• Jilamara Design
  • Jilamara Design
  • Jilamara Design
  • Jilamara Design

Jacqueline Puruntatameri

Jilamara Design

  

  • Ochre on bark
  • Dimensions: 155 x 14 cm
  • Cat No. 23-293

Mother's Country Jurrupi. Jessie River, Melville Island, NT
Father's Country Rangini, Melville Island, NT
Skin Group Takaringuwi (Scaly Mullet)
Dreaming Kirilima (Jungle Fowl)

Jacqueline Puruntatameri was born in Darwin and grew up at Pirlingampi on Melville Island. 

"I went to high school at Kormilda College in Darwin. I had one child a boy called Gareth who lives in Darwin with his partner. I used to work at the Pirlangimpi store for 5 years.I have been painting at Munupi Arts for a long time.  I have had artworks used for calendars and I have been in many exhibitions.  I love painting and I follow my grandfather who was an artist as well.  His name was Black Joe.  He is famous and was in the Tiwi Show in 2021 at the National Gallery of Victoria."

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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