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Tiwi Artist Janice Murray comes from Tinganuy country on Melville Island, the larger of the two Tiwi islands, situated off the coast north of Darwin. Although she is one of the youngest of the practising Tiwi artists, her work has already been exhibited widely all over Australia since 1995. Her painting depicts the body designs used in the Pukamani ceremony, the traditional Tiwi burial ceremony which is one of the cornerstones of the Tiwi peoples traditional beliefs. Her art is also closely linked to stories of Purrukuparli, the Tiwi mythological ancestor and is characterised by geometric structures of lines and dots, every line and marking having an important meaning. These geometric patterns, common to most Tiwi art, often depict sites of stories of mythological significance involving ancestors who were changed into animals or birds. Each Tiwi artist has their own individual interpretation of the designs. In 1996 she was commissioned to make etchings for the Crown Casino in Melbourne and the Australian Print Workshop. subjects and themes Flying Fox,Turtle,Body design collections Fremantle City Council Collection,Western Australia. exhibitions Group exhibitions 1995 Jilamara Kapi Yurruka Manimpurrua(Designs on Long canvas and Pukamani Poles) Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne. 1995 National Aboriginal Art Award NTMG, NT. 1996 Tiwi People from Melville Island, Anima Gallery Adelaide. 1996 Masterpieces from Milikapiti,Savode Gallery, Brisbane. 1996 Etchings & Lino blocks from Melville Island, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne. 1996 Journey of the Birds, Raintree Gallery, Darwin. 1997 ‘Ochre and Ink’ Savode Gallery, Brisbane. 1997 ‘Old Designs’ Framed Gallery, Darwin. 1997 Betty Rymer Gallery, The School of Art Institute of Chicago “First Persons Plural”. 1997 ‘Old Tiwi’ Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne. 1997 ‘Mob of Women ’Australian Art Print Workshop, Melbourne. 1997 Small Designs - Jewellery and Paintings, Savode Gallery Brisbane. 1998 The Old and the New, Gallery Gondawana, Alice Springs, NT. bibliography Art of the Tiwi from the Collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, exhib. cat., National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne 1994. Narrative and decoration in Tiwi painting: Tiwi representations of the Purukuparli Story’ Art Bulletin of Victoria 33 39-47, 1993. The Body Tiwi, Aboriginal Art from Melville and Bathurst Islands, exhib.cat., The University Gallery, University of Tasmania, Launceston. Bennett J; 1992, ‘Ngingawula Jilamara Kapi Purunguparri (Our paintings on bark), ‘Gallery Monthly' magazine of the National Gallery of Victoria September. Aboriginal Art Prints Home	region Melville Island state NT community Milikapiti born 1966 active 1987 language Tiwi outstation Tinganu art centre Jilamara Arts & Crafts medium Ochres on paper, canvas and bark and printmaking and jewellery design

DENNIS NONA CURRENT SOLO EXHIBITION

Sesserae: New Works by Dennis Nona

Paris, London, Sydney, Brisbane

Dennis Nona is widely acknowledged as one of, if not the most, important living Torres Strait Islander artist.

This exhibition of installations, limited edition linocuts, etchings and cast bronze sculptures showcases the artist's most recent work.

PARIS
The Australian Embassy
6 April - 8 June, 2006

LONDON
Rebecca Hossack Gallery
35 Windmill Street,
LONDON (Dates TBA)

SYDNEY
31 Lamrock Avenue
BONDI BEACH, NSW
30 March - 16 April, 2006

BRISBANE
Dell Gallery, Queensland College of Art
BRISBANE, QLD
3 June - 10 July 2005

OTHER EXHIBITION VENUES
Other Australian and overseas venues and dates to be announced.

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