Lisa Multa
Lisa Multa is the younger sister to Traditional Owner and lawman Douglas Multa, acclaimed artist Alison Multa and painter Patricia Multa. Lisa grew up with her family at Kungkayunti (Brown’s Bore), an outstation 1.5hrs drive, southwest of Haasts Bluff. Lisa was born at Papunya Clinic in 1975, the closest clinic to Kungkayunti at the time. Kungkayunti is the country of Lisa’s father, Joe Tjakamarra Multa and her mother, Magdelena Multa Napaltjarri, who was from Haasts Bluff. When Lisa was a baby, she lived with her aunt and uncle, Maudie and Phillip Lane, in Haasts Bluff so that her mother could care for her younger sister, Benita. When Benita and Lisa were a bit older they moved with their parents to Kungkayunti, travelling back and forth to attend primary school at Haasts Bluff. Lisa then attended and boarded at Yirara College in Alice Springs. After her studies there she returned to Haasts Bluff. As an adult, Lisa also lived at Kintore for some time, where she raised her three children. After returning to Haasts Bluff in 2007, Lisa saw her two older sisters painting at Ikuntji Artists and began painting herself.
Lisa has worked at the local Kanparrka store for many years; she remembers when the store was in the old building. Although the sisters sometimes paint together, Lisa says when she paints, she likes to think of her own connection to country, focusing on a birds-eye view of the tali tali (sandhills) at Kungkayunti, which she expresses in a variety of colours and on the women dancing at Kungkayunti.
Lisa successfully completed a Certificate I in Visual Arts at Batchelor Institute in 2018, where she studied and practiced fabric design, screen printing and visual design. She has developed differentdesigns at Ikuntji Artists in various workshops in 2017, 2018 and 2022.
Languages
Luritja
Artworks
Tali at Kungkayunti
Kungkayunti – Women Dancing
Tali at Kungkayunti Fabric – Dark Grey and White on Grey (Cotton) 50cm
Tali at Kungkayunti – Audrey Top
Tali at Kungayunti – Brigitte Skirt
Tali at Kungkayunti Fabric – Blues on Hessian (Linen/Cotton) 50cm
Tali at Kungkayunti Fabric – Dark Grey and White on Hessian (Linen/Cotton) 50cm
Ikuntji Textiles Book
Tali at Kungkayunti Fabric – Yellow and White on Hessian (Linen/Cotton) 50cm
Tali at Kungkayunti Fabric – Gold and Silver on Cobalt (Silk) 50cm
Kungkayunti Fabric – Pink and Purple on White (Linen) 50cm
Past Exhibitions
Group
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2024 Tjukurrpa on Fabrics - IOTA 2024, Holmes a Court Gallery, Margaret River WA
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2024 National Indigenous Art Fair, Sydney NSW
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2023 Ganbu Marra Runway, Melbourne Fashion Week, Melbourne, VIC
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2023 Uplands, Digital Exhibition, Agency Projects
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2023 Tarnanthi Art Fair, Adelaide SA
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2023 Desert Mob, Araluen, Alice Springs NT
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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 ‘SONGLINES’, EMBASSY OF AUSTRALIA, PARIS - 4 Apr - 25 Aug 2023
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2023 Ikuntji Style, Artisan, Brisbane
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2023 Ikuntji Style, artisan, Brisbane.
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2023 Ikuntji Style, Artisan, Brisbane
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2022 Hazelhurst Ikuntji Artists Printmaking 2022, Hazelhurst Arts Centre, Sydney.
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2022 Imagine! – International Festival of Extraordinary Textiles (FITE), Musée Bargoin, Clermont-Ferrand.
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2022 2022 Tjunguku Tjukurrpa - Paris, voici nos Rêves !, IDAIA, Paris, France.
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2022 Ikuntji Textiles Exhibition, Central Craft, Alice Springs.
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2022 NAIDOC MCA Store Exhibition and Activation, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney.
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2022 Goologoolup NAIDOC Screenings - Indigenous Art on the Screens, Northbridge Piazza & Forest Place, Perth., 3rd-31st July
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2022 National Indigenous Art Fair, Sydney.
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2022 Weaving Culture II: Ikuntji Artists, IDAIA, Lyon, France., 9 Jun - 9 July
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2022 Luminous Lampshades 2022, Adelaide, Pop Up for Adelaide Fringe
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2022 Couleurs Australie, IDAIA at BHV Marais, Paris, France.
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2021 Weaving Culture - Textiles aborigènes contemporains, IDAIA, Lyon, France.
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2019 2019 AIATSIS Indigenous Art Market, Canberra.
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2019 Tarnanthi Art Fair 2019, Adelaide.
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2019 Ikuntji Textiles, Central Craft, Alice Springs.
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2019 Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair 2019, Darwin., 9-11 August
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2019 National Indigenous Art Fair, Overseas Passenger Terminal, The Rocks, Sydney.
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2018 AIATSIS Aboriginal Art Fair 2018, Canberra.
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2018 TARNANTHI Art Fair 2018, Adelaide.
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2018 Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair 2018, Darwin.
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2017 Desert Mob, Araluen, Alice Springs.
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2017 Blak Markets at Barrangaroo, Sydney.
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2017 One Country - Many Stories, Colin Biggers & Paisley Foundation, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane.
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2007 Ikuntji Painters, Footsteps Gallery, Brisbane.
Collections
- Fondation Opale Collection, Crans-Montana Switzerland