Ann Lane nee Dixon

Ann Lane nee Dixon

Ann was born in Alice Springs and grew up in Papunya where she attended school. Her mother is Jocelyn Nampitjinpa, a Warlpiri woman and her father is Benny Tjapatjari from Warakurna in the NPY lands of Western Australia. Ann remembers a long time ago, when her father would walk with camels to Hermannsburg with rations for the people. There was a film made about her father, “Benny and the Dreamers” (1992) that tells the story of Benny and other Pintupi men.

Ann met her husband and fellow painter, Joseph Lane, a long time ago when he worked as a stockman between Glen Helen, Haasts Bluff and Pupunya. The two lived between Haasts Bluff, Papunya and Kintore as they raised their three children. For a time, they also lived at Pirrnpirrnga (desert bore) outstation, where her father is from. Ann says she has been painting for a long time now. She remembers sitting and painting at the old Ikuntji Art Centre with the old men and women, amongst them, Eunice Napanangka Jack and Mitjili Napurrula. She remembers that they used to make a fire inside the art centre and sometimes sleep there overnight.  Ann painted for Papunya Tula artists for some time, but has been painting for Ikuntji now since 2001. She predominantly paints the Tjukurrpa from her father’s country, Pirrnpirrnga – Desert Bore, depicting the surrounding tali tali (sand hills) with bold lines, overlayed with fine dot work in varying colours. Her father, Benny, used to paint that same story. Ann is now the only one in her family that paints. She regularly comes in to the art centre and paints for hours at a time, often with husband Joseph Lane sitting with her, sometimes painting too. 

Luritja

Kintore

Past Exhibitions

Group

  • 2024
    National Indigenous Art Fair, Sydney NSW
  • 2023
    Tarnanthi Art Fair, Adelaide SA
  • 2022
    Desert Mob, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs.
  • 2022
    Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin.
  • 2022
    ‘Nganana Tjungu – This is Us’, Songlines, Darwin.
  • 2022
    'Goologoolup NAIDOC Screenings - Indigenous Art on the Screens', Northbridge Piazza & Forest Place, Perth., 3rd-31st July
  • 2022
    National Indigenous Art Fair, Sydney.
  • 2021
    Dessin du territoire – Territoire du dessin / Land drawing – Land of drawing, Australian Embassy in Paris, France., 6 October 2021 to 7 January 2022.
  • 2021
    Land Drawing – Drawing of the Land, Les Jardins Suspendus, Le Havre, France., 3 July - 3 September 2021
  • 2020
    Tarnanthi Art Fair 2020, Adelaide., Friday 4 – Sunday 6 December
  • 2019
    2019 AIATSIS Indigenous Art Market, Canberra.
  • 2019
    Tarnanthi Art Fair 2019, Adelaide.
  • 2019
    Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair 2019, Darwin., 9-11 August 2019
  • 2019
    National Indigenous Art Fair, Overseas Passenger Terminal, The Rocks, Sydney.
  • 2018
    AIATSIS Aboriginal Art Fair 2018, Canberra.
  • 2018
    TARNANTHI Art Fair 2018, Adelaide.
  • 2018
    Ikuntji Artists - Irrimatitja, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle.
  • 2018
    Desert Mob Market Place 2018, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs., 6th, 7th and 8th September.
  • 2018
    Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair 2018, Darwin.
  • 2018
    Bourgogne Tribal Show, Arts d’Australie , Stéphane Jacob, Paris, France.
  • 2018
    Art Paris Art Fair 2018, Arts d’Australie , Stéphane Jacob, Paris, France.
  • 2018
    San Francisco Tribal & Textile Art Fair, Arts d’Australie • Stéphane Jacob & Suzanne O’Connell Gallery, San Francisco, United States.
  • 2018
    Power and Colour, 34th annual San Francisco Tribal & Textile Art Show at Fort Mason, San Francisco United States.
  • 2017
    Desert Mob Marketplace, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs.
  • 2017
    Desert Mob, Araluen, Alice Springs.
  • 2017
    11th Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin.
  • 2017
    Blak Markets at Barrangaroo, Sydney.
  • 2017
    One Country - Many Stories, Colin Biggers & Paisley Foundation, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane.
  • 2016
    Entre terre et ciel, Savasse, La Grande Galerie, France
  • 2016
    10th Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin.
  • 2016
    Chants du Desert - Art aborigene contemporain, La Chapelle du College dEu, Ville dEu, France.
  • 2016
    Ikuntji Artists – Paintings from Haasts Bluff, Northern Territory, Jaktman Australian Contemporary Art Gallery.
  • 2015
    Summer Stock, The Port Hedland Courthouse Gallery, Port Hedland.
  • 2015
    Tarnanthi Festival Art Fair, Tandanya Institute. Adelaide.
  • 2015
    9th Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin.
  • 2015
    Power of Place, FORM, State Theatre, Perth.
  • 2014
    8th Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin.