Alma Nungarrayi Granites

Alma Nungarrayi Granites (1955-2017), a Warlpiri woman, was an Australian artist. She lived at Yuendumu, and was known for painting Yanjirlpirri,[note 1] Star Dreaming.[1]

Works

Her works are held in the collections of Artbank (Untitled),[2] the Holmes à Court Gallery (Yanjirlpirri or Napaljarri-warnu Jukurrpa diptych, and Yanjirlpirri or Napaljarri-warnu Jukurrpa),[3] the San Antonio Museum of Art (Yanjirlpirri Jukurrpa),[4] and the Australian Museum.[5]

Exhibitions

Granites' work has been exhibited at the Holmes à Court Gallery (Stardust Memories, group),[3] and the San Antonio Museum of Art (Of Country and Culture: The Lam Collection of Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art, group).[4]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ also Yanjirlpirri Jukurrpa or Napaljarri-Warnu, Seven Sisters Dreaming

References

  1. ^ Scott Mitchell (2016). ""To the city for dancing": The Women Artists collection and the birth of commercial art practice at Yuendumu". A Cultural Cacophony: Museum Perspectives and Projects (PDF). Museums Galleries Australia (NSW). pp. 86–102. ISBN 9781741384499. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Alma Nungarryi Granites Untitled, 1988". artbank.gov.au. Artbank. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b Stardust Memories (exhibition catalogue) (PDF). Holmes a Court Gallery. 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Past Exhibition: Of Country and Culture: The Lam Collection of Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art". samuseum.org. San Antonio Museum of Art. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  5. ^ Michelle Van Doninck (17 December 2014). "Same jukurrpa same country". australian.museum. Australian Museum. Retrieved 31 March 2022.