Cat No: 09MN382
Size: 122 x 91 cm
Artist: Mavis Marks
Acrylic on Linen
Stretched and ready to hang.
COA provided.
Story:
In this painting Mavis Nampitjinpa paints her Tjukurrpa (Dreaming), the Water Dreaming. it’s north of Kintore.
For Aboriginal people of the Western Desert, Kapi (water) is a crucial resource for survival. When the rains arrive in the desert the landscape comes to life with all the desert flowers blooming, bush tucker abundant and people taking advantage of all the joys that water brings.
Bio:
Mavis was born at New Haven. She is the sister of Ronnie Tjampitjinpa and Smithy Zimran Tjampitjinpa. Her sisters Yuyuya Nampitjinpa and Gina Nampitjinpa are from the same birth mother and father (Tjangala). She enjoys traveling to Kintore to visit with her sister Yuyuwa. Gina lives in Alice Springs and Mavis is able to see her regularly. She moved to Haasts Bluff as a teenager with her mother. When she married she moved to Mt Liebig with her husband and began to paint at the art centre there. Mavis returned to Haasts Bluff at the death of her husband, later moving to Papunya. Mavis likes to paint the Ceremonial Dancing of ladies at Mt Liebig, and represents their body painting designs. She also paints the story given to her by her grandfather of Kalipinpa, the Water Dreaming, which comes from her mother’s side. She has raised five children as her own, and her daughter, Sylvana Marks, is also an artist.
Past Exhibitions:
Kaléidoscope millénaire avec les artistes dIkuntji, Aboriginal Signature - Estrangin Fine Art, Brussels, Belgium2015-11-19
Tarnanthi Festival Art Fair, Tandanya Institute, Adelaide SA2015-10-09
Spirit Country, Outback Aboriginal Art, Melbourne VIC2015-04-11
Art Parade, Whistlewood VIC2015-04-03
Artitja: The Gift Collection - Art + Objects, Artitja Fine Art, Fremantle WA2014-12-12
8th Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin NT2014-08-07
Korowa College Exhibiion, Melbourne VIC2011-01-01
Art Mob, TAS2011-01-01
Gallery Runfurlie, Melbourne VIC2010-01-01
Artkelch, Germany2010-01-01
Ikuntji meets Brisbane, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane QLD2009-01-01
Desert Mob, Araluen Gallery, Alice Springs NT2006-01-01
Australian Dreaming Art Gallery, Melbourne, Combined Exhibition with Papunya Artists2006-01-01
Affordable Art Fair, Courtesy Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne VIC2005-01-01
Mother and Daughter, Art Mob, Hobart TAS2005-01-01
Courtesy Alcaston Gallery, Sydney, Art Sydney 05Courtesy Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, Art Sydney 05, Fox Studios, Sydney,2005-01-01
Desert Mob, Araluen Gallery, Alice Springs NT2005-01-01
Desert Mob, Araluen Gallery, Alice Springs NT2004-01-01