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Artist: Tanya Nungarrayi Collins
Artwork: Watiya-warnu Jukurrpa (Seed Dreaming)
Size: 76cm x 46cm
Acrylic on Linen: Artwork delivered rolled.
View Artwork In: Balmain East shop
Artwork Reference: 5528/23
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The artist Tanya Nungarrayi Collins was born in 1975 in Yuendumu, a remote Aboriginal community 290 km northwest of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. She has one sister, Nancy, and one brother, Alan. Her grandparents lived in Mount Doreen, but moved to the Yuendumu community where her parents grew up.
Tanya attended Yirara College in Alice Springs. She enjoyed doing reading and maths in college. After school, she worked for a number of different organisations in Yuendumu. These included the child care centre, the Yuendumu school kitchen, and as a School Attendance Officer (”yellow shirt”). When she is not painting, Tanya likes to hunt for kangaroo, perentie, witchetty grubs, and honey ants.
Tanya started painting a long time ago with her mother, who has since passed away. She painted ‘ngurlu Jukurrpa’ (Seed Dreaming) with her mother. Today Tanya paints ‘watiyawarnu Jukurrpa’ (Seed Dreaming). Her other Dreamings include ‘marlu Jukurrpa’ (Kangaroo Dreaming) and ‘witi Jukurrpa’ (Ceremonial Pole Dreaming). Both of these Dreamings are located at Jila (Chilla Well), a claypan to the west of Yuendumu. These Dreamings were passed on to Tanya from her father.
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This artwork comes from Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation in Yuendumu, Central Australia. Established in 1985, it is one of the longest running Aboriginal-owned art centres and operates as a 100% Aboriginal-owned, not-for-profit organisation.
More than 600 artists from Yuendumu, Nyirripi and surrounding communities contribute their work. Warlukurlangu is renowned for its colourful acrylic paintings and limited-edition prints, which have been exhibited nationally and internationally.
The name “Warlukurlangu” means “belonging to fire” in the Warlpiri language. The centre exists to maintain and share Indigenous culture, support artists, and pass traditions to future generations.
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