Anmanari Nolan
Anmanari was born in 1944 at Yateman’s Bore. Her father was from Lupul while her mother was from west of Lupul. Anmanari and her family travelled east in response to the drought and harsh conditions experienced throughout the district in the early 1940s. On this journey east her family travelled with Tutuma Tjapanagarti’s family – Eunice Jack’s father, and a lifelong friendship was established between the two girls. Anmanari’s family stopped at the ration station at Ikuntji, set up by Pastor Albrecht of the Hermannsburg Mission. Anmanari was married to the Papunya Tula artist Lionel Kantawarra Tjupurrula, and it was through him that her interest in painting developed. Anmanari is a very powerful law woman who commands great respect within her community. She has been a member of the Ikuntji Art Centre for many years and is highly regarded for her painting skills. Her tjukurrpa is the mulpu, or bush mushroom. Predominant themes in Anmanari’s works are the Mulpu Tjukurrpa and the dancing women at Kungka Yunti, located south of Haasts Bluff. She passed away in 2019.
Languages
Arrernte, Luritja, Pintupi
Community
Haasts Bluff
Artwork themes
- Kungka Yunti (Women Travelling)
- Mulpu Tjukurrpa (Bush Mushroom Dreaming)
Artworks
Kungkayunti Fabric – Cream on Black (Tencel Linen) 50cm
Kungkayunti Fabric – Lilac on Black (Tencel Linen) 50cm
Kungkayunti Fabric – Light Purple and Cream on Camel (Cotton) 50cm
Kungkayunti Fabric – Pink and Red Ochre On Black (Tencel Linen) 50cm
Current Exhibitions
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IOTA24: Tjukurrpa on Fabricsleft
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New Exuberance: Contemporary Australian Textile Design – Travelling Showleft
Past Exhibitions
Group
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2024 Tjukurrpa on Fabrics - IOTA 2024, Holmes a Court Gallery, Margaret River WA
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2023 Vogue American Express Fashion’s Night Out - Melbourne, VIC
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2023 Vogue American Express Fashion’s Night Out - Sydney, NSW
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2023 Ikuntji Textiles, Central Craft, Alice Springs NT
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2023 Country to Couture 2023, Darwin
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2023 National Indigenous Art Fair, Sydney NSW
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2023 Ikuntji Collection, Afterpay Australian Fashion Week, Sydney NSW
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2023 Ikuntji Style, Artisan, Brisbane QLD
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2022 Ikuntji Textiles Exhibition, Central Craft, Alice Springs NT
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2022 Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin NT
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2022 National Indigenous Art Fair, Sydney NSW
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2020 Story Necklace exhibition, South Australian Museum, Australian Aboriginal Cultures Gallery, Adelaide.
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2019 Desert Mob Market Place 2019, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs NT, Desert mob 2019 5th, 6th and 7th September.
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2018 AIATSIS Aboriginal Art Fair 2018, Canberra ACT
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2018 TARNANTHI Art Fair 2018, Adelaide SA
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2018 Desert Mob Market Place 2018, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs NT, 6th, 7th and 8th September.
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2018 12th Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin NT
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2018 Alice Springs Beanie Festival 2018 - Reach for the Stars, Araluen Arts Centre , Alice Springs NT
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2018 3rd Annual Environmental Defenders Office of the Northern Territory Aboriginal Art Auction, Darwin and Sydney.
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2017 Desert Mob Marketplace 2017, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs NT
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2017 11th Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin NT
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2017 Blak Markets at Barrangaroo, Sydney NSW
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2017 Ngurra Kutju - Tjukurrpa Tjuta, One Country - Many Stories, Exhibition at Colin Biggers & Paisley, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane.
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2016 Desert Mob, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs NT
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2016 10th Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin NT
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2016 EDO Northern Territory Aboriginal Art Auction 2016, Outstation Gallery, Darwin NT
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2016 WOMADELAIDE, Adelaide SA
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2015 Summer Stock, The Port Hedland Courthouse Gallery, Port Hedland WA
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2015 Tarnanthi Festival Art Fair, Tandanya Institute, Adelaide SA
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2015 Ancestral Presence - recent works by Ikuntji Artists, June Marriott Gallery, Central Craft, Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs NT
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2015 9th Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin NT
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2015 Mystery Sale, Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin NT
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2015 Alice Springs Beanie Festival 2015 - Opposites Attract, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs NT
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2015 #ART4EDONT, Outstation Gallery, Parap and Environmental Defenders Office, Darwin NT
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2015 Spirit Country, Outback Aboriginal Art, Melbourne VIC
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2015 Power of Place, FORM, State Theatre, Perth WA
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2015 Art Parade, Whistlewood VIC
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2014 Around the Campfire - Fundraiser Concert, Alice Springs NT
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2014 Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin NT
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2013 A Love of Country - the Indigenous Perspective, A Seymour College Art Exhibition 2013, NSW
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2013 Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin NT
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2010 Desert Mob, Alice Springs NT
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2010 Korowa College exhibition, Melbourne VIC
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2009 Odos Gallery, Melbourne VIC
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2009 Artkelch, Germany.
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2008 Visions of the Desert, Kate Owen Gallery, Chifley Tower, Sydney NSW
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2008 Ikuntji Artists, Beckworth Gallery, Ballarat VIC
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2008 Aboriginal Art - Window to Culture, ArtKelch, Australian Embassy (Australia Day Exhibition), Berlin, Germany
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2008 All About Country, ArtKelch, Freiburg i. Br, Germany.
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2008 Ikuntji, Desert Sands Contemporary Aboriginal Art, Mayfair London UK
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2008 Palya Art, Cabinet Malemont, Paris, France.
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2008 Palya Art, Gallows Gallery, Perth WA
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2008 Ikuntji meets Brisbane, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane QLD
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2008 Ikuntji Artists, QDos Arts, Lorne VIC
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2008 Palya Art, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney NSW
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2008 Ikuntji Artists, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney NSW
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2008 Ikuntji Icons, Art Mob, Hobart TAS
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2007 Desert Stories: 2008, Artitja Fine Art, Perth WA
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2007 Palya Art, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney NSW
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2007 Ikuntji Show, QDos Gallery, Lorne VIC
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2007 Gondwana Gallery, Alice Springs, NT & Sydney NSW
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2007 Ikuntji, Victoria Carroll and Jennifer Guerrini Maraldi, Battersea London, UK
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2007 Divas of the Desert, Kingsfisher Gallery, Perth WA
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2007 Ikuntji Painters, Footsteps Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
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2007 Yungkiya & Kulunypa - Old & New, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney NSW
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2007 Charity Show, McCulloch Gallery, Melbourne VIC
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2007 Desert Mob, Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs NT
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2007 Ikuntji Artists, Jennifer Guerrini-Maraldi Contemporary Fine Art, London, UK
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2007 Ikuntji Now, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane QLD
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2006 Divas of the Desert, Gondwana Gallery, Alice Springs NT
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2006 Ngankarritja, Indigenart, Perth QA
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2006 Yaiti Yamimi, Bandigan Gallery, Sydney NSW
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2006 Palya Art, Darwin NT
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2006 Palya Art, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney NSW
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2006 Group Exhibition, Booker Lowe Gallery, Texas, USA
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2006 Womens Business, Artkelch, Germany.
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2006 Senior Women, Ochre Gallery, Melbourne VIC
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2006 Where The Wild Flowers Grow, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane QLD
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2006 North meets South - Ikuntji and Tjala Converge, Red Dot Gallery, Singapore.
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2006 Short St Gallery, Broome WA
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2006 Desert Dreamings 2007: Earth + Water, Artitja Fine Art, Perth WA
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2006 Desert Mob, Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs NT
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2006 Palya Art, Melbourne VIC
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2006 Tiwi Ngurrara, Artkelch, Freiburg i.Br., Germany.
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2006 Womens Business, Artkelch, Freiburg i.Br., Germany
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2006 Australia Dreaming Art, Melbourne VIC
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2005 Desert Mob, Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs NT
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2005 Anangu, ReDot Gallery, Singapore.
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2005 Senior Aboriginal Women Artists of Central Australia, Gadfly Gallery, Perth WA
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2005 Big Country, Gondwana Gallery, Alice Springs NT
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2005 Divas of the Desert, Gondwana Gallery, Alice Springs NT
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2004 Big Country, Gondwana Gallery, Alice Springs.
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2004 Ikuntji Desert Belles, ReDot Gallery, Singapore
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2004 Strata, Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs.
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2004 Desert Mob, Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs.
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2004 Desert Divas, Gondwana Gallery, Alice Springs.
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2004 Indigenart, Melbourne.
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2004 Concord, Framed Gallery, Darwin NT
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2004 Indigenart, Perth WA
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2003 ReDot Gallery, Singapore.
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2003 Desert Mob, Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs.
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2003 Uncrated - New York, United States.
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2003 Indigenart - Perth.
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2003 Fire works - Brisbane.
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2003 Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, Unites Kingdom.
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2002 Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne.
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2002 Onshore Gallery, Geelong.
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2002 Stories from the Desert, Framed, Darwin.
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2001 Desert Mob, Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs, Alice Springs.
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2000 Pintupi Women - Haasts Bluff, Desart Gallery, Sydney.
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2000 Ikuntji Artists, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne.
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1999 Womens Work, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney.
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1999 Ikuntji Artists, Desart Gallery, Sydney.
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1998 Desert Mob, Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs.
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1998 The Meeting Place, Artback NETS Touring Exhibtion.
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1996 Dreamings, Aboriginal kunst uit Australie, Netherlands.
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1994 Ikuntji Tjuta, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide.
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1994 Minyma Tjukurrpa: Haasts Bluff/Kintore Canvas Project, Tandanya, Adelaide.
Collections
- Active Youth Collection, Japan.
- Bailleau Myer Collection, De Young Museum, San Francisco, United States.
- Ganter Myer Aboriginal Art Collection, Melbourne.
- South Australian Museum Collection, Adelaide.
- Fondation Opale Collection, Crans-Montana Switzerland