BORN 1956 Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire UK STUDIES Middlesbrough College of Art, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire Byam Shaw School of Art, London Background I was the oldest of seven children, born into a three-bedroom council house in Middlesbrough. My father was a labourer, with no trade or qualifications. There was no luxury. Three pennies a week would…Read more »

BORN 1962 REGION Kalipinypa, Central Australia LANGUAGE Luritja Background Dennis Nelson was born in Alice Springs. He is the son of Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula, who was among the first Aboriginal men to paint their dreaming stories on canvas in the early 1970s and one of the founders of the desert painting movement. Denis has been painting since the…Read more »

BORN circa 1942 REGION Kintore LANGUAGE Pintupi Background Ronnie was born around 1943 near Muyinnga, about 100 kilometres west of the Kintore ranges in Western Australia. His family moved extensively across the Pintupi territory up through the Northern Territory, living the traditional ways, which his people have lived for over 40,000 years. Ronnie and…Read more »

BORN circa 1936 REGION Western desert LANGUAGE Pintupi Born at Patjantja, south-west of Lake Mackay, Willy was raised by Charlie Tarawa, who was Willy's father's brother. Willy was raised 'in the bush'-'naked' with 'only nulla nulla and woomera'. The brother of respected painters Brandy and George "Hairbrush" Tjungarrayi and the late Yala Yala Gibbs Tjungurrayi, at Patjantja, southwest of…Read more »

Born circa 1947 Region Pintupi Language Pintupi George Ward Tjungurrayi was born in Kiwirrkura around the year 1945. George and his older brother, Willy Tjungurrayi, who is also a senior Pintupi painter, moved to Papunya in the 1960s. He was brought into Papunya in 1962 by the Northern Territory patrols which Jeremy Long was in charge of after…Read more »

BORN Adelaide, South Australia Background Originally inspired by her talented sister and artist Joanne Villani, she began painting in her early twenties before undertaking seven years of formal study under private tutors. Linda’s influences from the vast richness of art and culture in South Australia and the natural beauty of coastal Queensland are reflected in…Read more »

Artist's Statement In 2003, whilst filling in some time at an exhibition, I did a drawing with my left hand, this resulted in my never doing a right handed drawing again. Drawing with my left hand frees my being to draw spontaeneously and instinctively and without attachment to the result.I felt a connection with the…Read more »

BORN 1957 Sydney Australia STUDIES Art at East Sydney Technical College Art Certificate Studied Art at Alexander College of Advanced Education-Art Diploma Background 1981-85 Art teacher at Charlton Boys Home, Liverpool 1981-85 Art Society, Fairfield 1981-85 Sculpture in the Park 1981-85 Lecture on Stone 1981-85 Carving to Archaeology 1981-85 Students at Sydney University 1986-89 Illustrator…Read more »

BORN 1965 Brisbane, Australia STUDIES Qualified secondary school Art and English teacher: 1986 (1 year)Graduate Diploma in Education at Gippsland College of Advanced Education, Victoria 1982-1985 (3 year) Diploma in Fine Art at TAFE, Townsville Artist Statement My work is a dichotomy of fragmented images drawn from my experiences of the beach and bush. I grew…Read more »

BORN 1952 STUDIES Trinity Grammar School Melbourne where he excelled at print making. He then travelled throughout Australia, Asia and Europe and, although largely self taught, completed several painting courses on returning to Australia. Background As a landscape painter Westle says “My aim as a landscape painter is to express what being in the bush…Read more »