Tjarlirli Art Indigenous Corporation

Bernard Bell sitting with his paintings at the cave of the honey ants near Kunapula, February 2022. Image courtesy of Tjarlirli Art.

PITJANTJATJARA PEOPLE NGAANYATJARRA AND NGAANYATJARRA LANDS TJUKURLA COMMUNITY,

Tjarlirli Art represents the artists of Tjukurla Community in the Ngaanyatjarra lands. This Country is in the remote far East of Western Australia and is characterised by vast desert plains, undulating sand dunes, spectacular salt lakes and dramatic ranges. Ngaanyatjarra art holds close ties to the Papunya Tula movement yet has a distinctive character. Tjarlirli Art also operates a second art centre, Kaltukatjara Art, in Kaltukatjara (Docker River), Northern Territory. There are close ties and family links between these communities. Artists often travel between centres.

ARTISTS

Bernard Bell Beryl Bell Leonie Bennett Julieanne Walingkura Farmer Winsome Newberry Dianne Wamantjangu

BERNARD BELL

BORN Mparntwe | Alice Springs LIVES AND WORKS Tjukurla, Ngaanyatjarra Lands/Kaltukatjara, Pitjantjatjara Lands LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Pitjantjatjara People, Ngaanyatjarra People

Bernard was born in Mparntwe (Alice Springs). He grew up at Kunapula outstation in the Northern Territory and fondly remembers hunting and swimming in rockholes. He now lives between Tjukurla, Western Austrailia and Kaltukatjara, Northern Territory, but returns to Kunapula regularly with his family. He recently started painting with Tjarlirli Art, following in the steps of his uncle, the celebrated painter and respected pastor Ronnie Allen. Bernard was elected as a Director of Tjarlirli Art for 2022 and has taken to his role with great relish. Bernard paints Tjala Tjukurrpa (Honey Ant Dreaming) at their home near Kunapula outstation.

Bernard Bell

Tjala at Kunapula, 2022 Acrylic on canvas 76 x 41 cm

$350 REV22-155 Bernard Bell

Tjala at Kunapula, 2022 Acrylic on canvas 76 x 41 cm

$350 REV22-157

Bernard Bell

Tjala at Kunapula, 2022 Acrylic on canvas 92 x 56 cm

$450 REV22-153

Bernard Bell

Tjala at Kunapula, 2022 Acrylic on canvas 92 x 56 cm

$450 REV22-154

Bernard Bell

Tjala at Kunapula, 2022 Acrylic on canvas 92 x 56 cm

$450 REV22-156

BERYL BELL

LEONIE BENNETT DIANNE WAMANTJANGU

LIVES AND WORKS Tjukurla, Ngaanyatjarra Lands/Kaltukatjara, Pitjantjatjara Lands LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Pitjantjatjara and Ngaanyatjarra Beryl is an emerging artist and one of Tjarlirli's hardworking arts workers. Her family, including her mother, brother and uncles, have been involved with Tjarlirli Art for many years, and Beryl herself has been painting consistently at the Centre since 2017, however Revealed 2022 is her first exhibition. She has both Ngaanyatjarra and Pitjantjatjara heritage. Beryl usually paints women’s Tjukurrpa (Dreaming) such as Kungkarangkalpa (Seven Sisters) and Kungka Kutjara, which are strong stories in the Western Desert region. Beryl participated in the 2021 animation workshop at Tjarlirli, experimenting with iPad and sand animation for the first time.

Leonie has strong roots in both the Ngaanyatjarra and Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands, and currently lives in Warakurna. Leonie primarily paints Kungkarangkalpa (Seven Sisters) story. In 2021, Leonie took part in the Arts Worker development program at Revealed Fremantle, further developing her strong skills as an arts worker and giving her new ideas for helping to make the Art Centre strong. Also in 2021, she began learning animation techniques as part of a workshop run by Tjarlirli Art to help artists explore new mediums of creative expression. Dianne is a young artist with strong family ties to Tjukurla. Dianne paints important Tjukurrpa (Dreaming) from around the Western Desert region, including Kungkarangkalpa (Seven Sisters) and Kunga Kutjara (Two Ladies) Dreaming. Dianne is an arts worker in the Art Centre studio and, in 2021, she took part in the arts worker development program at Revealed Fremantle, where she learned lots of new skills and ideas to help improve the Art Centre. Dianne also began experimenting with new creative mediums in 2021, and enjoyed participating in animation workshops run at Tjarlirli Art through the Revealed Creative Development program.

LIVES AND WORKS Tjukurla, Ngaanyatjarra Lands | Warakurna LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Ngaanyatjarra and Pitjantjatjara LIVES AND WORKS Tjukurla, Ngaanyatjarra Lands/Kaltukatjara, Pitjantjatjara Lands LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Pitjantjatjara and Ngaanyatjarra

Dianne Wamantjangu, Beryl Bell, Leonie Bennett

Kutjuwara (One day), 2021 Animation video 2m 16sec

POA REV22-164

JULIEANNE WALINGKURA FARMER

BORN Mparntwe | Alice Springs LIVES AND WORKS Tjukurla, Ngaanyatjarra Lands/Kaltukatjara and Pitjantjatjara lands LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Ngaanyatjarra and Pitjantjatjara SKIN GROUP Nangala

Julieanne is a young artist and respected community member from Tjukurla Community. She is a senior arts worker at the Art Centre helping artists around the studio, as well as being an accomplished painter in her own right. She primarily paints the Ngaanyatjarra Country of her father which is near Tjukurla and Warakurna. Recently, Julieanne has been learning photography, film and animation skills to expand her practice into new mediums. She enjoys recording the Art Centre's bush trips and travels, and has assisted with the creation of the Art Centre's digital archive.

Julieanne Walingkura Farmer (narrated by senior custodian Tjawina Porter)

Boomerang Story at Kuruyultu, 2021 Animation video 0m 46secs

POA REV22-163

WINSOME NEWBERRY

LIVES AND WORKS Tjukurla, Warakurna, Kaltukatjara, Pitjantjatjara Lands LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Ngaanyatjarra

Winsome is a Ngaanyatjarra artist who paints Tjukurrpa (Dreaming) sites, primarily her grandfather's Country of Lake Christopher. Winsome favours pale colour applied in a thick impasto which are evocative of the organic, salt-crusted surfaces of the desert lake. These pale areas are punctuated by irregular shapes denoting the rockholes of the lake area. Winsome first lays out the composition of her works by tracing the amoeba-like rockholes, then adds darker colours to the centre and outlines of these holes before filling the remainder of the canvas with paint using punu (wood).

Winsome Newberry

Kapi Tjukurrpa, 2021 Acrylic on canvas 102 x 76 cm

$750 REV22-159 Winsome Newberry

Kapi Tjukurrpa, 2021 Acrylic on canvas 102 x 76 cm

$750 REV22-162

Winsome Newberry

Kapi Tjukurrpa, 2021 Acrylic on canvas 76 x 41 cm

$350 REV22-158 Winsome Newberry

Kapi Tjukurrpa, 2021 Acrylic on canvas 76 x 41 cm

$350 REV22-160

Winsome Newberry

Kapi Tjukurrpa, 2021 Acrylic on canvas 92 x 56 cm

$450 REV22-161