Paniny is a respected senior Amata woman who paints for Tjala Arts. Paniny came to Amata from Rocket Bore when she was a young girl with her parents, her elder brother Marla, and sisters Yarityji and Maringa. Paniny has worked as a teacher’s aide with the pre-school children and as a representative on the Women’s Council. Paniny began her artistic career creating batik at the Tjurma Arts and Crafts Centre in 2001. Since Minymaku Arts was established in 1999 Paniny has become one of Minymaku’s highly regarded painters.
Collections
Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery National Heritage Board, Singapore Art Museum Art Gallery of South Australia
Awards
2002 Tandanya/Arts SA Aboriginal Artists’ Fellowship Award
2003 Sotheby’s Marn Grook Auction, Museum of Contemporary Art
Group Exhibitions
Desert Mob , Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs 2002
Mina Wala – fresh, like water from a spring , Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs 2002
Nganampa Tjukula – Our rock holes , Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra 2003
Ananguku Arts and Culture Corporation , Arterial Gallery, Parkside, Adelaide 2003
Kapi Wala Nganampa – Our water holes , On Shore Art, Newtown, Geelong 2003
Desert Mob , Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs 2003
Minymaku Arts – Exhibition of Fabrics , Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, USA 2003
Nganampa tjukurpa – Our stories , Port Melbourne Uniting Church, Melbourne 2003
Looking after country: Manta Atunymankunytja , Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide 2004
Desert Divas , Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs 2004
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award , Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin 2004
Desert Mob , Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs 2004