Doreen Lane

Doreen Lane

Doreen is the daughter of Maudie Jugadai and Phillip Lane and the granddaughter (on her mother’s side) of Timothy (Timmy) Jugadai Tjungurrayi (1920-1988) and his second wife, Bessie. Philip Lane is a Warumungu man, from a region located 40km from Tennant Creek. Her grandfather, Timmy was born in 1920 in the dry Alalbi creek bed near Haasts Bluff, Northern Territory. Timmy’s father was a Ngalia (southern Warlpiri) man and his mother a Luritja woman. Timmy and his other wife Narputta Nangala Jugadai were the founding members of Ikuntji Artists. Timmmy, who had been painting since the 1970s at Papunya Tula Artists, inspired his wives and children to paint. Leading onto a tradition of painting story and country that continues today.

Doreen has four siblings, Joseph, Susie, Isabel and Serita. Joseph, Susie and Isabel are also artists at Ikuntji Artists. Doreen paints women’s hunting story on canvas and also makes jewellery from hand collected ininti seeds and gum nuts which she hand paints. Doreen works at Haasts Bluff Aged Care with her sister, Susie. Doreen has been a director at Ikuntji Artists and has been painting since the early days of the art centre.

In 2022, Doreen participated in the screen-printing workshops at Ikuntji Artists and developed her first fabric-by-the-metre design: Bush Trip. It tells the story of her childhood memories of going swimming in the afternoon, after school, at Ulumbauru. “Everyone jumped on the back of the truck and drove out sitting on the tray to go swimming. We had a fun time there.”

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Past Exhibitions

Group

  • 2023
    Vogue American Express Fashion’s Night Out - Melbourne, VIC
  • 2023
    Tarnanthi Art Fair, Adelaide SA
  • 2023
    Vogue American Express Fashion’s Night Out - Sydney, NSW
  • 2023
    New Zealand Fashion Week - Auckland, NZ
  • 2023
    Ikuntji Textiles, Central Craft, Alice Springs NT
  • 2023
    Jewellery Making Workshop, Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair 2023
  • 2023
    Country to Couture 2023, Darwin
  • 2023
    National Indigenous Art Fair, Sydney NSW
  • 2023
    Ikuntji Collection, Afterpay Australian Fashion Week, Sydney NSW
  • 2023
    Ikuntji Style, Artisan, Brisbane
  • 2022
    Hazelhurst Ikuntji Artists Printmaking 2022, Hazelhurst Arts Centre, Sydney.
  • 2022
    ‘Nganana Tjungu – This is Us’, Songlines, Darwin.
  • 2020
    Story Necklace exhibition, South Australian Museum, Australian Aboriginal Cultures Gallery, Adelaide.
  • 2019
    Bush Bling Jewellery exhibition, Aboriginal Bush Traders, Darwin.
  • 2017
    Blak Markets at Barrangaroo, Sydney.
  • 2015
    Tarnanthi Festival Art Fair, Tandanya Institute, Adelaide.
  • 2014
    Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin.

Collections

  • City of Darwin Collection.