Elizabeth Dunn: Kampurara Tjukurpa - Elizabeth's Story
Kampurara Tjukurpa - Elizabeth's Story (368C-23) by Elizabeth Dunn of Ernabella Arts.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Elizabeth was born in Ernabella and went to high school in Adelaide before returning home. She spent her childhood watching her elders paint and she first began painting at Papunya Tjupi Arts in Papunya community. Elizabeth now depicts her grandmother's country on canvas, a place named Piltati near Nyapari. She also portrays stories relating to kampurara (bush tomatoes) on ceramics. As well as working on canvas and in ceramics, Elizabeth is also a talented tjanpi weaver and jewellery maker.
Elizabeth is a rising star of the Ernabella Arts studio. Her work has been exhibited overseas in Belgium, Switzerland and the USA.
In 2016 Elizabeth was part of an Ernabella Arts collaborative ceramics installation that was acquired by the National Museum of Australia. In 2018 Elizabeth was shortlisted for the NATSIA Award and was the winner of the Indigenous Award, Port Hacking Potter
Group 50th National Pottery Competition.
THIS PIECE IS ON DISPLAY AS PART OF THE TARNANTHI 2023 EXHIBITION ERNABELLA ARTS: CERAMIC WARKA WIRU 20 YEARS-KUTU (20 YEARS OF CREATING CERAMICS).
THE EXHIBITION RUNS UNTIL DECEMBER 3rd, 2023. ANY SOLD WORK WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION OR DELIVERY IN THE WEEKS FOLLOWING THIS DATE.
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PRODUCT DETAILS:
Dimensions: 340 x 370 x 180mm
Materials: Stoneware
ABOUT THE ART CENTRE:
Established in 1948, Ernabella Arts is Australia’s oldest, continuously running Indigenous Art Centre. Ernabella Arts is in Pukatja Community, at the eastern end of the Musgrave Ranges in the far north west of South Australia. Pukatja was the first permanent settlement on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands (APY Lands).
In recent years, long after commencing working as artists, senior women decided to leave behind the walka (design) of the early days and to depict their Tjukurpa (sacred stories of country and law). Today the centre is a varied group of artists, and a mix of young and old, men and women, working in several different mediums. The members of Ernabella Arts are always reinvigorating their centre, seeing it through its evolution from the first incarnation as a craft room, into a culturally strong contemporary art centre.
Ernabella Arts is an Aboriginal owned and run corporation which promotes and supports ethical practice in the creation and sale of Indigenous art.
Due to the handmade nature of the products dimensions may vary on individual pieces.
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Handmade in Australia.
