mauretta, during the intergenerational arts projects delivered with youth on Country, and workshops at Ku’arlu Mangga. She is a founding artist and cultural director of Ku’arlu Mangga.

Colleen Drage A | Gidji Marra - Lily Leaves, 2021 linoleum colour jigsaw block print on 250gsm somerset satin 51 x 54cm $395 framed sold REV21-43 B | Healing Circles, 2021 Linoleum colour relief block print on 250gsm somerset satin 51 x 53cm, $365 framed (edition 1/5) sold REV21-44 $185 unframed (editions 2-5/5) REV21-286 3/4 sold C | Looking for Bush Tucker, 2021 linoleum colour relief block print on 250gsm somerset satin 48 x 68cm $445 framed (edition 1/5) sold REV21-45 $250 unframed (editions 2-5/5) REV21-287

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mauretta drage Mauretta grew up on Yamatji Country in Northampton and Wandalgu. A proud Nhanda-Wadjarri woman, she works in a wide range of mixed media, celebrating family stories and cultural heritage.

Mauretta also works in collaboration with her mother Colleen Drage and son Kane Clifton on innovative public art installations in metal and stone to promote positive cultural visibility in the local landscapes, such as the installation they created for the Kalbarri Skywalk. Mauretta is a youth supervisor and teaches wood burning and painting in the youth program, assisting with cultural camps. Her print works are inspired by her time spent along the Murchison River near Kalbarri, listening to family stories and rediscovering bush foods on Country. She is a founding artist of Ku’arlu Mangga.

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marrika gilla Marrika is a proud young Nhanda-Wadjarri woman developing her own multimedia art practice, celebrating family stories and cultural heritage at Ku’arlu Mangga.

She lives and studies on Noongar Country, returning to Ku’arlu Mangga for creative workshops and learning on Country in the holidays. She has participated in the youth program there, which aims to connect the younger generations with elders on Country and encourages creative expression under the leadership of senior artists. Marrika was a lead catwalk model in Ecofashion 2018.

Her current series of prints express the strong emotions from her experiences on Country with senior family members.

Marrika Gilla G | Girl on Country (black), 2021 linoleum relief block print on 250gsm somerset satin 54 x 68cm $430 framed (edition 1/5) sold REV21-49 $220 unframed (editions 2-5/5) REV21-291 1/4 sold H | Girl on Country (red), 2021 linoleum relief block print on 250gsm somerset satin 51 x 66cm $415 framed (edition 1/5) REV21-50 $220 unframed (editions 2-5/5) REV21-292

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Leanne Peck

leanne peck Leanne is a proud YindjibarndiMartu woman raised in Martu Country; she now lives on Yamatji Country in Northampton.

Leanne is an emerging painter and printmaker who enjoys experimenting with different presses and techniques. Her arts practice also includes recycled and found objects such as the Kalbarri Spring Water plastic bottles repurposed for a mass installation of “Everlastings” collaborating with her mother Beverly, in the Kalbarri Zest Festival in 2016.

Leanne’s exhibition work draws on her colourful childhood memories of her grandparents on Loren Glen Station, where she learned bush food hunting and gathering with them. She is a founding artist of Ku’arlu Mangga.

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Laverton Aboriginal Art Gallery is managed by the Laverton Cross Cultural Association and has wonderful artworks and artefacts for sale, created by local Wongi artists from Laverton and the Ngaanyatjarra lands of the Western Desert region of WA. The artists have connections to the land and share their stories through their making.

artists STACIA MUNROE JANICE SCOTT

Image: Janice Scott. Image courtesy of Laverton Aboriginal Art Gallery / LLCCA

janice scott Janice is a Nyangaanya artist from Laverton and also speaks Ngaanyatjarra and Pitjantjarra. Janice has been painting since 1988 and has also been making traditional artefacts alongside her older families and learning from them since she was a child.

“My miniature replicas of the tools are what my family used to survive for so many years before coming into contact with white people, and before they started fashioning tools with metal.” She has produced large scale projects such as the mural in the Laverton Shire Hall and the WA Percent for Art sculptures outside the Laverton Police Station, based on her painting which hangs inside the station.

Janice Scott Traditional Family Hunting and Gathering Tools, carved wooden artefacts 8 objects, 10-20cm (variable) NFS REV21-57

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stacia munroe Stacia is a Ngaanyatjarra artist, born on Erleston Station north of Laverton, where her father worked as a station hand. Stacia travels between Jameson and Laverton and sometimes also paints with Papulankutja Artists. Stacia has her own unique style and loves painting. This work depicts the Dreamtime story of two boys who were travelling in the bush in Jameson community, when they came across the serpent snake, they were hungry but knew that they shouldn’t eat it, but they did anyway, because they did wrong the snake spirit turned them into a rock, which is in Jameson to this very day.

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Stacia Munroe Hunting Story - Two boys turned into rock after eating snake, 2017 acrylic on canvas 41 x 59cm $366 sold REV21-58

mangkaja arts resource agency bunuba country (fitzroy crossing)

Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency is a leading Aboriginal arts centre based in Fitzroy Crossing.

Founded in 1981, Mangkaja represents the five language groups of the Fitzroy Valley including Bunuba, Nyikina and Gooniyandi of Martuwarra (River Country), and Walmajarri and Wangkajunga from the jilji, (Sand-hill Desert Country). Mangkaja supports over 100 artists through various intergenerational programs, with artists ranging from 5 to over 85.

artists ELIZABETH JINGLE LYNLEY NARGOODAH

Image: Team Mangkaja,2020.

Image courtesy Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency

elizabeth jingle Elizabeth is a Jaru woman, born in the bush out near Halls Creek. Her ancestors are from the Country around Warmun. Her parents lived and walked between Halls Creek and Lamboo Station. At age 11 she moved with her family to Fossil Downs Station. Elizabeth married a Gooniyandi and Bunuba man, they moved to Fitzroy Crossing and when the Junjuwa Community was completed they moved there and now live at Loanbun next to the Fitzroy Crossing new bridge.

Elizabeth started painting at the old Mangkaja Art Centre around 2000. She paints stories from her ancestors that her parents have told her, about Dreamtime, law and culture, as well as how they travelled and lived, hunted and survived.

Elizabeth Jingle Hunting and Gathering – Travelling Together, 2020 acrylic on canvas 90 x 90cm $1,300 REV21-59

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Elizabeth Jingle Hunting and Gathering – Travelling Together, 2020 acrylic on canvas 180 x 94.5cm $2,700 REV21-60

lynley nargoodah Lynley grew up in Fitzroy Crossing, where she learnt the importance of keeping alive the stories passed on from her elders.

Lynley is a proud Nyikina/Walmajarri woman, a mother of five and the chair of Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency. She has been developing a new style of painting which she calls “Seed Collecting”.

Inspired by the knowledge of the Yarun (Bloodwood) tree, she uses different colours and paint marks to describe the different stages of the seeds and flowers with the changing seasons.

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Lynley Nargoodah Seed Collecting Times, 2020 acrylic on canvas quadriptych, 180 x 60cm each $7,200 sold REV21-61

martumili artists

nyiyaparli country (newman) Martumili Artists was established by Martu people living in the communities of Parnpajinya (Newman), Jigalong, Parnngurr, Punmu, Kunawarritji, Irrungadji and Warralong. The artists and their families are the traditional custodians of vast stretches of the Great Sandy, Little Sandy and Gibson Deserts as well as the Karlamilyi (Rudall River) area. Martumili draws on the strong influence of Aboriginal art history and artists practice across a range of styles and mediums.

artists GLADYS BIDU KATHLEEN MAREE SORENSEN IGNATIUS TAYLOR PAULINE WILLIAMS

Image: Gladys Bidu was taught to paint by her Aunt, Renowned senior artist Jakayu Biljabu. Image courtesy of Martumili Artists

gladys bidu Gladys is a Karimarra woman. She was born near Wantili and speaks Manjilyajarra. Gladys is a teacher and respected cultural advisor for the Kanyirninpa Jukurrpa Martu ranger program and works with Punmu School as a senior cultural and linguistic adviser and board member. “The school has two-way learning: Martu way and English.

Helping people to be strong in both ways.”

Gladys was taught to paint in Jigalong by her aunt, renowned senior artist Jakayu Biljabu. Gladys paints her ngurra (home Country) of Wantili, a large round jurnu (soak) and linyji (claypan) on the Canning Stock Route. At this site Kartujarra, Manyjilyjarra, Putijarra and Warnman people would come together for ceremonies during the pujiman (traditional, desertdwelling) era.

Gladys Bidu Wantili (Warntili, Canning Stock Route Well 25), 2020 acrylic on canvas 121 x 91cm $2,000 REV21-62

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Kathleen started painting at Jigalong in 1999, and completed a Certificate in Visual Arts at Pundulmurra TAFE in Port Hedland in 2000. Kathleen paints stories about her Country and stories from family trips out bush. Kathleen experiments with different mediums, developing her own unique style.

She is also a basket maker, and learned how to make baskets from her Aunt Dora Booth. “I’m learning from the senior artists from the other Martu communities, everybody has their own style. I love the stories they tell me from back in their early days. With the respect I have for elders and knowledge of two cultures Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal, that makes me the perfect person to help the Martu people understand how the art centre operates and other things that influence their lives.”

2 | Parnajarrpa (sand goanna) - 2, 2020 minarri grass and wool 47 x 27 x 12cm $120 sold REV21-65 3 | Parnajarrpa (sand goanna) - 3, 2020 minarri grass and wool 39 x 22 x 12cm $80 sold REV21-66 4 | Parnajarrpa (sand goanna) - 4, 2020 minarri grass and wool 47 x 18 x 10cm $120 sold REV21-67 5 | Parnajarrpa (sand goanna) - 5, 2020 minarri grass and wool 47 x 28 x 10cm $120 sold REV21-68

pauline williams Pauline is the daughter of renowned Martumili artist Jugarda (Dulcie) Gibbs.

Pauline frequently paints her mother’s traditional Country between the Percival Lakes and Kunawarritji. “These are the rockholes around Kunawarritji. My mum (Dulcie Gibbs Jugarda) painted the same places. It’s my father’s Country – he was born at Well 33. I’m painting Well 35, Kinyu, all the way to Well 38, Wajaparni. This is a big place for us. It’s important. I went on a trip with Kanyirninpa Jukurrpa last year (2018) to visit all these rockholes.”

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Pauline Williams Kunawarritji Rockholes, 2020 acrylic on canvas 122 x 91cm $1,775 sold REV21-72

ignatius taylor Ignatius is a Martu artist who was born and lives in Parnngurr on Martu Country. He speaks English, Manyjilyjarra, Warnman, Kartujarra, and Martu Wangka, and can translate between these languages. He enjoys looking after his elders, hunting, camping, and looking after his Country.

“I enjoy being close to my locals. I believe anyone can learn to work well and would like to be a positive role model for others.

I like painting and playing the drums and acoustic guitar.”

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Ignatius Taylor Parnngurr - Hunting Car, 2020 photographic print 60 x 90cm $480 sold REV21-69

Ignatius Taylor Parnngurr - Jilla Car, 2020 photographic print 60 x 90cm $480 sold REV21-70

Ignatius Taylor Parnngurr - Boy in Troopie, 2020 photographic print 60 x 90cm $480 REV21-71

maruku arts

tjuntjuntjara community (great victoria desert) Maruku is owned and operated by Anangu people from the Western and Central Deserts of Australia.

As one of the largest art centres, approximately 900 Anangu artists are part of the collective. Artists at Maruku are particularly well known for their punu – expertly carved wooden objects. Maruku aims to share knowledge with future generations of artists and make culture accessible in an authentic way to those that seek a more in-depth understanding.

artists BYRON BROOKS FRED GRANT STANLEY PATJU PRESLEY IAN RICTOR NOLIE RICTOR LYDON STEVENS LEONARD WALKER

Image: Punubuy, 2020. Tjuntjunjara. Image courtesy of Maruku Arts

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Byron is Tjilpi Anangu pilanguru (a senior Aboriginal man from the spinifex) from the Great Victoria Desert community of Tjuntjuntjara. A prominent artist with the Spinifex Arts Project, Byron is also a soughtafter environmental consultant.

Stanley was born at Itaratjara, between Watarru and Kalayapiti, on the South Australian side of the Great Victorian Desert. Patju is a senior Law man who practices inma (traditional singing and dancing) and punu traditional carving.

Patju also holds the honour of being an Ernabella Mission-trained Christian preacher. He resides in both Irrunytju (Wingellina), Western Australia, and Tjuntjuntjara, Western Australia, alongside his wife Ivy Laidlaw, also a punu carver. Patju is an established painter and a director of the Spinifex Arts Project.

Ian is Wati Anangu pilanguru (an Aboriginal man of the spinifex) from the Great Victoria Desert. He was born at Artulin/Tuwan. His small family group is the last of the known Aboriginal people to have remained living traditionally in the Western Desert, ‘emerging’ in the late 1980s. He has been an artist with the Spinifex Arts Project since it began in 1997. Ian resides in the remote community of Tjuntjuntjara with his wife Kathleen Kanta Donnegan and extended family. He is a skilled hunter, bush mechanic and craftsman.

Le0nard is Tjilpi Anangu pilanguru (a senior Aboriginal man of the spinifex) from the northern regions of the Great Victoria Desert.

Leonard is a prominent artist with the Spinifex Arts Project and one of its directors. He has produced carvings through Maruku Arts since 2019.

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Nolie is Wati Anangu pilanguru (an Aboriginal man of the spinifex). He was in born in the bush between Irrunytju and Tjuntjuntjara. His small family group is the last of the known Aboriginal people to have remained living traditionally in the Western Desert, ‘emerging’ in the late 1980s. Nolie has painted with Ninuku Arts while living in Kalka Community and began producing carvings through Maruku in 2012.

Fred is Tjilpi Anangu pilanguru (a senior Aboriginal man from the spinifex) from the Great Victoria Desert, born at Ukatjatjara. Fred is a prominent artist with the Spinifex Arts Project and has produced carvings with Maruku Arts since 2019.

Lydon is originally from Tjuntjuntjara, a small remote community in the Great Victoria Desert. He travels between his wife’s Country in Ernabella in the APY Lands, South Australia, and Tjuntjuntjara, Western Australia, his home. He began producing punu for Maruku in 2015. While his work has previously been included in group installations, this is his first exhibition as wood carver in his own right.

Byron Brooks Kulata (Hunting Spear), 2019 wanari (acacia aneura) 271 x 3cm $375 sold REV21-73

Byron Brooks Kulata (Hunting Spear), 2019 wanari (acacia aneura) 273 x 3cm $375 sold REV21-74

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minyma kutjara arts project

wingellina community, ngaanyatjarra lands Minyma Kutjara Arts Project, formally known as Irrunytju Arts, was established in 2001 by anangu living in Irrunytju (Wingellina) to support culture and as an economic initiative. Irrunytju is a small and very remote Aboriginal community located 12km south-west of Surveyor General’s Corner, where the tri-state borders of South Australia, the Northern Territory and West Australia intersect.

artists DIANE DAWSON RENE NELSON SALLY ANN WIPANA FOSTER

Image: Rene Nelson hot poker work. Image courtesy of Minyma Kutjara Arts Project

diane dawson Diane was born in 1967 in Amata in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands of South Australia and belongs to the Pitantjatjara language and culture group.

She is the daughter of well-known Irrunytju artist Alkawari Dawson, and her father Nyakul Dawson travelled to Paris with his work in 2005.

Diane is a keen and passionate artist who explores a variety of styles including traditional stories passed down from her parents such as Kalaya Wati Tjukurpa (Emu Man Dreaming), landscape painting around the Wingellina Community and contemporary painting and sculpture.

Diane Dawson Katu-nguru walunyanganyi, 2020 acrylic on canvas 121 x 137cm $1,830 sold REV21-97

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Diane Dawson Katu-nguru walunyanganyi, 2020 acrylic on canvas 90 x 50cm $732 sold REV21-95

Diane Dawson Katu-nguru walunyanganyi ngura, 2020 acrylic on canvas 57 x 76cm $732 sold REV21-96

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rene nelson Rene was born at Warlu, west of Irrunytju, near Papulankutja (Blackstone). As a child Rene lived a semi-nomadic lifestyle in the desert.

“When I was little, I walked with my parents from rock hole to rock hole. If a rock hole got dry, we would travel to one of the main rock holes which always had water.”

The family walked to Irrunytju Community, where Rene married and raised her own family. A founding member of Irrunytju Arts, Rene’s paintings draw on her knowledge of Country and the important rock holes around her. Her work is characterised by vibrant colour, intensified by precise dotting. Nelson is a skilled bush woman, incorporating her love of craft skills including punu (wood) carving, tjanpi (grass) weaving and beadwork into her practice.

Rene Nelson Bush seed wall hanging, 2020 beadwork/wall hanging 147 x 67cm $2,196 sold REV21-99

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Rene Nelson Tartu, 2020 acrylic on canvas 122 x 77cm $1,098 sold REV21-98

sally ann wipana foster Sally belongs to the Pitjantjatjara language and cultural group. Her mother was a highly respected elder from the Ngaanyatjarra Lands and her father, Wilitjiri Wilton Foster, was instrumental in the Pitantjatjara Land Rights Movement in the 1970s. Foster is a dynamic artist who works across a variety of mediums including painting and sculpture. She has exceptional bush skills, creating innovative works in punu (wood) carving, tjanpi (grass) sculpture and painted tartu (seed) work. Her canvas works depict narratives of everyday life and the Country around Irrunytju Community.

Sally Ann Wipana Foster Tartu wall hanging, 2020 beadwork / wall hanging 147 x 74cm $2,440 sold REV21-100

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mowanjum art & culture centre

worrorra, ngarinyin and wunambal people of mowanjum community (derby) Mowanjum is a creative hub for the Worrorra, Ngarinyin and Wunumbal tribes, who make up the Mowanjum Community outside Derby, Western Australia. These three language groups are united by their belief in the Wandjina as a sacred spiritual force and the creators of the land. They are the custodians of Wandjina law and iconography.

The centre hosts exhibitions, workshops and community projects, as well as the annual Mowanjum Festival, one of Australia’s longest running indigenous cultural festivals.

artists BRENDON CHARLES SHONTAE CHARLES

Image: Shontae Charles painting Wandjina, Jaiya and Ungud, 2020.

Image courtesy of Mowanjum Art and Culture Centre

shontae charles Shontae was born in Derby in the West Kimberley. She is a young Worrorra and Nykina woman raised by elder and lawman Donny Woolagoodja and Mildred Mungulu, both renowned artists. Shontae paints the traditional Wandjina stories learnt in her childhood but fills her work with a youthful boldness and simplicity. Shontae also works at Mowanjum Art and Culture Centre and enjoys educating visitors about her Country and Wandjina culture. Since 2015, Shontae has been involved in the Puliima Language course coordinated by Melbourne University; Charles Darwin University; University of Western Australia, and the Bachelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education.

Shontae Charles Wandjina the Rainmaker, 2020 acrylic on canvas 60 x 60cm $450 sold REV21-101

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Shontae Charles Wandjina and Ungud, 2020 acrylic on canvas 60 x 60cm $450 sold REV21-102

Shontae Charles Wandjina, Jaiya and Ungud, 2020 acrylic on canvas 60 x 60cm $450 sold REV21-103

Shontae Charles Wandjina the Rainmaker, 2021 acrylic on canvas 60 x 60cm $450 sold REV21-104

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brendon charles Brendon is a Nykina man born in Derby in the West Kimberley. He was raised in Old Mowanjum and New Mowanjum Communities. He spent most of his early teens up the Gibb, Munja, Pantijan, Mt Elizabeth and Mt Barnett Communities.

Brendon is a skilled carver whose work is in high demand. He recently started teaching young men the art of carving boomerangs, boab nuts and didgeridoos. In addition, Brendon is a gifted illustrator and painter with an eye for line and movement.

Brendon Charles Untitled, 2020 acrylic on carved supplejack 10 x 80cm $495 REV21-106

Brendon Charles Untitled, 2020 acrylic on carved supplejack 6.5 x 56cm $440 REV21-107

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Brendon Charles Untitled, 2020 acrylic on carved Ironwood 137 x 12cm $1,760 REV21-105

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nagula jarndu designs yawuru buru (broome)

Nagula Jarndu was established in 1987 as an indigenous women’s resource centre by Yawuru women. As an arts and textiles business, training is offered to artists across screen printing and dressmaking and producing fabrics for clothing and home wares. The organisation gives Aboriginal women the opportunity to produce distinctive hand crafted textiles and textile products with motifs and colours sourced from the unique Broome landscape.

artists NIKITA DRUMMOND MARIE CECILIA MANADO KERRY WOODS

Image: Kerry Woods, Platypus Pool, 2021, four-colour hand block print on silk, 300 x 137cm. Photography by Pixel Poetry

kerry woods Kerry is an Aboriginal woman from the clan Plangermairreenner of the Ben Lomond people, of the Cape Portland nation in northeast Tasmania. Kerry moved around Australia as a child due to law enforcers threatening to take Kerry and her siblings away from her mum. Kerry started expressing her creativity at a young age, eventually enrolling in a Technical School in Mildura, northwest Victoria. She pursued a career in Aboriginal healthcare, and recently returned to her passion of painting. The stories she paints hold significant meaning to her, representing places visited and important people. Kerry uses her painting to reconnect to her culture and share her stories.

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Kerry Woods Platypus, 2021 one-colour hand block print on silk 300 x 137cm $550 REV21-108

Kerry Woods Freshwater Pool, 2021 three-colour hand block print on silk 300 x 137cm $550 REV21-109

Kerry Woods Platypus Pool, 2021 four-colour hand block print on silk 300 x 137cm $550 REV21-110

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Nikita Drummond Boab Leaf, 2020 two-colour hand block print on cotton 300 x 137cm $410 REV21-111

Nikita Drummond Boab Leaf and Flowers, 2021 two-colour hand block print on silk 300 x 137cm $550 REV21-112

Nikita Drummond Boab Nuts, 2021 three-colour hand block print on silk 300 x 137cm $550 REV21-113

nikita drummond Nikita is a Yawuru woman from Broome who spent her childhood years between Broome and South Hedland. Through recent exhibitions including Revealed Exhibition, Fremantle Arts Centre and the WA Museum Digital Screen show in 2021, Nikita is gaining confidence as an artist, exploring hidden talents and new designs. Nikita works with acrylic on paper and permaset on fabric using the hand block printing technique.

Her artworks reflect her connection to Country and culture though flora and fauna, and the unique natural environment of Kimberley and Pilbara regions.

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Her ancestral groups are all salt-water peoples. Marie has always been interested in art and as a child enjoyed being part of school art competitions. She joined Nagula Jarndu Art Centre in 2020 and has been able to explore linocut hand block printing using acrylic on paper and permaset on fabric.

This is Marie’s first formal exhibition of her work. Marie’s art represents her cultural heritage, traditions and knowledge in a contemporary form through printmaking.

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ninuku arts

kalka community, apy lands Ninuku Arts supports artists from two communities – Pipalyatjara and Kalka. Each have populations of around 100-150 Anangu people and the majority are Pitjantjatjara speakers – Anangu means ‘people’ in Pitjantjatjara. Both communities are located in the far north western corner of South Australia, near the tri-state border of South Australia, Western Australia and Northern Territory.

The art centre prides itself on its inclusivity by providing opportunities for all generations and embracing individuality in artists.

artists PHYLLIS DONEGAN ALLISON WATSON

Image: Phyllis Donegan painting at Kuntjanu Homelands.

Image courtesy Ninuku Arts

phyllis donegan Phyllis was born at Warburton Ranges and is the youngest daughter of renowned painter Jimmy Donegan. She went to school at Amata and moved back to Pipalyatjara and Kalka in the homeland movement of the late 1970s. Growing up, she moved between Wingellina, Pipalyatjara and Amata. She started painting in Blackstone, where she worked with her sister and mother on the Tjanpi Toyota that won the Telstra Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art award in 2005. She lives in Kalka with her family. Phyllis paints designs associated with the Seven Sisters and Wati Kutjara Tjukurpa stories. Her style is very geometric and precise.

Phyllis Donegan tali tjuta, 2020 acrylic on canvas 122 x 91cm $1,440 sold REV21-120

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Phyllis Donegan tali tjuta, 2021 acrylic on canvas 91 x 91cm $1,080 sold REV21-123

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Phyllis Donegan tali tjuta, 2021 acrylic on canvas 153 x 91cm $1,780 sold REV21-122

allison watson Alison was born in Docker River, Northern Territory, and went to school in Esperance.

She moved later to Irruntyju Community and had one girl and four boys. Alison is the daughter of pioneer Western Desert artist Tjuparu Watson, and has been painting with Minyma Kutjara in Irrunytju and Ninuku Arts Studios since 2015. She paints from the stories of her father’s Country, Irlupa.

Allison Watson Walka Wiru Ngura Wiru, 2021 acrylic on canvas 122 x 122cm $1,860 sold REV21-125

Allison Watson Walka Wiru Ngura Wiru, 2021 acrylic on canvas 61 x 122cm $960 sold REV21-124

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papulankutja artists

papulankutja (blackstone), ngaanyatjarra lands Papulankutja Artists is an Aboriginal owned and directed corporation that represents artists from Papulankutja (Blackstone) and Mantamaru (Jameson) Communities in the Ngaanyatjarra Lands, Western Australia. Papulankutja Artists are proud of their strong links to artists past and present, culture and Country. They are committed to achieving positive economic, social and cultural outcomes for Yarnangu. They value the authenticity of their artwork and operate as an ethically conscious, sustainable business.

artists ANAWARI INPITI MITCHELL NARELLE ETHEL KANPATJA HOLLAND MAIMIE NGINYTJA BUTLER NORA NYUTJANKA DAVIDSON DOROTHY RICHARDS ANGILYIYA TJAPITI MITCHELL

Image: Angilyiya Tjapiti Mitchell. Image courtesy Papulankutja Artists

dorothy richards Dorothy’s work is a captivating colourscape inspired by the land, stories and her grandchildren. Her eye for colour is unmatched, distinguishing her work as a tapestry that nods to tradition while celebrating contemporary Indigenous art styles. Her love for life and culture imbues her work with spirit, speaking of a rich connection to what grows from the land and the strong women that gather bush grub and tree roots. Keeping culture strong and stories rolling are integral to what inspires Dorothy and in turn, her work inspires all those around her.

Dorothy lives and works in Jameson. She also makes tjanpi, beads and Indigenous artefacts to compliment her art practice.

Dorothy Richards Rabita - rabbit, 2020 acrylic on linen canvas 30 x 30cm $200 sold REV21-126

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Dorothy Richards Malu - kangaroos, 2020 acrylic on found metal object 27 x 27 x 29cm $250 sold REV21-127

nora nyutjanka davidson “I was born in the bush near Mantamaru (Jameson). When I was young, we moved to Warburton, and lived on the Mission. I went to school, and we would go out bush to Snake Well to have picnic lunch. There was a drum of water halfway if we got thirsty. I was married at Warburton, and we moved to Wingellina, where I painted and used to work in the office.

Now I am painting. I paint my Country, Multjul Born. I make tjanpi (weaving with spinifex grass). I make tjanpi Toyota. I worked on Seven Sisters Songlines – Seven Sisters flying – I was there. I went to Canberra, saw that Seven Sisters Songlines.”

Nora Nyutjanka Davidson Old Blackstone, 2020 acrylic paint on found rusty object 64 x 33cm $270 sold REV21-128

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narelle ethel kanpatja holland Ethel (also known as Narelle) was born in the bush in 1953 near Wanarn at a place where there are two rockholes together called Tjulurn and Mungakatu. She grew up out bush before moving to Warburton and attending the Warburton Mission primary school. Ethel attended high school first at Norseman Mission and later at Esperance Mission School.

After her school she worked throughout WA as a domestic and childcare worker. Ethel first started to paint in 1993, she also sews, makes spinifex paper and creates limited edition prints.

Ethel works as an arts worker for Papulankutja Artists continuing to paint and support the artists who live in Mantamaru. Ethel is recognised throughout the Nyaanyatjara Lands and beyond as a pioneer of women’s and arts activities in the region.

Narelle Ethel Kanpatja Holland Karlaya - emu , 2020 acrylic on found metal object 28 x 28 x 41cm $250 sold REV21-129

maimie nginytja butler Maimie was born in the bush and grew up in the Papulankuta (Blackstone) area. Her mother was a Mitchell, but she spent much of her childhood in the Benson camp with Kantjupayi Benson, moving with the Benson family to Warburton.

Her Country is north of Blackstone along the Walu road with many stories and important cultural places. Maimie married Mark Butler from Tjukurrla way and spends time travelling extensively throughout the Lands. She is responsible for maintaining many Songlines and has a number of stories she can paint.

The two she prefers to paint are perentie and echidna. She has held many leadership roles including as Papulankutja Artists Chairperson, Chairperson and member of the Board of Directors for NPY Women’s Council and Deputy Chairperson, Blackstone Community Council and worked with Utikulintja at NPY Womens Council Mental Health. She has worked in education, health, the community store and the art centre.

Maimie Nginytja Butler Wati kutjara - The goanna men, 2020 acrylic on found metal object 29 x 29 x 41cm $250 sold REV21-130

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angilyiya tjapiti mitchell Angilyiya (also spelt as Angilya, Angiliya) was born near Blackstone Ranges in Emu Country near Kunmarnarra Bore. She is a strong Law woman with wonderful bush skills, holding a wealth of traditional knowledge and capacity to live on this land. This year Angilyiya was appointed the caretaker for an important woman’s Dreaming, linked to the Seven Sisters story. Angilyiya is very active in teaching and mentoring in language, culture and heritage. She says she is the “only one left to teach young people”. Angiliyiya has been commissioned to contribute to major projects including a grass Toyota, a collective work created by 18 women. In 2017 she created a tjanpi female sculptural figure for the National Museum of Australia (NMA) Songlines exhibition.

Angilyiya Tjapiti Mitchell Kungkarrangkalpa (Seven Sisters) Angilyiya Mitchell, 2020 acrylic on found metal object 54 x 83cm $1,000 sold REV21-131

anawari inpiti mitchell Anawari grew up at the Warburton Mission. She was manager of the Blackstone Women’s Centre where they made tie-dyed t-shirts, batik, lino and silk-screen prints, spinifex paper and jewellery. Anawari currently works for Ngaanyatjarra Land and Culture at Papulankutja. Her grandmother’s Country is Kuru Ala, a very important site for the Seven Sisters story, which she paints.

She paints stories of when the sisters travelled and camped at Kulyuru, east of Blackstone, and Kuru Ala, a sacred women’s ceremonial site where teenage girls are taught to become young women.

The women of Anawari’s family have custodianship over some very special Dreaming places.

Anawari Inpiti Mitchell Old Blackstone, 2020 acrylic on found metal object 56 x 56cm $270 sold REV21-134

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Anawari Inpiti Mitchell Walka mimiku - breast paint, 2020 acrylic on found metal object 24 x 23 x 40cm $250 sold REV21-133

spinifex hill studio kariyarra country (south hedland)

Spinifex Hill Studio is located in South Hedland on Kariyarra Country in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Established in 2008, it is home to one of the youngest Aboriginal art collectives in the north west of Australia. Spinifex Hill Studio works with artists from many different language groups and is renowned for showcasing contemporary works across a breadth of styles.

artists SHARLENE PHILLIPS NARLENE WADDAMAN

Image: Narlene Waddaman. Image courtesy of Spinifex Hill Studio

narlene waddaman Narlene is a Nyangumarta woman, who was born in Port Hedland and lives in South Hedland. ‘It’s good painting. It’s relaxing. I like painting with my sister, Selena. We grew up together in Strelley. We grew up everywhere, everywhere.’

Narlene’s older sister and fulltime carer, Tabarena Waddaman tells of her life: “Mum and dad took us everywhere, Yandeyarra, to the stations. That’s how we grew up, stations and yandying tin in Marble Bar. We moved to lot of stations, Limestone, Hillside, Balfour Downs that’s right in the desert. Whenever there’s job come in the stations they used to take it and take us to those places and when we got a bit older we stayed in Strelley with our nanna and mum and dad and our uncle and after that we moved back to 12 Mile and that’s where we stayed until Narlene got sick and then we moved to Hedland. We used to go fishing for river fish when we were at the stations, we got a lot of hunting, swimming, we had good fun you know.”

Narlene Waddaman Strelley, 2020 acrylic on canvas 30 x 76cm $525 sold REV21-137

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Narlene Waddaman De Grey River, 2020 acrylic on canvas 30 x 76cm $525 sold REV21-139

Narlene Waddaman Karlamilyi My Mother’s Country, 2020 acrylic on canvas 30 x 76cm $525 sold REV21-138

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Narlene Waddaman 12 Mile, 2020 acrylic on canvas 30 x 76cm $525 sold REV21-140

Narlene Waddaman Strelley, 2020 acrylic on canvas 30 x 76cm $525 sold REV21-141

sharlene phillips Sharlene was born in Derby and spent time in Derby and Broome. In her teens she lived in Bidyadanga. She is Karajarri on her mother’s side, and Kurama/Ngarluma on her father’s side.

Her Father is from the Mardawardu tribe. She now lives in Port Hedland with her family after living in Katherine, NT for 11 years. Sharlene has recently taken up photography. “I love working at Spinifex Hill Studio, hearing the artists tell their stories, especially from the old people. I love seeing smiles from the artists when their work is finished or when they win an award.”

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Sharlene Phillips Tracking a Goanna, 2020 photographic print 30 x 23cm $50 unframed REV21-143

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Sharlene Phillips Mud Doesn’t Bother Me, 2020 photographic print 30 x 23cm $50 unframed REV21-145

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Sharlene Phillips Cooling Off at The Hot Springs, 2020 photographic print 30 x 23cm $50 unframed REV21-142

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Sharlene Phillips Looking Down at Wildflowers on the Beach, 2020 photographic print 30 x 23cm $50 unframed REV21-146

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Sharlene Phillips Our Favourite Place, 2020 photographic print 23 x 30cm $50 unframed REV21-144

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spinifex arts project

tjuntjuntjara community (great victoria desert) The Spinifex Arts Project was initiated in 1996 as part of the process of documenting the connection between the Spinifex People, the Pitjantjatjara Aboriginal people from the desert community of Tjuntjuntjara, 700km north east of Kalgoorlie, and their land. Through their art, the Spinifex People can convey and preserve the significance of their relationship to their Country as the traditional owners.

artist MAUREEN DONNEGAN

Image: Maureen Donnegan, Nyanpinyi (detail), 2021, synthetic polymer on linen, 137 x 90cm. Photography by Pixel Poetry

maureen donnegan Maureen Donnegan was born in Kalgoorlie in 1978. Her mother Kanta Donnegan travelled to Kalgoorlie from Tjuntjuntjara to give birth in the hospital, so although Maureen was born in Kalgoorlie her traditional Lands are actually some 900kms to the north east in the Great Victoria Desert.

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Maureen Donnegan Nyanpinyi, 2021 synthetic polymer on linen 137 x 90cm $1,440 sold REV21-135

Maureen Donnegan Seven Sisters, 2021 synthetic polymer on linen 110 x 85cm $1,120 sold REV21-136

tjanpi desert weavers

warakurna community, ngaanyatjarra lands Tjanpi Desert Weavers is a social enterprise of the Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yakunytjatjara (NPY) Women’s Council, working with women in the remote Central and Western Desert regions who earn an income from contemporary fibre art. Tjanpi (meaning grass in Pitjantjatjara language) represents over 400 Anangu andYarnangu women artists from 26 remote communities on the NPY lands. While out collecting grass, women are also able to spend time on Country and maintain their culture through gathering food, hunting, performing inma (cultural song and dance), and teaching their children.

artists CHRISELDA FARMER ERICA SHORTY IKUNGKA

Image: Erica Shorty Ikunga, Tjulpu, 2020, tjanpi, raffia, wool, 40 x 21 x 36cm. Image courtesy of Tjanpi Desert Weavers

chriselda alkuwari farmer Chriselda is an artist belonging to the Ngaanyatjarra language and cultural group and lives in the remote community of Warakurna. Chriselda was taught basket-making and fibre sculpting by her mother-in-law and prominent Tjanpi artist Nancy Nyanyana Jackson. She adopted the common design characteristics of many Ngaanyatjarra weavers, where the minarri (grass) is visible between stitches and is used in a thick coiling style. Chriselda personalised this approach through arranging minarri strands in neat, narrow coils and sewing them in with brightly coloured raffia and wool, creating her own distinguishable style. Chriselda is an astute bush business woman, making a substantial income from her artwork in order to support her young family. Chriselda is an incredibly clever and driven young woman who is destined to be one of Tjanpi’s future superstars. Since 2019 she has been working as one of Tjanpi’s talented Arts & Culture Assistants, supporting artists in business and cultural practices.

Chriselda Farmer Tjulpu, 2020 tjanpi, raffia, wool 26 x 46 x 58cm $149 sold REV21-147

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Chriselda Farmer Tjulpu, 2020 tjanpi, raffia, wool 40 x 54 x 62cm $149 sold REV21-148

Chriselda Farmer Tjulpu, 2020 tjanpi, raffia, wool 32 x 16 x 60cm $149 sold REV21-150

Chriselda Farmer Tjulpu, 2020 tjanpi, raffia, wool 40 x 32 x 60cm $149 sold REV21-149

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Chriselda Farmer Tjulpu, 2020 tjanpi, raffia, wool 34 x 17 x 63cm $149 sold REV21-151

erica ikunga shorty Erica is an artist belonging to the Ngaanyatjarra language and cultural group and lives in the remote community of Warakurna. Erica first became involved in making Tjanpi by participating alongside senior Tjanpi artists in the Trench Art Camp near Mutitjulu in the Northern Territory in early 2016. Erica is the aunt of artist and Tjanpi Remote Arts and Culture Assistant Cynthia Burke, who has assisted Erica to develop her weaving skills and knowledge.

Soon after beginning with Tjanpi, Erica took part in various exhibitions with group and individual woven works. She soon established her own whimsical and quirky sculptural style which she continues to develop and refine. Alongside weaving, Erica also paints and makes punu. Erica loves making Tjanpi because ‘It’s fun to work with the ladies. I like trying new things and making new animals. I mostly make tjulpu (bird) but once I made a giraffe and a llama!’

Erica Shorty Ikunga Tjulpu, 2020 tjanpi, raffia, wool 22 x 10 x 16cm $149 sold REV21-152

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Erica Shorty Ikunga Tjulpu, 2020 tjanpi, raffia, wool 22 x 10 x 14cm $149 sold REV21-153

Erica Shorty Ikunga Tjulpu, 2020 tjanpi, raffia, wool 18 x 13 x 22cm $149 sold REV21-154

Erica Shorty Ikunga Tjulpu, 2020 tjanpi, raffia, wool 18 x 13 x 22cm $149 sold REV21-155

Erica Shorty Ikunga Tjulpu, 2020 tjanpi, raffia, wool 24 x 12 x 17cm $149 sold REV21-156

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Erica Shorty Ikunga Tjulpu, 2020 tjanpi, raffia, wool 27 x 12 x 19cm $149 sold REV21-157

Erica Shorty Ikunga Tjulpu, 2020 tjanpi, raffia, wool 26 x 15 x 24cm $264 sold REV21-158

Erica Shorty Ikunga Tjulpu, 2020 tjanpi, raffia, wool 30 x 14 x 27cm $330 sold REV21-159

Erica Shorty Ikunga Tjulpu, 2020 tjanpi, raffia, wool 31 x 20 x 30cm $330 sold REV21-160

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Erica Shorty Ikunga Tjulpu, 2020 Tjanpi, raffia, wool 36 x 15 x 34cm $264 sold REV21-161

Erica Shorty Ikunga Tjulpu, 2020 tjanpi, raffia, wool 30 x 17 x 29cm $231 sold REV21-162

Erica Shorty Ikunga Tjulpu, 2020 tjanpi, raffia, wool 32 x 18 x 35cm $281 sold REV21-163

Erica Shorty Ikunga Tjulpu, 2020 Tjanpi, raffia, wool 35 x 22 x 30cm $330 sold REV21-164

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Erica Shorty Ikunga Tjulpu, 2020 tjanpi, raffia, wool 40 x 21 x 36cm $297 sold REV21-165

Erica Shorty Ikunga Tjulpu, 2020 tjanpi, raffia, wool 40 x 21 x 36cm $330 sold REV21-166

tjarlirli art tjukurla community, ngaanyatjarra lands

Tjarlirli Art Centre represents the artists of Tjukurla in the Ngannyatjarra lands of Western Australia and Kaltukatjara in the Northern Territory.

Established in 2006 Tjarlirli Art has been recognised as a source of culturally significant work produced by elders and has many young artists who are keen to carry on in the same traditions. The artwork created at Tjarlirli has strong links with the Papunya Tula movement of the 1970s.

artists MARY GIBSON MAIME GILES PANTJITI MCKENZIE MS. M PORTER ROSALIND YIBARDI

Image: Pantjiti Mckenzie paitning Kapi Tjukurla, 2020, acrylic on canvas, 91.4 x 91.4cm. Image courtesy of Tjarlirli art

ms m. porter Ms M. Porter was born near a significant site, Kurlkurta, before travelling with her family to Papunya. She was an early member of Tjarlirli art in its founding years.

She moved back to Tjukurla when the outstation was first established in 1981, before spending many years in Alice Springs undertaking dialysis treatment. She passed away in early 2021. The building of the Purple House dialysis unit in Kaltukatjara (Docker River) meant that in her final years, she was able to live closer to her home Country. During this time, she began to paint regularly at the art centre, carrying on her family heritage of strong painters.

In bold colour, with fresh energy, her works depict the Kapi (waterholes), Tali (sandhills) and Puli (rocks and hills) of important sites close to Tjukurla and throughout the Ngaanyatjarra lands.

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Ms. M. Porter Kurlkurta, 2020 acrylic on canvas 101.5 x 76.2cm $850 sold REV21-170

Ms. M. Porter Kurlkurta, 2020 acrylic on canvas 91.4 x 55.9cm $500 sold REV21-167

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Ms. M. Porter Kurlkurta, 2020 acrylic on canvas 121.9 x 91.4cm $1,100 sold REV21-169

Ms. M. Porter Kurlkurta, 2020 acrylic on canvas 101.5 x 76.2cm $850 sold REV21-168

maime giles Maime is a proud young Ngaanyatjarra and Pitjantjatjara artist, born in Tjukurla in 2000.

She started to paint when she was at school in Perth. “I was watching my mum and my aunties paint at Tjukurla. I paint landscape as I see it. I paint the Country at different times of the day; mostly at sunset when the colours are strong and change from blue to purple, pink and red. I use a technique that makes patterns within the landscape.” She likes working at the art centre and helping the ladies to mix the colours. Her paintings depict stories about her Country, and her father’s Country. “I like painting just like my grandmother. She used to paint when she was young.”

Maime Giles Malu Kumpu, 2020 acrylic on canvas 91.4 x 55.9cm $560 sold REV21-171

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pantjiti mckenzie Pantjiti is a senior Pitjantjatjara woman of Kaltukatjara. She is a Ngangkari – a traditional healer – a powerful hunter, and a strong punu carver. She was born near Blackstone out bush. She was recognised nationally and awarded an Order of Australia Medal in 2019 for her “service to the Indigenous community of the Northern Territory”. This year she started painting regularly at the art centre. Her works often depict kapi tjukurla (rockholes) and the landscape that surround her home of Kaltukatjara. She is experimental in her approach to painting, enjoying the exploration of shape and colour, leaving the heaviness of her many cultural and professional roles behind when she comes into the art centre. Her practice is an escape, and she sings as she paints, bringing the energy she is renowned for onto the canvas.

Pantjiti Mckenzie Kapi Tjukurla, 2020 acrylic on canvas 121.9 x 91.4cm $1,100 REV21-173

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Pantjiti Mckenzie Kapi Tjukurla, 2020 acrylic on canvas 91.4 x 91.4cm $800 sold REV21-172

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Pantjiti Mckenzie Kapi Tjukurla, 2020 acrylic on canvas 91.4 x 91.4cm $800 sold REV21-174

Pantjiti Mckenzie Kapi Tjukurla, 2020 acrylic on canvas 91.4cm x 91.4cm $800 sold REV21-175

rosalind yibardi

mary gibson

Rosalind is a senior artist and director of Tjarlirli and Kaltukatjara Art. She is also a member of both the NPY Women’s Council and the acclaimed Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir.

Rosalind was born near Puta Puta, around 90 kilometres east of Kaltukatjara (Docker River). She has lived and travelled throughout the Western Desert region. As a young girl, she lived in Putarti, before travelling through the ranges on a camel-drawn cart to Tempe Downs. At the age of seven, she moved from Tempe Downs to Areyonga, walking there with her family. Rosalind moved to Kaltukatjara with her three children, to live closer to her extended family.

Mary was born bush way at Kuluwarri, west of Kulkurta in the Western Desert. As a child she lived in the bush with her family before they walked to Papunya and lived there for many years. She is the mother of well-known artist Bob Gibson. She now spends her time between Tjukurla and Docker River and is a central figure at the Art Centres in both communities.

Mary Gibson, Pantjiti Mckenzie, Rosalind Yibardi Camping out Kulail way (diptych), 2020 acrylic on canvas 127.9 x 91.4cm each $1,600 REV21-176 (left) $1,600 REV21-177 (right)

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tjukurba art gallery

wiluna, martu country Located in Wiluna, 440km south of Newman, Tjukurba is translated from Martu to mean “Dreaming”. The gallery provides local artists with the space to dream and embrace creativity. Artists draw inspiration from the stunning landscape in the region that can be seen along the Canning Stock Route and Gunbarrel Highway. Local artists are also inspired by their own experiences and memories from places like the clay pans, at rock holes such as North Pool and Bowanoo, as well as the local bush foods and wildflowers.

artist VERA ANDERSON

Image: Vera Anderson, Bush Tucker (detail), 2019, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 60 cm. Image courtesy Tjukurba Art Gallery

vera anderson Vera was born in Meekatharra and moved to Wiluna, Perth and Kalgoorlie for school. She worked in the School of Mines in Kalgoorlie, before returning to Wiluna where she had her family. When the Aboriginal Medical Service was first established, Vera was twice President of the Association, offering her time as an assistant. Vera is part of a family of artists and began painting in the 1990s and has continued since, producing works often relating to the Rabbit Proof Fence and her family’s Country. Vera’s works have been shown in many exhibitions across Western Australia.

Vera Anderson The Seven Sisters-A Dreamtime Story, 2020 acrylic on canvas 60 x 60 cm $875 REV21-178

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Vera Anderson Bush Tucker, 2019 acrylic on canvas 60 x 60 cm $875 REV21-179

wangaba roebourne art group yindibarni country (roebourne)

Located in WA’s north west, Wangaba Roebourne Art Group represents Ngarluma, Yindjibarndi, Guruma, Banjyima, Marthuthunira and Torres Strait Islander artists. Artists paint their stories from “when the world was soft” before creation, to contemporary pieces reflecting the reality of life today in one of the country’s most remote and toughest places to live.

artist NANA PANSY HICKS

Image: Nana Pansy Hicks, Munni Munni Hills/Zebra Hills (detail), 2019, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 94cm

nana pansy hicks Pansy is a Ngarluma Elder, one of the two remaining traditional owners of the Ngarluma land, the land of the Saltwater people.

“I’ve been painting for a long time. I paint about Munni-Munni Hill, that’s over Cheeditha way.

It’s got some carvings there too… but that’s a man’s site… I can’t say about that. That hill looks like a zebra. That’s why we call it MunniMunni Hill. I also paint ‘Stepping Stones – When the world was soft’.

That’s about when our ancestors were here, a long time ago. I like painting, you know when you’re feeling down or got worries… then painting will help you.”

Nana Pansy Hicks Munni Munni Hills/ Zebra Hills, 2019 acrylic on canvas 100 x 94cm $3,050 REV21-182

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Nana Pansy Hicks Stepping Stones, 2019 acrylic on canvas 68 x 41cm $1,313 REV21-183

Nana Pansy Hicks Munni Munni Hills/ Zebra Hills, 2021 acrylic on canvas 30 x 30cm $366 sold REV21-180

Nana Pansy Hicks Munni Munni Hills/ Zebra Hills, 2018 acrylic on canvas 30 x 30cm $244 sold REV21-181

warakurna artists

warakurna community, ngaanyatjarra lands Warakurna Community, Ngaanyatjarra Lands Warakurna is an art centre located in the Ngaanyatjarra Lands, approximately 330km from Uluru near the borders of Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Established in 2005, Warakurna Artists offers men and women, young and old, the opportunity to paint and share Tjukurrpa (traditional law and culture) and contemporary stories. Passing on these important stories to young people is a critical means of keeping culture vital and strong. Paintings produced at Warakurna are vibrant and diverse, reflecting each artist’s unique style, stories and connection to Country.

artists DORCAS BENNETT ROCKY PORTER

Image: Dorcas Bennett, Mother’s Story, 2021, acrylic on canvas, 76 x 37cm. Photography by Pixel Poetry

rocky porter Rocky’s family had decided to go to Warburton for a holiday from Docker River.

That’s why he was born in Warburton. His father was a senior man from Warakurna Community and his mother Eunice Porter is also a well-known leader. Rocky started painting later in life and enjoys creating figurative, rather than symbolic artworks.

He plays footy and has worked with Ngaanyatjarra Media, performed as a DJ for CAMA Radio and helps to coordinate concerts in Warakurna. Porter has a fantastic singing voice and is a big fan of Elvis Presley.

Rocky Porter Elvis Series, 2020 acrylic on canvas 50 x 50cm $295 sold REV21-184

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Rocky Porter Elvis Series, 2021 acrylic on canvas 50 x 50cm $295 sold REV21-185

Rocky Porter Elvis Series, 2021 acrylic on canvas 50 x 50cm $295 sold REV21-186

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Rocky Porter Elvis Series, 2021 acrylic on canvas 50 x 50cm $295 sold REV21-187

dorcas bennett Dorcas was born at Wurturu rockhole near Kaltukatjarra (Docker River), the daughter of Nyurupayia Nampitjinpa (Mrs Bennett) a senior artist for Papunya Tula Artists. In her early years her family travelled between Warburton Mission, Warakurna-Tjukurla area, Amata settlement and Areyonga where Dorcas began to attend school.

She then returned to the mission in Warburton, finishing school at Docker River before settling at Warakurna homeland in the mid1970s, where she still lives today.

Dorcas is an executive member and Chairperson of Warakurna Artists. She has been painting with Warakurna Artists since 2006. Her involvement with Tjanpi Desert Weavers has yielded her recognition for her grass and fibre sculptures.

Dorcas Bennett Mother’s Story, 2021 acrylic on canvas 76 x 101cm $940 sold REV21-190

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Dorcas Bennett Mother’s Story, 2021 acrylic on canvas 76 x 50cm $540 sold REV21-191

Dorcas Bennett Mother’s Story, 2021 acrylic on canvas 76 x 37cm $390 sold REV21-189

waringarri aboriginal arts miriwoong country (kununurra)

Waringarri Arts is located in the Kimberley region and is one of the oldest continuously operating art centres in Australia. The centre operates artists’ studios and galleries, and supports more than 100 artists as painters, printmakers, wood carvers, boab engravers, sculptors and textile artists.

artist BRENDA NINGARMARA

Image: Brenda Ningarmara painting at Waringarri Arts 2020.

Courtesy the artist and Tim Lanzon

brenda mingen ningarmara Brenda was born in Kununurra and is a dedicated artist whose practice includes ochre painting and textiles. Brenda’s paintings depict her mother’s Country Woorre-woorrem, near Kununurra in the East Kimberley, when the floods come during the wet season rains. The works show the criss-crossed watercourses, creeks, rivers and freshwater springs and the hills and ridges amongst them. She has worked at the Art Centre as a Miriwoong Tour Guide and has been a Director on the Waringarri Arts Board. “I watch the old people painting – that’s how I got started.

It teaches me about Country. I am ready to take over the stories of my mother. I learnt from her to tell her stories and pass them on to my children and grandchildren.”

Brenda Ningarmara Woorre-woorrem – wet season, 2021 natural pigment on canvas 100 x 80cm $2,200 REV21-193

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Brenda Ningarmara Woorre-woorrem – wet season, 2021 natural pigment on canvas 60 x 60cm $990 sold REV21-194

Brenda Ningarmara Woorre-woorrem, 2021 natural pigment on canvas 80x 60cm $1,320 REV21-192 sold

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Brenda Ningarmara Woorre-woorrem, 2020 natural pigment on canvas 100x 80cm $2,200 sold REV21-195

warlayirti artists

kutjankgka country (balgo) Warlayirti Artists is located in the community of Wirrimanu (Balgo) in the south east Kimberley. With a reputation for vibrant colour, bold brush strokes and distinctly individual art works, Warlayirti Artists represents more than 200 artists across the three communities in the Kutjungka region - Kururrungka (Billiluna), Mulan and Wirramanu (Balgo).

artists MIRIAM BAADJO JANE GIMME GRACIE MOSQUITO MARIE MUDGEDELL HELEN NAGOMARA JOAN (EVA) NAGOMARA WINIFRED NANALA HELICOPTER (JOEY) TJUNGURRAYI

Image: Work in progress by Miriam Baadjo.

Image courtesy Warlayirti Artists

gracie mosquito Gracie was born at Sturt Creek Station. Her father was from Puruku (Mulan Community) where Gracie grew up until she was about 6 years old. A priest found her at the lake one day (Lake Gregory) and took her to the Old Balgo Mission where she was raised in the dormitory with her elder sister. She then worked as a health worker in Balgo and married her husband and had five sons. Balgo elders Bai Bai Napangardi and Eubena Nampitjin and Mulan elders Bessie and Vernonica Lucu taught Gracie about the traditional ways of bush medicine and how to prepare them. Gracie is a respected Elder in the community and is also a church leader for Balgo working with the Parish to organise community events and services.

Gracie Mosquito Paruku, 2020 liquid acrylic on 300gsm watercolour paper 75 x 58cm $750 sold REV21-196

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joan (eva) nagomara Joan was born in Balgo but has lived in Broome and Halls Creek.

She has six grown up children.

Joan’s delicate and detailed paintings tell layers of stories from her Tjukurrpa.

Joan (Eva) Nagomara Kukatja Ngurra, 2020 ink on 300gsm watercolour paper 66 x 92cm $1,350 sold REV21-199

helen nagomara Helen was born at Old Balgo Mission to parents Milliga Napaltjarri and Albert Nagomarra Senior. Miliga was from Kulkurta near Tjukulla and her father was from Yagga Yagga way. Helen stayed at Balgo Mission School until 1968. Mission days were spent in a dormitory and permission had to be sought to see her parents for the day and return to the dormitory. She would spend summers with family camping at the lake and the rockhole near Kunuwarra. Helen has been painting at Warlayirti Artists since 2000. She paints bush tucker around her mother’s Country. She sees it sometimes on TV but has never been there in real life. It was far away past Kintore and Kiwirrkurra.

She would love to visit her Country one day.

Helen Nagomara Mangarri (Bush Tucker), 2020 ink on 300gsm watercolour paper 70 x 53cm $750 sold REV21-197

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Helen Nagomara Mangarri (Bush Tucker), 2020 gouache and acrylic on 300gsm watercolour paper 70 x 52cm $750 REV21-198 sold

marie mudgedell Marie was born at Sturt Creek Station and later moved to Ruby Plains with her family. Her mother’s Country Mati (Bridget) Mudgedell (dec.) was near Yagga Yagga, Ngardi people’s Country. Her father was from Sturt Creek, a place called Killi Killi. She went to school at Balgo Mission, later moving to Billiluna Station to work before meeting her husband and moving to Balgo. Marie started painting her water Dreaming and the Country of Sturt Creek when she moved to Balgo. Marie is involved with the Language Centre, producing Tjukurrpa stories for the children in traditional language. She is a Church leader and strong law woman. She takes the young girls through ceremony; is a respected storyteller and is knowledgeable about bush medicines.

Marie Mudgedell Milkwater, 2020 gouache on 300gsm watercolour paper 72 x 91cm $1,100 sold REV21-200

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jane gimme Jane is the daughter of renowned Aboriginal artist Eubena Nampitjin (dec.). Although Jane grew up in the Old Balgo Mission, her mother ensured that Jane continued to practice the traditions of her culture.

Currently, Jane is one of the primary language speakers and often brings up the younger ones in the local community. Like her mother, Jane employs bright colours with her canvas, and her works are ones of precision and delicate structure. She paints with reverie; her style is continually evolving. Jane is a respected member of the Wirrimanu (Balgo) Community. She has been on the Warlayirti Artist Board for many years, including being Chair and Vice Chair.

Jane Gimme Kunawarritji, 2020 ink on 300gsm watercolour paper 77 x 95cm $1,100 sold REV21-203

miriam baadjo Miriam Baadjo started her artistic career by exploring the expression of her Dreaming through the medium of glass. She went on to develop a painting career after being granted permission by her elders to paint her Uncle Wimmitji Tjapangarti’s Tjukurrpa (Dreaming). Miriam’s paintings are infused with a powerful spirituality taught to her

by Wimmitji when she was a young girl. She is a vibrant, traditional woman and with a passion for her culture. Miriam is currently a Director on the Board of Warlayirti Artists.

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Miriam Baadjo Tjatjati, 2020 ink on 300gsm watercolour paper 75 x 88cm $1,100 sold REV21-202

Miriam Baadjo Tjatjati, 2020 ink and acrylic on 300gsm watercolour paper 71 x 53cm $750 sold REV21-201

winifred nanala Winifred was born and raised at the new Balgo Mission (current site of Balgo Community). She is the daughter of renowned Warlayirti artists Tjumpo (dec.) and Ningie Nanala. She has lived across the Kimberley region, spending time with her family between Mulan and Balgo Communities. Winifred has four girls, one boy and many, many grandchildren. Winifred has spent many years learning painting techniques and the Countries of her father and mother. She expertly combines her mother’s densely applied dotting with her father’s strong form.

Winifred Nanala Wilkinkarra, 2020 ink on 300gsm watercolour paper 64 x 89cm $1,100 sold REV21-204

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helicopter (joey) tjungurrayi Helicopter is a Maparn (traditional healer) and is an active Senior Lawman and singer. His works are predominantly created through a rhythmical and methodical application of thick paint, as the artist dots and drags the brush along the linen, creating extended, parallel lines that represent the tali (sand hills) that dominate his father and mother’s Country. Helicopter is a highly recognised artist, both nationally and internationally. His work featured in multiple solo exhibitions, and are held in national and international collections. However, in recent years Helicopter developed cataracts, which had a profound effect on his eyesight. His vision deteriorated but his dedication remained steadfast as he continued to paint each day. In late 2015 Helicopter successfully underwent eye surgery, restoring most of his vision, and with it returned his defined application of paint. Helicopter has regained his confidence, experimenting with contrasting colours and playful designs.

Helicopter (Joey) Tjungurrayi, Wangkartu, 2020 ink on 300gsm watercolour paper 74 x 89cm $1,800 REV21-205

warmun art centre

warmun community, gija country Warmun Art Centre is located in a small community of the same name in the Kimberley region of northern Western Australia. Warmun is owned and governed by the Gija people. The centre was established in 1998 by the late founding members of the contemporary painting movement in Warmun, such as Rover Thomas, Queenie McKenzie, Madigan Thomas and Hector Jandany, so they could support, maintain and promote Gija art, language and culture.

artists GERALDINE BEDFORD BESSIE DAYLIGHT JANE YALUNGA TINMARIE

Image: Jane Yalunga. Image courtesy Warmun Art Centre

bessie daylight Bessie is the daughter of well-known Warmun artist Betty Carrington who, with other senior artists, taught Bessie how to collect, grind and paint with natural ochre.

Bessie paints her traditional Country of Texas Downs and the Ngarranggarni (Dreaming) stories connected to Texas, as well as the living elements within this Country. Bessie lives in Warmun Community with her two children and extended family. Bessie uses a diverse range of colours and paints with her own unique vision. She is strong in culture and law, as taught by her mother.

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Bessie Daylight Bat, Crocodile and Goanna Ngarranggarni, 2018-20 ochre and charcoal on canvas 70 x 50cm $590 sold REV21-207

Bessie Daylight Gija Animals, 2020 ochre and charcoal on canvas 45 x 45cm $430 REV21-206

geraldine bedford Geraldine was born in Wyndham. Her father was Joe Lisadell, little brother of Lena Nyadbi, one of Warmun Art Centre’s greatest artists. Geraldine’s mother is Mary-Lou Bedford and her parents met at Bedford Downs Stations. Paddy Bedford, another great Gija artist is Geraldine’s maternal grand-uncle. She moved to Warmun bottom camp to Lena’s old house around 2017, when Lena moved to Aged care in Halls Creek. Lena and Goody told Geraldine the stories from their Country, which led her to decide to paint more seriously, taking up where her retired and deceased aunties left off. She paints with permission from her family. “Somebody has to keep on carrying my painting” Lena told me…And I want to pass it on.”

Geraldine Bedford Dayiwul Ngarranggarni, 2021 ochre, acrylic pigment and charcoal on canvas 120 x 120cm $1,100 sold REV21-208

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Geraldine Bedford Dayiwul Ngarranggarni, 2021 ochre, acrylic pigment and charcoal on canvas 80 x 80cm $760 sold REV21-209

Geraldine Bedford Dayiwul Ngarranggarni, 2021 ochre, acrylic pigment and charcoal on canvas 80 x 80cm $760 sold REV21-210

jane yalunga tinmarie Jane was born in Wyndham where she attended school, before moving to Warmun Community (Turkey Creek) where she now lives with family. As the daughter of one of Australia’s most famous artists, Rover Thomas, Jane grew up watching her father paint. She started painting herself in 2000 at Warmun Art Centre and her subjects include her family Country on Texas Downs Station, local birds and animals and the Country around Warmun in the East Kimberley area. She also paints the Dreamings from her father’s Country including images from the significant Gurirr Gurirr joonba (song cycle) that her father famously received in a dream and which is central to the emergence of the contemporary Warmun Art Movement. Jane worked as a teacher’s aide at the Ngalangangpum Community School in Warmun for many years and now works as studio assistant at Warmun Art Centre.

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Jane Yalunga Bowerbird Ngarranggarni, 2021 ochre and charcoal on canvas 90 x 120cm $1,300 sold REV21-211

Jane Yalunga Big rain coming down from top side, 2021 ochre and charcoal on canvas 90 x 120cm $1,300 sold REV21-212

Jane Yalunga Cyclone Tracy, 2021 ochre and charcoal on canvas 90 x 120cm $1,300 sold REV21-213

wirnda barna art centre & yalgoo arts

badimia country (mt magnet) & yalgoo community, wajarri country Wirnda Barna Art Centre is located in Mount Magnet and managed by the Badimia Land Aboriginal Corporation. The centre supports and represents Aboriginal artists from Badimia and Wajarri Country based in Mount Magnet and Yalgoo. Wirnda Barna offers a creative environment where artists can meet and work together to share skills and knowledge, connect with their language and culture, and generate income through the sale of their artworks.

artists ELIZABETH (ANNIE) WALSH CHARMAINE SIMPSON

Image: Elizabeth (Annie) Walsh, Seven Sisters (detail), 2021, acrylic on canvas, 45 x 31cm

elizabeth (annie) walsh Annie was born in Carnarvon and is a member of the Stolen Generations. She now lives in Mount Magnet with her family. She started painting in 2010 and has become a committed artist with the Wirnda Barna Art Centre. She paints Country around Mount Magnet such as Boogardie Station and her husband’s Born at Wydgee Hills Station. She also paints about her mother’s sea-Country over in Carnarvon.

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Elizabeth (Annie) Walsh Seven Sisters, 2021 acrylic on canvas 45 x 31cm $450 sold REV21-215

Elizabeth (Annie) Walsh Willagarri Rock Hole, 2021 acrylic on canvas 82 x 46cm $750 sold REV21-214

Charmaine Simpson Desert Pea, 2020 acrylic on canvas 30 x 30cm $300 sold REV21-217

Charmaine Simpson The Old Man Dreaming, 2020 acrylic on canvas 76 x 91cm $1,500 REV21-216

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charmaine simpson Charmaine was born in Mullewa in 1966 and belongs to Yamaji People’s Group. She went to school at Pallentine Mission and grew up on various stations around Yalgoo where she now lives. She has one daughter. Her two elder sisters are also artists.

yamaji art

lower murchison region, yamatji country (mid west/geraldton) Yamaji Art is an emerging Aboriginal art centre in Geraldton, in Western Australia’s mid-west.

Yamaji represents artists from more than five cultural groups from the region; Amangu, Nhanagardi, Naaguja, Badimaya, Wajarri, Wilunyu.

As a contemporary urban based art centre, they also represent other Aboriginal artists currently residing in the Geraldton region, including Nyoongar, Yinggarda and Ngaanyatjarra artists.

Artworks from Yamaji have a focus on sustaining culture, with works produced in a variety of mediums including painting, textiles, weaving, print-making, design and performance.

artists NAOMI DANISCHEWSKY LILY-­MAE KERLEY

Image: Lily-­mae Kerley working on My Homelands, 2020.

Image courtesy Yamaji Art

lily-mae kerley Lily is a Menang Ngadju Noongar/Badimaya Yamaji woman born and raised in Geraldton.

Lily’s art reflects her time with her family and being out on Country, using various mediums such as textiles, lino printing and painting. In Lily’s work she uses the colours of Country, including the ochres and earthy browns, bright pinks of wildflowers and deep blues and purples of the ocean.

Her painting style is a contemporary dot technique. Lily loves to create, she believes it helps her to strengthen her connection to culture and share her stories.

Lily-­mae Kerley Makuru, 2021 acrylic on canvas 30 x 60cm $500 sold REV21-218

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Lily-­mae Kerley My Homelands, 2020 acrylic on canvas 46 x 46cm $405 sold REV21-219

naomi danischewsky Naomi is a Noongar artist who was born in Albany. She was raised and lives on Yamatji Country in Geraldton. Naomi has been a full-time artist for 15 years, after completing courses in Aboriginal Art and Design at Geraldton TAFE and in Visual Arts and Contemporary Craft. Naomi has conducted workshops in remote Aboriginal Communities and delivered workshops at local primary schools. Naomi has participated in many exhibitions and has artwork in private and government collections. Naomi also has public art permanently displayed in Geraldton. The ocean and nature inspire and influence Naomi’s work. Bright colours and acrylic layering are features of her artwork.

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Naomi Danischewsky Ngari (Salmon), 2021 acrylic on canvas 110 x 40cm $1,700 sold REV21-220

Naomi Danischewsky Changing Seasons, 2020 acrylic on canvas 31 x 61cm $450 REV21-221

Naomi Danischewsky Early Spring, 2020 acrylic on canvas 31 x 61cm $450 sold REV21-222

yarliyil arts halls creek

Yarliyil Arts is based in Halls Creek and is an Aboriginal owned enterprise and has more than 100 artist members that practice art in a wide range of styles and mediums. Artists attend the centre daily to paint and express stories of history, people, the Country and cultural connection. The name Yarliyil is the Jaru word for small paperbark tree, a tree that was used for shelter when people lived a traditional lifestyle. The prominent language groups of artists working at the Art Centre are Jaru, Gija and Walmajarri.

artists JOHNATHON JOHNSTON GRAHAM LIGHTNING

Image: Johnathon Johnson with his artworks.

Image courtesty Yarliyil Arts

johnathon johnson Johnathon was born and raised between Halls Creek and Frog Hollow/Wurreranginy near Warmun. On his mother’s side he is Kija and Gooniyandi and on his father’s he is Jaru. Johno learnt about his culture and Country from his elders at Frog Hollow and Warmun, who were respected artists and include his grandfather Jack Britten and Freddie Timms. He began painting in 2013. His works are landscapes of his grandfather’s Country and he uses traditional ochre paints.

In the Dreamtime all the animals travel around for ceremonies and marriage for the right skin. When they asked the moon, he didn’t want his right skin. He wanted to marry his mother-in-law, so they banished him, but he cursed all the animals so that when they die, they won’t come back, only he would. That is why you always have a new moon every month.

Johnathon Johnson The Grey Pigeon, 2020 ochre on canvas 120 x 90cm $3,050 REV21-224

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Johnathon Johnson Karnkiny (Moon Dreaming), 2019 ochre on canvas 120 x 90cm $3,050 REV21-226

Johnathon Johnson Eagle Hawk Dreaming, 2018 ochre on canvas 60 x 90cm $1,350 REV21-225

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Johnathon Johnson Jarlminyji, 2018 ochre on canvas 60 x 90cm $1,350 REV21-223

graham lightning Graham grew up in Halls Creek and now works at the local Redhill School. He taught himself at a young age to paint. He would sit down with his Father and Uncle to help them with their dot paint. He does a bit of dot paint but loves to paint the Kimberley landscape with its red ground and native animals.

Graham Lightning Butcher Shop, 2020 acrylic on canvas 60 x 156cm $3,100 REV21-230

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Graham Lightning Kimberley Landscape, 2020 acrylic on canvas 60 x 90cm $860 REV21-228

Graham Lightning Kimberley Landscape, 2020 acrylic on canvas 60 x 90cm $860 sold REV21-227

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Graham Lightning Kimberley Landscape, 2020 acrylic on canvas 60 x 90cm $860 REV21-229

yinjaa-barni art yindjibarni country (roebourne)

Yinjaa-Barni Art is located in Roebourne and consists of a group of artists that predominantly belong to the Yindjibarndi language group and whose ancestral homelands are around the Millstream Tablelands in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. While Yinjaa-Barni artists have strong individual styles, all share the common desire to depict what is dear to their hearts – their Country, their culture and the plant life that is typical of their region.

artists MARLENE HAROLD JUSTINA WILLIS DANII RAE WILSON

Image courtesy Yinjaa-Barni Art

danii rae wilson Danii Rae has only been painting for a short while. She joined the Yinjaa-Barni Art Centre to do work experience from her education support class in 2015. Danii Rae likes painting flowers, sea-life, such as fish and turtles, and has recently added parrots to her paintings. She chooses bright colours and has developed a unique contemporary style of her own.

Danii Rae Wilson Purple Mulla Mulla, 2020 acrylic on canvas 61 x 71cm $1,465 sold REV21-231

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Danii Rae Wilson Wilderness wildflowers, 2020 acrylic on canvas 45 x 61cm $980 REV21-232

justina willis Justina is a Yindjibarndi artist, born in Leigh Creek in South Australia on her father’s Country. Early in life her family moved from Adelaide to Broome where Justina attended school. They travelled between Broome and Roebourne until finally settling on her mother’s Country, Roebourne in 1999. She began her art practice in 2006 after visiting family at the Yinjaa-Barni Art Centre and watching them paint. Her work is meticulously planned to achieve the detail and precision prevalent in her compositions, painting fine strokes and dot work over an abstract underbase of the rich colours inspired by the Pilbara. She sometimes uses optical colour mixing to create a third dimension to her work. Visiting the bush often with her family provides great inspiration. “I like to paint because I go out bush a lot and I can express the experience of going bush in my paintings.”

Justina Willis Green Pool (water holes), 2020 acrylic on canvas 45 x 40cm $795 REV21-233

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Justina Willis Hamersley Ranges, 2021 acrylic on canvas 61 x 49cm $795 sold REV21-234

marlene harold Marlene is a Yindjibarndi artist, born on Mt Florence Station in the Millstream Tablelands and now lives in Roebourne.

Marlene started painting late in 2006 at Yinjaa-Barni Art. Marlene’s art practice is constantly evolving as she keenly learns new techniques and adapts them to her style, including dot painting with splatter and stick work. Her use of complementary yet highly charged colours alongside subtle blends give her paintings an impressionist feel. Her works feature grasses and sites and ancestral stories from her Country. She has exhibited with Japingka Gallery and in the Cossack Art Awards, where she received two prizes. Her work is held in many private collections in Australia.

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Marlene Harold Country Bluebells, 2020 acrylic texture on canvas 78 x 31cm $1,100 sold REV21-236

Marlene Harold Hamersley Ranges, 2020 acrylic texture on canvas 155 x 43cm $1,465 sold REV21-235

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independent artists yawuru buru (broome) RENEE CLIFTON

derby MARION COX

ngarluma country (roebourne) CHENISE CAMERON SAMANTHA WALKER

wardandi country (bunbury & south west) AMANDA BELL KERRY STACK BEVERLY THOMSON

whadjuk country (perth & rockingham) RORY CHARLES HARLEY RICHARDS SAMUEL PILOT-KICKETT REBECCA REID SAVANNAH TRAVIA-DANN MANDY WHITE LEANNE ZILM

wilman country (dwellingup) MAITLAND HILL

Image: Chenise Cameron, Untitled #2 (detail), 2020, photographic print, 60 x 90cm

amanda bell Amanda is a Badimia and Yued woman, born on Whadjak Country, who lives and works on Wadandi land by the sea. Amanda has a diverse creative repertoire and works with sculptural materials, video, sound, textiles, found objects, and most recently neon lighting. Her works are ambitious and experimental, and with them she aims to “… try new ways of telling stories that are sometimes uncomfortable and painful, sometimes fun and frivolous.”

The artist wishes to acknowledge:

In this new work From our lip, mouths, throats and belly, the artist had a vision of a beautiful Noongar word “… as old as Boodja and as new as now, shining for all to see. Fragile, beautiful and strong. I honour this word, this Country and our people. Moorditj! (Good). Pause for a moment and listen to our ancient Noongar language as it is spoken in the same way it has been for thousands of years.”

Recorded in Andalup (Busselton), on Wadandi Country

Auntie Gloria Hill, Wadandi Elder and Aunty Lola Garlett, Cultural advisors and Storytelling George Aitken, Neon fabrication Peter Jago, Technical design Lincoln MacKinnon, Sound design

This work was made with support from the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries

Amanda Bell From our lip, mouths, throats and belly, 2021 neon, audio 158 x 300cm POA REV21-237

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beverly thomson Beverly is a Yamatji woman living in the South West. She uses photography and natural fibres to create artworks, manipulating the materials through botanical dying and weaving. For her, making art is a joyous, relaxing and expressive process which allows her to share the wonder she has for the natural world. Beverly also draws on her memories of the mission days and the bushwalks and outings she did with those she grew up with: “…Mother. My Grandmother. My brothers. My sister. My Mission sisters, brothers and Family. My children.”

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Beverly Thomson Eliza @ Potters Gorge Wellington Dam, 2020 photo transfer, acrylic on board 30cm diameter $320 sold REV21-238

Beverly Thomson Yamatji hands on Noongar Boodja, 2020 photo transfer, acrylic on board 30cm diameter $320 sold REV21-240

Beverly Thomson Carnaby’s fly by Roelands Mission, 2020 photo transfer, acrylic on canvas 30 x 25cm $350 sold REV21-241

Beverly Thomson Wellington Dam, 2020 photo transfer, acrylic on board 23 x 30cm $320 sold REV21-239

chenise cameron Chenise is a young Wongatha photographer living in the Pilbara town of Wickham. She grew up in Mount Margaret Mission, which is where she first became interested in photography, learning the craft from a visiting photographer. In 2020, Chenise was able to further pursue photography through workshops with Big hART and FORM. Chenise’s photographic work tends to focus on portraiture, using her family and friends as subjects and situating them within Country.

She hopes that sharing pictures of Country will encourage people to respect these places and she sees her photography as a process of documenting important moments in time that can be reflected on in years to come.

Chenise Cameron Untitled #2, 2020 photographic print 60 x 90cm $370 (editions 1-3/3) REV21-243 2/3 sold

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Chenise Cameron Untitled #1, 2020 photographic print 60 x 90cm $370 (editions 1-3/3) REV21-242 1/3 sold

samantha walker Samantha is an emerging Ngarluma photographer living in the Pilbara town of Roebourne.

Samantha first started taking photos when she was a teenager and has always thought of it as her happy and peaceful place.

Samantha recently took her practice to the next level through a workshop with FORM, where she learnt new skills and techniques.

She uses photography to explore her Country and her people, and appreciates its unique ability to share her own story and the stories of others.

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Samantha Walker and Chenise Cameron Waja Gurrdi #1, 2020 photographic print 60 x 40cm $180 (edition 1/3) REV21-272

Samantha Walker and Chenise Cameron Waja Gurrdi #2, 2020 photographic print 60 x 40cm $180 (edition 1/3) REV21-273

Samantha Walker and Chenise Cameron Waja Gurrdi #3, 2020 photographic print 40 x 60cm $180 (edition 1/3) REV21-274

Harley Richards Subconcious mind, 2021 paint marker and acrylic on canvas 30 x 25cm $250 sold REV21-244

Harley Richards The tracker, 2020 arylic, paint markers, collage on canvas 30 x 41cm $330 sold REV21-245

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harley richards Harley is a young Noongar artist who lives and works on Wadjuk Country (Perth).

Harley has always been fascinated by visual expression and storytelling through vibrant symbolism and glyphs and how the world is represented through the eyes of others. He has a strong interest in the unknown world, language, and exploring self-identity as demonstrated in his paintings. He takes influence from such artists as Gordon Bennett, Basquiat, Kasuma and his mother, who brought him up around her arts practice. Harley studied Visual Arts and Graphic Design, and previously worked as graphic designer for the Aboriginal Health Council of WA. He now practices as a freelance designer and emerging artist. He created ‘Tape-Mind’, an art and design service.

Harley Richards Rivers of doubt, 2020 paint marker and acrylic on canvas 30 x 41cm $310 REV21-246 sold

Harley Richards Green and purple, 2020 acrylic on canvas 30 x 41cm $280 sold REV21-247

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Harley Richards Blue world, 2020 paint marker and acrylic on canvas 45 x 35cm $300 sold REV21-248

Harley Richards Insane world, 2020 spray paint acrylic and maker on board 35 x 45cm $240 sold REV21-251

Harley Richards Feel the body, 2021 paint marker and acrylic on canvas 40 x 30cm $330 sold REV21-250

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Harley Richards Black river, 2021 paint marker and acrylic on canvas 40 x 30cm $330 sold REV21-249

Harley Richards 1000 words, 2020 spray paint acrylic and maker on canvas 30 x 25cm $190 REV21-253

Harley Richards The grub, 2021 collage, marker, acrylic on recycled hand pulped paper 30 x 21cm $180 sold REV21-254

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Harley Richards United Nations, 2021 paint marker and acrylic on canvas 30 x 40cm $250 sold REV21-252

kerry stack Kerry is a Noongar woman who works in painting and Cultural Reconnection Programs. She has family, Country, and cultural connections in the Whadjuk, Bindjareb, Yued, Wilman, Wardandi and Ballardong areas, stretching from Moora and New Norcia in the Wheatbelt to Bridgetown in the lower South West. She is the daughter of Dennis Jetta and Wilma Jetta (nee Bennell). Kerry maintains her own art practice as well as working as advisor and consultant to various government and community agencies. She uses her artwork to convey a message of connection to family, culture and Country.

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Kerry Stack Connection, 2021 acrylic on canvas 90 x 90cm $1,400 sold REV21-255

leanne zilm Leanne is a Wudjari and Goreng Noongar woman born in Katanning and now lives and works in Rockingham. Leanne has been painting for five years, encouraged by her mother, who was a landscape artist. The unique backgrounds in her paintings are created using an acrylic pour technique, onto which she renders detailed images of various native animals. Leanne takes inspiration from nature, in particular the changing light over the ocean and local flora and fauna around the Bremer Bay area, where she has spent holidays her whole life. Leanne was part of the Noongar Art Exchange China 2020 and is a participant of the Noongar Art program at Bunbury Regional Art Gallery.

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Leanne Zilm Gossiping Djidi Djidi’s, 2021 acrylic on canvas 40 x 81cm $500 sold REV21-259

Leanne Zilm Djidi Djidi Dreaming, 2020 acrylic on canvas 51 x 61cm $450 sold REV21-258

Leanne Zilm Karaak, 2020 acrylic on canvas 51 x 61cm $450 sold REV21-256

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Leanne Zilm Leafy Sea Dragon Bremer Bay, 2018 acrylic on canvas 30 x 61cm $320 sold REV21-257

maitland hill Maitland is a Ballardong, Wilman, Whadjuk, Nyoongar artist living in Dwellingup. He draws on his strong cultural connections and the landscapes around him to create a range of artworks and artefacts, including paintings, pyrographic drawings and wooden carvings. Culture, living landscapes and traditional images of Aboriginal people are a focus of his artwork and his vision is to revive and celebrate Aboriginality through art and invite others to come on the journey with him. “Nyoongar people have always expressed culture through art, ceremony, dance, place and animals. It is this evocative spirit that I claim to share with others through my art”.

The Nyoongar man represented in this artwork is Joobaitch, a Whadjuk Elder born in 1837 from the Guildford region of Perth.

Maitland Hill Joobaitch, 2021 pyrography & acrylic on plywood 135 x 120 x 1.5cm $8,000 REV21-260

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mandy white Mandy is a Yamatji artist who was raised in Guildford and now lives and works in Midland, Perth. Mandy’s art career began in her thirties when she started classes at DADAA Midland. She has won several awards, been commissioned for a series of public art sculptural pieces and her work has been featured in many exhibitions.

Mandy’s new work is of ‘sea creatures’ is inspired by traditional Yamatji and Noongar stories her mother shared with her when she was young. Intrinsic to Mandy’s work is her boundless energy, as seen in her lively mark-marking, her use of vibrant colours and the playfulness inherent within her imaginative compositions.

Mandy White The Weiro, 2020 acrylic, charcoal on canvas 122 x 102cm $1,250 sold REV21-262

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Mandy White Bather’s Beach, 2020 acrylic on canvas 58 x 51cm $550 sold REV21-261

Mandy White Balay! (Look out!), 2020 acrylic on canvas 61 x 51cm $550 sold REV21-263

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Mandy White Bobtail Bushland, 2020 acrylic on canvas 61 x 51cm $550 sold REV21-299

marion cox Marion is a senior Gooniyandi artist from Yiyili Community, located 110km west of Halls Creek in the Kimberley. Marion was born on Gogo Station near Fitzroy Crossing and moved to Derby in her twenties. She comes from a family of artists who continue the stories of the Cox family Dreaming. Marion uses traditional ochre from family ochre pits throughout her Country.

She paints on canvas and Boab nuts. Her stories depict family, Country and bush tucker (bush plants and fruits). Marion has won the Kimberley Art Prize twice in 2015 and 2016 and was a finalist in the 2018 Hedland Art Awards.

Marion Cox Third Generation, 2020 acrylic on canvas 182 x 83cm $4,200 REV21-265

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Marion Cox Mother Walk Off, 2020 acrylic on canvas 148 x 80cm $3,200 REV21-264

Rebecca Reid Wayimaa White Cockatoo, 2021 acrylic on canvas 40 x 30cm $680 REV21-268

Rebecca Reid Malangun, 2020 acrylic on canvas 76 x 76cm $1,250 sold REV21-266

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rebecca reid Rebecca is a Wiradjuri artist born in Dubbo, NSW, now living on coastal Country just outside of Perth. Her keen interest in art runs in her family. Surrounded by beautiful bush, Rebecca loves being able to share her time between the two things she loves most; being a full-time artist and a mother. She paints daily and is inspired by the bushlands and nature around her. Her attention to detail and love for Australian native birds are ever present in her work. She paints in a bright and vibrant contemporary style using a realistic representation to depict Australian birdlife.

Rebecca Reid Birrany-dyang, 2021 acrylic on canvas 40 x 50cm $680 REV21-267

renee clifton Renee is Kokatha and Nyikina artist who lives and works in Broome. Renee paints in a contemporary, colourful style. Her works depict the environment around her with stories of hunting and gathering, waterholes, bush fruits, land lines and animals. Her designs are inspired by native flora, fauna and the natural environment where she lives, as well as by stories passed down from her elders. Family gathering is a painting about going out bush with the family for a get together and to go hunting and gathering. The little ones help collect bush fruits and the adults catch the meat or fish for the main meal. At the end of the day all the family sit around the campsite and tell stories about the past.

Renee Clifton Family Gathering, 2020 acrylic on canvas 49 x 103cm $1,800 sold REV21-269

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samuel pilot-kickett Samuel Pilot-Kickett is a Whadjuk Noongar and Mirrum Mir Torres Strait Islander man with family history directly linked to the Perth area. He has been painting for several years and has had works purchased and exhibited in Paris and Madrid.

Samuel’s works have a contemporary urban style and he uses a variety of techniques, including stencilling and spray painting. His practice focusses on sharing culture and his works explore the spiritual dimensions of the land and our celestial connections to the wider universe.

Samuel Pilot-Kickett Boodjah, 2021 acrylic, markers and spray on canvas 76 x 102cm $1,000 sold REV21-275

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rory charles Rory is a young Wunambal Gaambera, Nyikina, Balanggara and Gooniyandi man from the Kimberley who is living in Perth for his final year at Trinity College. The Wunambal Gaambera people are one of the three tribes responsible for caretaking the ancient Wandjina rock art in the Kimberley; a continuing connection to culture reflected in Rory’s works. In his short career Rory has already won several awards for his artwork and he is currently broadening his artistic ventures into installation work and public art murals.

Rory Charles WW2 Bombing of Drysdale River Mission, Kalumburu, 2021 Paint pen on black paper 61 x 81cm $890 sold REV21-270

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Rory Charles Saltwater Country Kalumburu, 2021 paint pen on black paper 61 x 81cm $890 sold REV21-271

savannah travia-dann Savannah is a young Nyul Nyul woman from Winawaal Country near Beagle Bay Community with ties to Nyikinya, Bardi, Punuba and Kija Country, who lives and works on Whadjuk Boodja. As a child she spent time visiting galleries and performing in traditional Aboriginal dance groups at festivals, including the Mowanjum Art Festival and Art Gallery of Western Australia. Her dad has played a definitive role in shaping her interest in art by sharing his cultural knowledge, ensuring she understood the proper ways. He has been pivotal in her strong connection to culture and identity. These experiences mixed with the 2020 COVID lockdown have led Savannah to recently discover her talent and love for art.

Savannah Travia-Dann Speak your Truth, Stand in your Power, 2021 acrylic on canvas 61 x 61cm $890 sold REV21-278

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Savannah Travia-Dann Connecting to the Cosmos and Feminine Energy Rising, 2021 acrylic on canvas diptych, 82 x 51cm $750 sold REV21-279

Savannah Travia-Dann Change is Coming, 2020 acrylic on canvas 51 x 76cm $750 sold REV21-277

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dw D.W. is a multi-lingual and largely self-taught artist who grew up in Wiluna and Warburton in remote Western Australia.

D.W. learnt to paint by watching his elders paint. One of his uncles told him about colours and which colours to use.

He is interested in painting, and has painted native Australian animals such as birds, goannas, and flora; flowers especially. He likes to paint dot paintings of his Country and uses colours such as red-brown, and ochre colours.

He is also interested in exploring portraiture, and searches for pictures of interesting people he sees in books and magazines or photographs to transfer to canvas, free-hand.

D.W. speaks Mardu, Manyjilyjarra and other central desert languages such as Pitjantjatjara, and Ngaanyatjarra. He is a Martu man.

DW Piarrka (pink galah) lifesaver, 2021 acrylic on canvas 58 x 58cm $500 REV21-280

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lm I was born in Meekatharra in 1969 and I speak Mardu. I lived there with my father and mother for a time and then we went to Wiluna and lived on the Bondini Reserve, approximately 10kms east of Wiluna. My mum was a Martu woman, through her father’s side, and I get my name from my mum, and my father, well I am still finding out about him’.

Predominantly self-taught, L.M. developed a passion and skill for drawing at an early age. Later on she learnt the skill of dot painting while in Geraldton, painting with a group of artists onto prepared ceramics with a local potter. She is interested in painting bush tucker and the wildflowers of the area she remembers growing up in, however is also interested in fantasy and the ethereal. L.M. was recently gifted some photos of her family (taken by N.B. Tindale and J.B. Birdsell on an Anthropological Expedition on 18 January 1953), which has inspired her to create new work to immortalise the memory of her ancestors, and her family tree.

LM Portrait of my Dad, 2021 acrylic on canvas 57 x 57cm $500 sold REV21-281

acknowledgements FAC would like to acknowledge it operates on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk people and that we respect their spiritual relationship with their country. We also acknowledge the Whadjuk people as the Traditional Owners of the greater Walyalup area and that their cultural and heritage beliefs are still important to the living Whadjuk people today.

revealed advisory group Chad Creighton, CEO Aboriginal Art Centre Hub Western Australia Glenn Iseger-Pilkington, artist and curator Esther McDowell, artist and curator

revealed artsworker work placement Leonie Bennett, Tjarlili Arts Dianne Wamantjangu, Tjarlili Arts Kimberley McKie, Spinifex Hill Studios Savannah Travia-Dann, Perth Amanda Bell, Busselton

fremantle arts centre project staff Director Anna Reece General Manager Marcus Dickson Acting Curator / Exhibitions & Special Projects Curator Erin Coates Revealed Exhibition Coordinator Jane Chambers Exhibitions Install Coordinator Tom Freeman Exhibition Install Staff Damian Capone Rob Kettels Hugh Thomson Zev Weinstein Dan Bourke Emilie Monty Hansdieter Zeh Claire Bailey Emma Buswell Minaxi May Phoebe Clarke Clare Wohlnick Sam Eastcott Revealed Artsworkers Hosts Jacky Cheng Phoebe Tran Natalie Scholtz

Learning Coordinator Deborah Byrne Silvia Ferolla Events Coordinator David Craddock Revealed Professional Development Event Coordinator Claudia Rayne Communications Manager Andrea Woods Graphic Designer Sofia Antonas Finance Officer Christine Lofthouse Finance Assistant Julia Remmert Reception & Sales Officer Sheridan Hart Amy Perejuan-Capone Photography Pixel Poetry

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purchasing artworks To purchase an artwork please email revealed@fremantle.wa.gov.au, phone 08 9432 9726 or visit us at FAC reception. Please include the following information: • Your full name, email address and phone number • The artist’s name, art centre, title and REV code number of the artwork(s) you would like to purchase • The organisation or collection you represent, if applicable Payment is required in full and a receipt and confirmation of sale will be issued once payment is received.

There are no holds or deposit options available.

Organisations and collections may purchase works by invoice.

Please request this option at time of purchase.

Almost all works in the Revealed Exhibition are for sale, some works are POA (Price on Application) and a small number are listed as NFS (Not for sale).

when will i receive my artwork?

The exhibition is open from Friday 26 March – Sunday 23 May and no artworks may be collected or freighted until the exhibition closes.

Collection of artworks will be from Fremantle Arts Centre on either Sunday 23 May, 5:30–7:30pm or the week from Wed 2 – Tues 8 June, 10am–4:30pm.

If you are unable to make collection on these dates, please contact Revealed Exhibition Coordinator Jane Chambers at revealed@fremantle.wa.gov.au

freight charges If you live in the Perth metropolitan area, we encourage you to collect your artwork from FAC at no charge on the dates and times listed above.

If you are unable to collect your Revealed artwork purchase in person, you are responsible for covering any additional packaging and freight costs incurred and agree to this at the time of purchase. The cost of freighting artwork is additional to the prices listed in the catalogue. The artwork won’t be sent until purchase and freight price is paid in full.

Artworks will be sent with TNT or Australia Post, depending on the size and location of recipient.

Tracking details will be sent to the buyer.

Artworks will be packed and posted within 3 weeks of the closure of the Revealed Exhibition, subject to payment completion. Postage times will vary depending on service and location.

FAC accepts MasterCard and VISA payments only.

Revealed is presented by FAC with the support of the WA State Government through the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries; and the Australian Government through the Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support Program.

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