Skin name:NampitjinpaLanguage:Luritja, PintupiDate of birth:1942-12-30From:Kintore - WalungurruCommunity:Haasts Bluff : NTArtwork media:Acrylic on Canvas, Etchings, Screenprint, Acrylic on Belgian Linen, Acrylic on Cotton Canvas, Acrylic Paint on Paper, Silk Screen, Limited Edition Screen Print, Acrylic on Stretched CanvasArtwork themes:Mungada (Bush Tucker), Porcupine Tjukurrpa, Tali Tali (Sandhills)
Alice was born in 1943 near Talaalpi, which is a swamp near and a little bit to the east of Walungurru on the Western Australian border. Prior to her painting Alice worked for many years at the Kintore School teaching the young girls dancing and the traditions of the desert people. Alice started painting on the “Minyama Tjukurrpa” – the Kintore Haasts Bluff collaborative canvas project. As a painter she is inspired by her rich cultural heritage, and thrives when involved with her stories and lore. Alice is an active “dancing woman” who travels widely to participate in annual ceremonies and “Women’s Law” meetings. Alice’s tjukurrpa is the porcupine or Tjilkamala. Her story is told in bright colours often utilizing orange and yellow to mirror the ochres that are used in ceremonial body painting. In her tjukurrpa story there is often the porcupine scurrying about rock holes and hiding places looking for tucker while nearby the women are themselves hunting, laying in wait for the porcupine. Alice is a keen hunter and likes to go hunting with Eunice Jack. Alice’s father was the late Uta Uta Tjangala, who was one of the original Papunya Tula painters. His Tjukurrpa is Pungkalungka at Takpalangu. Pungkalungka’s are dangerous, and sometimes kill and eat people. They live in huge caves in the hills. Alice only paints the entrance to the caves to signify the unknown danger of the monster that dwells within. Her father’s country is Ngurrapalangu, and her tjukurrpa has passed to her from this place – the porcupine was travelling through the sand hills and passing near the two carpet snakes, kuniya kutjarra, who were living underneath the water. Alice also enjoys the other crafts and is involved in producing hand-spindled hairstring for ceremonies and ininti necklaces and mats. She regularly goes out bush to collect ininti seeds then laboriously pierces them with hot wire to make beads for necklaces, bracelets or mats.
Dixon passed away in december 2020.
Collections
Aboriginal Art Museum Utrecht, NL
Art Gallery of New South Wales, NSW
Arts dAustralie Stephane Jacob, Paris, FR
Gabrielle Pizzi Collection, Melbourne, VIC
Harold Mitchell Foundation, Melbourne, VIC
Heide Muesum of Modern Art, Melbourne, VIC
Myer Baillieu Collection, de Young Museum, San Fransico, USA
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
Parlament House Collection, Canberra, ACT
Red Dot Gallery, Singapore
Supreme Court of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
University of Queensland Art Collection, Brisbane, QLD
Active Youth Collection, Japan
Griffith University, QLD
Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, NT
The Owen and Wagner Collection of Australian Aboriginal Art
Power of Place, FORM, State Theatre, Perth, WA2015-04-09
Eurantica Art Fair, Aboriginal Signature Estrangin Gallery, Brussels. 2015-02-28
Off Art Fair, Aboriginal Signature Estrangin Gallery, Brussels. 2015-02-28
Artitja: The Gift Collection - Art + Objects, Artitja Fine Art, Fremantle, WA2014-12-11
Around the Campfire - Fundraiser Concert, Alice Springs, NT2014-10-16
Desert Mob, Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs NT2014-09-03
Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin, NT2014-08-06
21 Years Ikuntji Artists Festival, Ikuntji Artists, Haasts Bluff, NT2014-06-06
SOAF 2014 Seoul Open Art Fair, Seoul, Korea2014-05-07
The Bold and the Beautiful, Talapi Gallery, Alice Springs, NT2014-03-11
The Bold and The Beautiful - new works from Ernabella Arts, Ikuntji Artists, Ninuku Artists, Tjala Arts and Tjungu Palya Artists AMONGST OTHERS, Talapi Gallery, Alice Springs, NT2014-03-06
Desert Minatures from Ikuntji Artists, Tali Gallery, Sydney, NSW2013-11-30
Tali Tali - Sandhills, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, VIC2013-10-07
Desert Mob, Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs, NT2013-09-04
A Love of Country - the Indigenous Perspective, A Seymour College Art Exhibition 2013-08-15
Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin, NT2013-08-07
Sun Flying, A Bright Australian Desert Art Exhibition, Berlin, DE2013-07-12
SOAF - Seoul Open Art Fair, Seoul, Korea2013-05-02
IndigenousArt At IGS, Sydney, Tali Gallery, Sydney, NSW2011-05-31
Ikuntji, Scotch College, Melbourne, VIC2010-12-31
Palya Art, Melbourne, VIC2010-12-31
Art Mob, Hobart, TAS 2010-12-31
Desert Mob, Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs, NT2009-12-31
Art Mob, Hobart, TAS2009-12-31
Qdos Gallery, Lorne, VIC2009-12-31
Artkelch Gallery, Germany2009-12-31
Palya Art, Cabinet Malemont, Paris, FR2008-12-31
Desert Mob, Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs, NT2008-12-31
Ballan and Pannan Galleries, Alice Springs, NT2008-12-31
Palya Art, Gallows Gallery, Perth, WA2008-12-31
Ikuntji meets Brisbane, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD2008-12-31
Aboriginal Art - Window to Culture, ArtKelch, Australian Embassy (Australia Day Exhibition), Berlin, Germany2008-12-31
Ikuntji Artists, QDos Arts, Lorne, VIC2008-12-31
Alices Wonderland, Art Mob, Hobart, TAS2008-12-31
Land and Mythology - Art of the Western Desert, Artequity, Sydney, NSW2008-12-31
Ikuntji Icons, ArtMob, Hobart, TAS2008-12-31
Palya Art, Mary Place, Sydney, NSW2008-12-31
Eunice & Alice (with Eunice Napanangka Jack), Eva Breuer Art Dealer, Sydney, NSW2008-12-31
Palya Art, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney, NSW2008-12-31
Men at Work, Aboriginal Art in der Fabrik, ArtKelch, Schorndorf, Germany2008-12-31
Value of Country, ArtKelch Gallery, Direct Invest, Germany2008-12-31
All About Country, ArtKelch Gallery, Freiburg, Germany2008-12-31
Palya Art, Mary Place, Sydney, NSW2007-12-31
Ikuntji Women Painters, King fisher Gallery, Perth, WA2007-12-31
Alice Nampitjinpa (with Eunice Napanangka)Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, VIC2007-12-31
Best of the Best, Framed Gallery, Darwin, NT2007-12-31
Group Exhibition, ArtKelch, Freiburg i.Br., Germany2007-12-31
Desert Mob, Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs, NT2007-12-31
Cultural Connections - Desert Stories, Artitja Fine Art, Perth, WA2007-12-31
Ikuntji Now, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD2007-12-31
North Meets South- Ikuntji and Tjala Converge, ReDot Gallery, Singapore2006-12-31
Best Of The Best, Framed Gallery, Darwin, NT2006-12-31
Australia Dreaming Art, Melbourne, VIC2006-12-31
Desert Dreamings (Earth + Water), Artitja Fine Art, Perth, WA2006-12-31
Desert Mob, Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs, NT2006-12-31
Genesis, Aboriginal Art Collection, Chicago, USA2006-12-31
Senior Aboriginal Women Artists of Central Australia, Gadfly Gallery, Perth, WA2005-12-31
Desert Mob, Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs, NT2005-12-31
Dreaming Their Way - Australian Aboriginal Women Painters, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington; Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, USA2005-12-31
Alice Nampitjinpa, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, VIC2005-12-31
Anangu, ReDot Gallery, Singapore2005-12-31
Sydney Art Fair, Sydney, NSW2005-09-09
Strata: Deserts Past Present and Future, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT2005-07-17
Ikuntji Desert Belles, Red Dot Gallery, Singapore2004-12-31
Art Frankfurt, Germany2004-12-31
Indigenart, Perth, WA2004-12-31
Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, VIC2004-12-31
Divas of the Desert, Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs, NT2004-12-31
Gabrielle Pizzi Collection, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, VIC2004-12-31
Susan OConnell Gallery, Brisbane Art Fair, QLD2004-12-31
Alice Nampitjinpa and Eunice Napanangka - Ikuntji, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, VIC2004-12-31
Kaarkurutintya - Goanna Country - Recent Paintings from Haasts Bluff, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, VIC2004-12-31
Indigenart, Perth, WA2004-12-31
Concord, Framed Gallery, Darwin, NT2004-12-31
Carole Queriye, London, UK2003-12-31
Ikuntji – Stories from the Red Land, Rebecca Hossack, London, UK2003-12-31
Red Dot Gallery, Singapore2003-12-31
Divas of the Desert, Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs, NT2003-12-31
Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane, QLD2003-12-31
Desert Mob, Araluen Cultural Presinct, Alice Springs, NT2003-12-31
Desert Show, Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs, NT2003-12-31
Indigenart, Perth, WA2003-12-31
Monash University, Prato Centre, Italy2002-12-31
Mythology and Reality: Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Desert Art, Gabrielle Pizzi Collection, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, VIC2002-12-31
Mythology & Reality, Jerusalem Centre of the Performing Artist, Israel2002-12-31
Pintupi Women - Bush Stories, Ikuntji, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, NSW2001-12-31
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Ikuntji Artists X Flying Fox Fabrics Collaboration
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Ikuntji Textiles exhibition, Central Craft in Alice Springs
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National Indigenous Fashion Awards 2020
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Alice Nampitjinpa Dixon wins Gorman Collaboration!
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‘As far as the eye can see’ Travelling Exhibition (A Blue Mountains Cultural Centre exhibition)
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‘About Country’ Exhibition, Talapi, Alice Springs.
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Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin
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“Haasts Bluff” contemporary art from the Ikuntji Artists, Yaama Ganu Gallery
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Desert Mob, Alice Springs
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From Country to Couture at DAAF, Darwin NT
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#ART4EDONT, Darwin
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Painting Power – Ritual, Art & Land, at The Goods Shed, Perth
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2017 Wyndham Art Prize
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Raw, Norton Rose Fulbright, Perth
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Vincent Lingiari Art Award Finalists announced
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entre terre et ciel, at La Grande Galerie, Savasse (France)
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Bold and Beautiful at Talapi, Alice Springs
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Chants du Desert – Art aborigine contemporain, Ville d’Eu, France
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Malpa Wiru – Good Friends exhibition, Goolwa SA
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Kungka Kotara – Alice Nampitjinpa and Eunice Napanangka Jack, Tunbridge Gallery, Perth
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“Put yourself in my shoes” – Keturah Zimran and Alice Nampitjinpa exhibition at Suzanne O’Connell Gallery, Brisbane
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EDONT Aboriginal Art Auction Launch 2016, Darwin
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Bush Trip
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Radiance – Artwork from Desert Country at FORM, Perth
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