Nicole Rupert: Nicole's Tjitji Tjuta Inkunyi - Many Children Playing
Nicole's Tjitji Tjuta Inkunyi - Many Children Playing (787C-22) by Nicole Rupert of Ernabella Arts.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Nicole comes from a long line of women artists working at Ernabella Arts. Her grandmother is Nura Rupert (dec) and her mother is Malpiya Davey. .
Nicole is inspired by her grandmother’s quirky and distinct imagery. Nicole has adapted Nura’s style and she continues the artistic tradition by creating fun and playful designs of tjitji (children) and papa (camp dogs) on both ceramics and canvas.
Nicole has recently started hand building small ceramic animals, focusing on her favourite papa, as well as cats, birds and the lesser-known Ernabella penguin.
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.
SHIPPING COSTS WILL BE CALCULATED AND CHARGED TO THE CUSTOMER ONCE THE EXHIBITION CONCLUDES, AND WORK IS PACKED. PLEASE CONTACT RETAIL STAFF ON (08) 8414 7225 FOR MORE DETAILS.
PRODUCT DETAILS:
Dimensions: 480 x 140 x 140mm
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.
Purchases from our shops directly support individual artists as well as our unique exhibition and training programs.
Handmade in Australia.
