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Tiwi Art and Artists - Patrick Freddy Puruntatameri see the Artists prints Browse Tiwi Islands Prints
Patrick Freddy Puruntatameri was born on Melville Island, the larger of the two Tiwi islands, situated off the coast north of Darwin. Although he is one of the youngest of the practising Tiwi artists, his work has already been widely exhibited, both within Australia and Europe, since 1992. His paintings depict 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 and are also closely linked to stories of Purrukuparli, the Tiwi mythological ancestor. They are 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. collections Museum of Victoria, Melbourne. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. National Maritime Museum, Darling Harbour, Sydney. exhibitions Group exhibitions 1991 The Eighth National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin. 1991 Yinkiti Amintiya Yoi (Food and Ceremony) An Exhibition of Tiwi Dye-Printed Silks and Traditional Ochre Paintings, Crafts Council Gallery, Darwin. 1991 Jilamara Milikapiti - Melville Island, Alcaston House Gallery, Melbourne. 1992 Ngingingawula Jilamara Kapi Purunguparri (Our Designs on Bark), National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. 1993 Nginingawula Tiwi Jilamara, All our Tiwi designs, Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT. 1994 The Eleventh National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin. 1995 The Twelfth National Aboriginal Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin. 1996 Tiwi People from Melville Island. Anima Gallery Adelaide. 1996 National Aboriginal Heritage Award. Parliament House Canberra ACT. 1996 Masterpieces from Milikapiti Savode Gallery Brisbane. 1996 Etchings & Lino blocks from Melville Island, Australian Print Workshop Fitzroy Vic. 1996 Tiwi People from Melville Island. Anima Gallery Adelaide S.A. 1997 Old Patterns Framed Gallery Darwin N.T. 1997 Old Tiwi Alcaston House Gallery Melbourne Victoria. 1997 Kartukuni Amintiya Jurra (Ironwood and Paper), Hogarth Gallery, Paddington NSW. 1998 The Old and the New Gallery Gondwana Alice Springs NT. 1998 & 1999 International Art Fair, Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne. 1998 Jilamara, Mossenson Gallery, Subiaco WA. 1999 All About Art, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne. 1999 Tiwi on Wood, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne. 1999 New Paintings from Milikapiti, Redback Gallery, Brisbane. 1999 Art of the Tiwi, Framed Gallery Darwin. 2000 This Earth for Us, Commonwealth Institute, London. 2000 From Mythology to the Present Wuerzburg, Germany bibliography Bennett, J., 1992, ‘Ngingingawala Jilamara kapi purunguparri (Our Bark Paintings),’ Gallery Monthly Magazine of the National Gallery Society of Victoria, September. Bennett, J., 1992, ‘Ngingingawala Jilamara kapi purunguparri (Our Bark Paintings),’ Gallery Monthly Magazine of the National Gallery Society of Victoria, September. 1991, Yinkiti Amintiya Yoi (Food and Ceremony), exhib. cat., Crafts Council Gallery, Darwin. (C) 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. Isaacs, J. Spirit Country Hardie Grant Books, San Francisco 1999. Aboriginal Art Prints Home	region Bathust & Melville Island state NT community Milikapiti born 1960 language Tiwi outstation Manupi art centre Jilamara Arts & Crafts medium Painting, ochre on paper, canvas, bark limited edition prints and iron wood carvings.

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

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