• Pupuni Jilamara
  • Pupuni Jilamara
  • Pupuni Jilamara
  • Pupuni Jilamara

Lucinta Puruntatameri

Pupuni Jilamara


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  • Ochre on bark
  • Dimensions: 95cm x 16cm
  • Cat No. 23-246

Lucinta Puruntatameri was born in Darwin on 6/05/1995, and she grew up in Pirlangimpi, where she went to the local Primary School. Lucinda received a scholarship to attend the Presbyterian Ladies' College, in Armidale (NSW), and later went to Downlands College in Toowoomba. She has one beautiful son.

Lucinda’s father’s country is Rangini, Melville Island, and her mother’s country is Malawu, Bathurst Island. Lucinda has three totems, including: Kirilima (Jungle Fowl), Jurrukukuni (Night owl), and Yamparriparri (shooting star).

Lucinta recalls watching her mum and all the old people painting as she was growing up. This inspired her and she began to paint when she was 20 years old. Through her own daily artistic practice, and watching her mother and other elders paint, Lucinda has developed her own unique style. Her bold yet intricate designs reflect both her individual identity and creativity, and her strong connections with her ancestors—their ancient artistic and cultural traditions, cosmology, wisdom, and knowledge. Lucinda describes her painting process as ‘a way to connect with my family members, particularly to my father, and his relatives and other ancestors’.

Munupi Arts & Crafts Association is located along Melville Islands north-western coastline at Pirlangimpi (Garden Point) and is the most recently formed art centre on the Tiwi Islands. In 1990 the Yikikini Women’s Centre and Pirlangimpi Pottery were incorporated under the name Munupi Arts and Crafts Association giving local artists an opportunity to proudly celebrate Tiwi culture through both traditional and contemporary mediums.

Drawing inspiration from their natural lush environment and Tiwi creation stories, Munupi artists employ ochres, gouache and acrylic paint. Munupi Arts and Crafts are also highly regarded for the diversity of their range of works including painting, pottery, carving, weaving, screen prints, etchings, linocut prints, lithographs and screen printed textiles.

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