Featured Artists
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Noongar artist Yondee Shane Hansen was born in the south-west of Western Australia in 1964, at Dumbleyung, 270 km south of Perth.
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Andrew Highfold Tjupurrula was born in 1958 and comes from Crystal Brook in South Australia. He relocated to Alice Springs later on, where he began to learn and paint traditional Aboriginal stories passed down to him by his family members.
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Belinda is a rising star artist with strong artistic family connections from the Anmatyerre language group, Utopia near Alice Springs in Central Australia. Her family include grandmother, renowned artist Polly Ngale.
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Carolanne is a quiet achiever. She's very driven, but she puts her head down and she gets on with things. She also paints the story of Marililu, and she does it in a very visceral, very painterly way.
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Born: 1975. Language Group: Anmatyerre and Alyawarre. Country: Atnwengerrp, Utopia Region, North East of Alice Springs, Northern Territory
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Danny is the son of Michelle Possum and the Grandson of Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri. He is the brother of Azeza Possum, one of the third generations of artists from the Possum family.
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Debra McDonald Nangala, was born at Papunya Camp. She is the granddaughter of the late Shorty Lungkata Tjungurrayi (c.1920-1987), who was a Pintupi man from Lake MacDonald in the Gibson Desert, Central Australia.
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Dora began painting in 2003. She paints the story of the Bush Plum Dreaming and her mother’s story as does her sister, Betty Mpetyane – a well-known and respected artist from the Utopia region.
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Jeannie Mills Pwerle, born in 1965, from the Alyawarr language group, holds a prominent place in the art scene of Utopia in Central Australia. Her ancestral ties link her to the Atwengerrp and Irrwelty lands within the Utopia Region.
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Born: c. 1964, Language Group: Alyawarre, Country: Arawerre (Soapy Bore), Utopia Region, North East of Alice Springs, Northern Territory.
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“Koomal” is the traditional name of Wadandi man Josh Whiteland. Koomal is the local word for brushtail possum and the totem chosen for him by his Elders. Josh was born in Busselton, WA and grew up surrounded by family, culture and connection to country.
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Born: 9th June 1976, Language Group: Alyawarre, Area: Arawerre (Soapy Bore) Joycie was born in Alice Springs in 1976 and started painting when she was nineteen.
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Kim is a Noongar woman with heritage from Pilbara and Perth, WA. Kim's paintings are a way of telling a story as she reflects on life experiences and family history. Her inspiration is her family and her country.
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Anmatyerre artist Michelle Possum Nungurrayi was born in 1970 at Mt Allan, a station community about 250 kms to the north west of Alice Springs. Michelle comes from a well-established artistic family.
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Rosella Namok is one of Australia’s most successful contemporary Aboriginal artists. Born in 1979, Rosella Namok is an Ungkum speaker who grew up in Lockhart River community.
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Sharon Hume is a proud Noongar woman, born on Wilmen Country in the South West. Though life took her across different paths, she has spent most of her time on Wadandi Country in Bunbury and now calls Busselton home.
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Sonya Edney is a largely self-taught Yingarrda (Ingarrda) artist born in 1974 in Carnarvon in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia.
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Yvonne Bell is a talented Minang Noongar and Ngadju artist hailing from Yarramoup (Jerramugup) in the picturesque southern region of Western Australia. She has a deep connection with Banjelungup (Bremer Bay) and has since made her home in Boorloo (Perth).
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