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Tiwi Art and Artists -Maryanne Mungatopi |
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 Tiwi aboriginal artist, Maryanne Mungatopi comes from Karslake country on Melville Island, the larger of the two Tiwi Islands situated off the coast of Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia. Her work depicts the body designs used in the Pukamani ceremony, the traditional Tiwi burial ceremony, one of the cornerstones of the Tiwi’s traditional belief. Her art is also closely linked to stories of Purrukuparli, the Tiwi mythological ancestor and is characterised by a geometric structure of lines and dots, with 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. Since 1995 she has shown her work in group exhibitions in Australia, Europe and the USA. subjects and themes Fire and Crocodile. collections Fremantle City Council Collection, Western Australia. Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery Victoria. Toowoomba City Council Collection. Queensland University of Technology Art Collection. National Gallery of Australia. exhibitions Group exhibitions 1995 Jilamara Kapi Yurruka Manimpurrua, (Designs on Long Canvas and Pukumani Poles). Alcaston House Gallery, Melbourne. 1995 12th NATSIAA, MAGNT Darwin. 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 Brunswick, Vic. 1996 ACAFA No5 Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Exhibition Buildings Melbourne Victoria. 1996 Journey of the Birds, Raintree Fine Arts Galleries, Darwin. 1997 Old Patterns Framed Gallery Darwin N.T. 1997 Mamirnikuwi - Mob of Women Australian Print Workshop Gallery Melbourne. 1997 Old Tiwi. Alcaston House Gallery Melbourne. 1997 Small Designs - Jewellery and Paintings Savode Gallery Brisbane. 1997 Keeper of the Mimi Spirit, The October Gallery, London. 1997 Dreamings Spazio Pitti Arte Florence Italy. 1998 Gli Aborigeni Australiani Una Storia Forty Thousand Ani. Castello Sforenco, Milandeao Sale Viscontee, Italy. 1997 Kartukuni Amintiya Jurra (Ironwood and Paper) Hogarth Gallery, Paddington NSW. 1998 The Old and the New, Gallery Gondwana Alice Springs NT. 1998- 2000 One Thousand Journeys, Tin Sheds Gallery, Uni. NSW Sydney & touring exhibition. 1998 15th NATSIAA, MAGNT Darwin. 1998 The 23rd Annual Shell Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle WA. 1998 Proof Positive: A Selection of Prints from the Archive of the Australian Print Workshop Carnegie Gallery, Hobart City Council. 1998 The Monaro Show touring Northern Territory exhibition. 1998- 2000 Armbands NT Touring Exhibition. 1998 The Cask - an Aussie Icon Victoria Health Access Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria. 1998 Group exhibition Alcaston House, Melbourne Victoria. 1998 Jilamara Mossenson Gallery, Subiaco WA.v 1998 Gantner - Myer Collection, California Palace of the Legion of Honour, San Fransisco USA to tour. 1999 All About Art Alcaston House Gallery, Melbourne. 1999 Tiwi on Wood Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne. 1999 New Paintings from Milikapiti, Redback Gallery, Brisbane. 1999 Impressions Australian Print Workshop. 1999 The Work of the Tiwi. Framed Gallery Darwin. 1999 Arukulunga Wunitak Thelma - Cyclone Thelma Australian Print Workshop Melbourne. 1999 –2000 Claiming Title:Australian Aboriginal Artists and the Land, Carleton & St. Olaf Colleges USA. Wriston Art Centre, Lawrence University, Appleton , Samuel Dorsky Museum USA (touring). 2000 This Earth for Us Commonwealth Institute, London. 2000 People in a Landscape Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne. 2000 From Mythology to the Present Wuerzburg, Germany. 2000 Mountford Bark Collection Etchings, The Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne. commissions 1996 Pukumani pole to private collector: Thomas Vroom, Netherlands. 1996 Australian print Workshop. Corporate Christmas Gift. 2000 Equestrian Event Works on Site, Sydney Olympics. bibliography Bennett, J. ‘Ngingingawala Jilamara kapi purunguparri (Our Bark Paintings), Gallery Monthly Magazine of the National Gallery Society of Victoria, September 1992. Bennett, J ‘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 at Launceston 1993. Art of the Tiwi from the Collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, catalogue, NGV Melbourne 1994. People in a Landscape, (catalogue) Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne. . |
 region Melvile Island state NT community Milikapiti born 1966 language Tiwi outstation Karslake art centre Jilamara Arts & Crafts medium Ochres on paper, canvas, bark and iron wood carvings, printmaking and jewellery design |
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