- Artist: Jane Tipuamantumirri
- Art Centre: Ngaruwanajirri Inc
- Region: Tiwi Islands
Artwork Story
Date of birth: 6. 7. 1968
Dance: Shark/Rainbow
Skin Group: Mullet/Ironwood
Medium: Natural ochres with binder on Arches paper, batik on silk, lino block design, and monotypes on printing paper.
The subject matter of Jane’s art is Drawn from her environment in the Tiwi Islands in Northern Australia and including magpie goose, shark, muputi (fish) tunga (bark basket) and pamajini (arm band for ceremony).
Exhibitions:
“Works on paper” Travelling exhibition funded and organized by ArtBack NT. Travelling from 1996 to 2000 around Australia.
“Good Food – Sea Food “(Pupuni Yinkiti Arimuwu Kapi Winga) ArtBack NT Travelling exhibition. 2000-2004.
Artists in Residence Exhibition : April-July 2003. Coomalie Cultural Centre, Batchelor N.T.
“Ngaruwanajirri 2005 works on paper by Tiwi artists from Bathurst Island” November 2005. Aboriginal and Pacific Art , Sydney.
“from the edge” Ivan Dougherty Gallery, College of Fine Arts University of NSW. March 2006.
Supreme Court, Darwin. Ngaruwanajirri Group Exhibition as part of the 2006 Darwin Festival. August 2006.
Ngaruwanajirri : helping one another` Charles Darwin University Art Gallery, Casuarina, NT. August 2011. A retrospective exhibition of works by all Ngaruwanajirri artists.
Artist in Residence:
Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education, Batchelor N.T. February 2001
Collections:
Batchelor Institute Indigenous Tertiary Education, Batchelor N.T. (natural ochre paintings on Arches paper)
Charles Darwin University Art Collection, Darwin, N.T. (natural ochre painting on Arches paper)
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