VIRGINIA GALARLA - OYSTER
VIRGINIA GALARLA
OYSTER, 2021
80 x 50 cm
Natural Earth Pigments on Canvas
REGION
Tiwi Islands, NT
PROVENANCE
Munupi Arts & Crafts, NT
Cooee Art Leven, NSW
STORY
Virginia Galarla was born in 1951 at Wurrumiyanga. Her maiden name was Pangiraminni. She went to the catholic primary and high school at Wurrumiyanga. When she turned 18 she got a job at the health centre and in 1972 she transferred to the Leproseum at East Arm in Darwin.
In 1973 she got married and went to Maningrida with her husband for 1 year.
In 1974 they returned to Wurrumiyanga where they had 5 children. The family moved to Pirlangimpi in 1979.
After her family grew up she returned to work at the Health Centre in Pirlangimpi until she retired in 2010.
When she retired, she was sitting at home making baskets, not knowing of the Art Centre until 2014, when she joined Munupi. Her paintings depicting seasons, ceremonies, bush foods, bush medicine, insects, and ceremonial objects, continue to evolve and are sought after.
EXHIBITED
Tiwi Creation, May 2022, Cooee Art | Redfern
ARTIST PROFILE
