In Their Own Words: Artist Interviews
In Their Own Words is our series of conversations with the artists we work with. We sat down with each of them in person to talk about where they come from, who taught them, and the stories they paint. Their quotes are kept the way they said them.
Warlpiri painter from Yuelamu on Sand Dune country, the Fire Dreaming painting that brought her to Adelaide, and painting beside her cousin Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri.
Anmatyerre painter from Alhalkere (Utopia) on learning from Kudditji Kngwarreye and Polly Ngale, and her family connection to Emily Kame Kngwarreye.
Pitjantjatjara painter from Pukatja (Ernabella) on her Kami, the Piltati story, and her mural at the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Granddaughter of Michael Jagamara Nelson on the Mamungari story and why she paints in dense single colours.
Kanpi painter on the Malilu story and learning from her grandfather Jimmy Baker.
Pintupi painter from Papunya on watching her grandfather Shorty Lungkata Tjungurrayi paint, and the Watiya Tjuta Dreaming passed to her by Mitjili Napurrula.
Maureen's daughter on painting with bottles instead of sticks, her sand dunes, and Budgerigar Dreaming.
Pitjantjatjara painter from Pukatja on places, travelling and waters, and her commission for BreastScreen SA.
APY Lands painter on Piltati and Goanna Man, two stories from her grandparents' Country near Nyapari.
Want the story behind the gallery itself? Read our conversation with Jed Farquhar.