JANET TJITAYI - NGAYKU NGURA
JANET TJITAYI
NGAYKU NGURA, 2020
90 x 75 cm
Synthetic Polymer Paint on Canvas
REGION
Ernabella, SA
PROVENANCE
Ernabellla Arts Inc, SA
Cooee Art Leven, NSW
STORY
Janet Tjitayi is from Ernabella, an Aboriginal community in the Anangu Pitjatjatjara/Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in South Australia. She is married to Sid Anderson, ‘boss’ of Five Mile outsta on, and has lived there with her family since the late 1980s. Her mother, Angkuna is from Nyapari and her father, Kim is from Pukara in the APY lands. Janet says her dreaming is tjupi or honey ant. She said ” we have started our tjupi art and like to do pain ng”
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