EXHIBITION
NGURA WIRU LOVELY COUNTRY
Terry Ward & Rowena Nelson
with friends
3 NOVEMBER – 7 DECEMBER
"Walka Wiru Ngura Wiru means lovely country, lovely drawing. This painting is a composition of dot patterns inspired by the sandy desert features around the Tompkinson ranges of Pipalyatjara, Kalka, and Irrunytju communities where Ninuku artists work."
- Terry Ward
Stretched works
Walka Wiru Ngura Wiru 7
Details
- Medium: Acrylic on linen, stretched
- Dimensions: 92cm x 92cm
- Cat No. 26-324
Artist
Terry Ward was born in 1981 in Warburton. His mother, Ngipi Ward's country is Tjirrkaupa near Patjarr, in the Gibson desert. Ngipi Ward was an accomplished artist. Terry moved to Pipalyatjara in his late teens. He begun working at Ninuku as an arts worker in 2022 along with his partner Rowena, and then decided to turn his hand to painting, showing a natural aptitude towards colour and line.
Art Centre
Ninuku Arts was founded in 2006 by a group of Pitjantjatjara and Ngaanyatjarra artists in a small mud-brick building in Kalka Community, located in the far northwest corner of South Australia. Currently, the art centre supports a rotating roster of forty artists and makers living in both Kalka and Pipalyatjara, which are the most remote communities of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands.
Walka Wiru Ngura Wiru 17
Details
- Medium: Acrylic on linen, stretched
- Dimensions: 91cm x 91cm
- Cat No. 26-278
Artist
Terry Ward was born in 1981 in Warburton. His mother, Ngipi Ward's country is Tjirrkaupa near Patjarr, in the Gibson desert. Ngipi Ward was an accomplished artist. Terry moved to Pipalyatjara in his late teens. He begun working at Ninuku as an arts worker in 2022 along with his partner Rowena, and then decided to turn his hand to painting, showing a natural aptitude towards colour and line.
Art Centre
Ninuku Arts was founded in 2006 by a group of Pitjantjatjara and Ngaanyatjarra artists in a small mud-brick building in Kalka Community, located in the far northwest corner of South Australia. Currently, the art centre supports a rotating roster of forty artists and makers living in both Kalka and Pipalyatjara, which are the most remote communities of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands.
Walka Wiru Ngura Wiru 6
Details
- Medium: Acrylic on linen, stretched
- Dimensions: 102cm x 76cm
- Cat No. 26-325
Artist
Terry Ward was born in 1981 in Warburton. His mother, Ngipi Ward's country is Tjirrkaupa near Patjarr, in the Gibson desert. Ngipi Ward was an accomplished artist. Terry moved to Pipalyatjara in his late teens. He begun working at Ninuku as an arts worker in 2022 along with his partner Rowena, and then decided to turn his hand to painting, showing a natural aptitude towards colour and line.
Art Centre
Ninuku Arts was founded in 2006 by a group of Pitjantjatjara and Ngaanyatjarra artists in a small mud-brick building in Kalka Community, located in the far northwest corner of South Australia. Currently, the art centre supports a rotating roster of forty artists and makers living in both Kalka and Pipalyatjara, which are the most remote communities of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands.
Walka Wiru Ngura Wiru 4
Details
- Medium: Acrylic on linen, unstretched
- Dimensions: 91cm x 91cm
- Cat No. 26-349
Artist
Terry Ward was born in 1981 in Warburton. His mother, Ngipi Ward's country is Tjirrkaupa near Patjarr, in the Gibson desert. Ngipi Ward was an accomplished artist. Terry moved to Pipalyatjara in his late teens. He begun working at Ninuku as an arts worker in 2022 along with his partner Rowena, and then decided to turn his hand to painting, showing a natural aptitude towards colour and line.
Art Centre
Ninuku Arts was founded in 2006 by a group of Pitjantjatjara and Ngaanyatjarra artists in a small mud-brick building in Kalka Community, located in the far northwest corner of South Australia. Currently, the art centre supports a rotating roster of forty artists and makers living in both Kalka and Pipalyatjara, which are the most remote communities of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands.
Walka Wiru Ngura Wiru 8
Details
- Medium: Acrylic on canvas, stretched
- Dimensions: 122cm x 91cm
- Cat No. 26-312
Artist
Terry Ward was born in 1981 in Warburton. His mother, Ngipi Ward's country is Tjirrkaupa near Patjarr, in the Gibson desert. Ngipi Ward was an accomplished artist. Terry moved to Pipalyatjara in his late teens. He begun working at Ninuku as an arts worker in 2022 along with his partner Rowena, and then decided to turn his hand to painting, showing a natural aptitude towards colour and line.
Art Centre
Ninuku Arts was founded in 2006 by a group of Pitjantjatjara and Ngaanyatjarra artists in a small mud-brick building in Kalka Community, located in the far northwest corner of South Australia. Currently, the art centre supports a rotating roster of forty artists and makers living in both Kalka and Pipalyatjara, which are the most remote communities of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands.
‘Tjukurpa minyma ninu palampa tjitji kutjara (this is the dreamtime story about the bilby woman and her two little boys). This is the story for Kalka. That minyma ninu (bilby woman) and her family were eating all the maku (witchetty grubs). There are a lot of different maku, tjilka-tjilka, punti, ngarkalya and kanturangu. She ate so much that there were only ngingirpa left (little immature ones). The wati mututa (ant men) got really angry and they chased the bilby family, husband, wife and kids and speared them. They finished off close to Pipalytjara at Iririiriri.’
— Rowena Nelson
Ninuku Tjukurpa 7
Details
- Medium: Acrylic on canvas, stretched
- Dimensions: 61cm x 56cm
- Cat No. 26-300
Artist
Rowena is the daughter of established and successful artist, Angkaliya Nelson. She has recently taken up painting, in 2022, under Angkaliya's training. Rowena was born in Pipalyatjara where she lives with her family and husband, Terry Ward.
Art Centre
Ninuku Arts was founded in 2006 by a group of Pitjantjatjara and Ngaanyatjarra artists in a small mud-brick building in Kalka Community, located in the far northwest corner of South Australia. Currently, the art centre supports a rotating roster of forty artists and makers living in both Kalka and Pipalyatjara, which are the most remote communities of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands.
Ninuku Tjukurpa 2
Details
- Medium: Acrylic on linen, stretched
- Dimensions: 101cm x 61cm
- Cat No. 26-321
Artist
Rowena is the daughter of established and successful artist, Angkaliya Nelson. She has recently taken up painting, in 2022, under Angkaliya's training. Rowena was born in Pipalyatjara where she lives with her family and husband, Terry Ward.
Art Centre
Ninuku Arts was founded in 2006 by a group of Pitjantjatjara and Ngaanyatjarra artists in a small mud-brick building in Kalka Community, located in the far northwest corner of South Australia. Currently, the art centre supports a rotating roster of forty artists and makers living in both Kalka and Pipalyatjara, which are the most remote communities of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands.
Ninuku Tjukurpa 1
Details
- Medium: Acrylic on linen, stretched
- Dimensions: 36cm x 36cm
- Cat No. 26-322
Artist
Rowena is the daughter of established and successful artist, Angkaliya Nelson. She has recently taken up painting, in 2022, under Angkaliya's training. Rowena was born in Pipalyatjara where she lives with her family and husband, Terry Ward.
Art Centre
Ninuku Arts was founded in 2006 by a group of Pitjantjatjara and Ngaanyatjarra artists in a small mud-brick building in Kalka Community, located in the far northwest corner of South Australia. Currently, the art centre supports a rotating roster of forty artists and makers living in both Kalka and Pipalyatjara, which are the most remote communities of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands.
Ninuku Tjukurpa 6
Details
- Medium: Acrylic on canvas, stretched
- Dimensions: 30cm x 50cm
- Cat No. 26-301
Artist
Rowena is the daughter of established and successful artist, Angkaliya Nelson. She has recently taken up painting, in 2022, under Angkaliya's training. Rowena was born in Pipalyatjara where she lives with her family and husband, Terry Ward.
Art Centre
Ninuku Arts was founded in 2006 by a group of Pitjantjatjara and Ngaanyatjarra artists in a small mud-brick building in Kalka Community, located in the far northwest corner of South Australia. Currently, the art centre supports a rotating roster of forty artists and makers living in both Kalka and Pipalyatjara, which are the most remote communities of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands.
Ninuku Tjukurpa 3
Details
- Medium: Acrylic on canvas, stretched
- Dimensions: 61cm x 46cm
- Cat No. 26-309
Artist
Rowena is the daughter of established and successful artist, Angkaliya Nelson. She has recently taken up painting, in 2022, under Angkaliya's training. Rowena was born in Pipalyatjara where she lives with her family and husband, Terry Ward.
Art Centre
Ninuku Arts was founded in 2006 by a group of Pitjantjatjara and Ngaanyatjarra artists in a small mud-brick building in Kalka Community, located in the far northwest corner of South Australia. Currently, the art centre supports a rotating roster of forty artists and makers living in both Kalka and Pipalyatjara, which are the most remote communities of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands.
Mamu Story 4
Details
- Medium: Acrylic on linen, stretched
- Dimensions: 122cm x 91cm
- Cat No. 26-326
Artist
Angela Watson was born in 1966 in Warburton, a remote community in Western Australia, and is the daughter of Angampa Martin, a renowned Irrunytju artist. As a young child, Angela and her family relocated to Pipalyatjara, where she continues to live today.
In the early 2000s, the first Aboriginal art studios were set up in the western region of the APY Lands. It was during this time that Angela started her arts practice. Her artworks draw influence from ‘tjukurpa’ (traditional stories), particularly those of ‘Minyma Kutjara’ (Two Women Dreaming) and the Mamu Tjukurpa (Spirits Tjukurpa). They are both important stories from her father’s country, Irrunytju, which lies just over the border from Pipalyatjara in Western Australia.
The Mamu Tjukurpa tells the story of Alkuwari who had to travel a long distance to get food for her tjamu's (grandfather and grandson). In her absence, the boy sets the wiltja on fire where the old manis hidden. Alkuwari rushes back and calls her family to find the boy. They become the Mamu spirits of the six Mamu rockholes, to the South of Irrunytju.
She works with bold, graphic colour palettes and is notable in her use of both contemporary techniques and composition to tell the traditional story.
Art Centre
Ninuku Arts was founded in 2006 by a group of Pitjantjatjara and Ngaanyatjarra artists in a small mud-brick building in Kalka Community, located in the far northwest corner of South Australia. Currently, the art centre supports a rotating roster of forty artists and makers living in both Kalka and Pipalyatjara, which are the most remote communities of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands.
Mamu Story 2
Mamu is a rockhole site southwest of Pipalyatjara, about one hour. Alkuwari was travelling with her jamu (grandson) and her grandfather (also called jamu). They made a camp with fire and big wiltja. Alkuwari was worried that her grandson was going to harm her grandfather, and she needed to go hunting. So, she hid her grandfather on top of the wiltja and went. The boy put the waru (fire) inside the wiltja and burned the grandfather. Alkuwari saw the smoke and she ran and ran to the wiltja but the grandfather had died.
The jamu had run away so she went and got all her family to follow him, to kill him. They became the mamu and turned into the seven rockholes of Mamu.
Details
- Medium: Acrylic on linen, stretched
- Dimensions: 102cm x 76cm
- Cat No. 26-330
Artist
Anyupa Nelson was born around 1968 in Pipalyatjara, and is the daughter of Angampa Martin, a renowned Irrunytju artist. Growing up in Pipalyatjara with her family, Anyupa was always surrounded by art, and enjoyed going out into the bush with her mum and dad, siblings, and aunties to catch bush tucker and spend time on Country. Today, Anyupa still enjoys going out to the bush with the ladies and her knowledge about the land and animals is remarkable.
Anyupa learned to paint from the older women in at Ninuku, including her mother, who painted stories of her Country in Western Australia. Anyupa’s work is inspired by her mother’s country and a determination to support her family. Through her art, she keeps her culture strong and connects herself to the land and the stories that flow through it.
Now, Anyupa lives in Pipalyatjara with her husband, grandchildren, and extended family, and across from her sister, Angela Watson. Together they spend their days in the studio, bringing both quiet calm and laughter to the art centre and the artists.
Art Centre
Ninuku Arts was founded in 2006 by a group of Pitjantjatjara and Ngaanyatjarra artists in a small mud-brick building in Kalka Community, located in the far northwest corner of South Australia. Currently, the art centre supports a rotating roster of forty artists and makers living in both Kalka and Pipalyatjara, which are the most remote communities of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands.
Tali Tjuta
This is a painting of Tali Tjuta (many sandhills) in the area of the artist's ngurra (country or camp). This is a sacred area where minyma (women) perform inma (women's ceremonies involving dancing and singing). This painting takes an an aerial view of the landscape.
DETAILS
- Acrylic on linen, stretched
- Dimensions: 91cm x 91cm
- Cat No. 23-358
ARTIST
Selinda was born in October 1994 in Alice Springs where she went to primary school. As a teenager she moved to Irruntyju and then Pipalyatjara. After Selinda finished school, she became a member of Ninuku Arts Centre painting regularly as well as serving as an arts worker. Selinda enjoys making design (walka) inspired traditional mark making and tjukurpa. Selinda used to work alongside her grandparents Kumana (Jimmy) Donagan and Kumana (Molly) Miller at Ninuku Arts and has learnt from them how to paint tjukurpa and translate story into her design. Her family's country is in Warburton, WA and she speaks both Pitjantjatjara and English.
ART CENTRE
Ninuku Arts was founded in 2006 by a group of Pitjantjatjara and Ngaanyatjarra artists in a small mud-brick building in Kalka Community, located in the far northwest corner of South Australia. Currently, the art centre supports a rotating roster of forty artists and makers living in both Kalka and Pipalyatjara, which are the most remote communities of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands.
Bush Trip 2
Cassaria paints her grandfathers country, Stanley Young's homeland Mamutjara (Western Australia) and Kunatjara (South Australia). This is where she goes on bush trips with her Mother Aunty Carol Young and other family and children for bush foods Maku, Tjala, Tinka and to dig for Punu.
DETAILS
- Acrylic on canvas, stretched
- Dimensions: 92cm x 122cm
- Cat No. 26-89
ARTIST
Cassaria Young was born in Alice Springs, Northern Territory. Her mother is Susan Young, though artists Amanyi and Stanley Young have looked after her since she was a little baby. Cassaria grew up in Kalka community and attended school in Pipalyatjara. An emerging painter, her works tell the stories of bush trips- digging maku and making cups of tea on the homelands of her grandfather Stanley's country around the Wataru protected area, 100 kms southwest of Pipalyatjara.
Cassaria is a very successful emerging artists and won the Kings School Art Prize in 2022, worth $20, 000. She is part of a prolific artistic family, including her Grandfather Stanley, her father Timo Hogan, and aunt, Carol all of whom exhibit nationally and internationally.
ART CENTRE
Ninuku Arts was founded in 2006 by a group of Pitjantjatjara and Ngaanyatjarra artists in a small mud-brick building in Kalka Community, located in the far northwest corner of South Australia. Currently, the art centre supports a rotating roster of forty artists and makers living in both Kalka and Pipalyatjara, which are the most remote communities of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands.
VIEW THE FULL NGURA WIRU COLLECTION
- Bush Trip 1
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$5,570 - Tali Tjuta
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$1,930 - Waru Dreaming
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$2,695
