Lisa Multa

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.

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Upcoming Exhibitions

Past Exhibitions

Group

  • 2023
    Ganbu Marra Runway, Melbourne Fashion Week, Melbourne, VIC
  • 2023
    Uplands, Digital Exhibition, Agency Projects
  • 2023
    Tarnanthi Art Fair, Adelaide SA
  • 2023
    Desert Mob, Araluen, Alice Springs NT
  • 2023
    Ikuntji Textiles, Central Craft, Alice Springs NT
  • 2023
    Country to Couture 2023, Darwin
  • 2023
    National Indigenous Art Fair, Sydney NSW
  • 2023
    Ikuntji Collection, Afterpay Australian Fashion Week, Sydney NSW
  • 2023
    ‘SONGLINES’, EMBASSY OF AUSTRALIA, PARIS - 4 Apr - 25 Aug 2023
  • 2023
    Ikuntji Style, Artisan, Brisbane
  • 2023
    Ikuntji Style, artisan, Brisbane.
  • 2023
    Ikuntji Style, Artisan, Brisbane
  • 2022
    Hazelhurst Ikuntji Artists Printmaking 2022, Hazelhurst Arts Centre, Sydney.
  • 2022
    Imagine! – International Festival of Extraordinary Textiles (FITE), Musée Bargoin, Clermont-Ferrand.
  • 2022
    2022 Tjunguku Tjukurrpa - Paris, voici nos Rêves !, IDAIA, Paris, France.
  • 2022
    Ikuntji Textiles Exhibition, Central Craft, Alice Springs.
  • 2022
    NAIDOC MCA Store Exhibition and Activation, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney.
  • 2022
    Goologoolup NAIDOC Screenings - Indigenous Art on the Screens, Northbridge Piazza & Forest Place, Perth., 3rd-31st July
  • 2022
    National Indigenous Art Fair, Sydney.
  • 2022
    Weaving Culture II: Ikuntji Artists, IDAIA, Lyon, France., 9 Jun - 9 July
  • 2022
    Luminous Lampshades 2022, Adelaide, Pop Up for Adelaide Fringe
  • 2022
    Couleurs Australie, IDAIA at BHV Marais, Paris, France.
  • 2021
    Weaving Culture - Textiles aborigènes contemporains, IDAIA, Lyon, France.
  • 2019
    2019 AIATSIS Indigenous Art Market, Canberra.
  • 2019
    Tarnanthi Art Fair 2019, Adelaide.
  • 2019
    Ikuntji Textiles, Central Craft, Alice Springs.
  • 2019
    Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair 2019, Darwin., 9-11 August
  • 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
    Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair 2018, Darwin.
  • 2017
    Desert Mob, Araluen, Alice Springs.
  • 2017
    Blak Markets at Barrangaroo, Sydney.
  • 2017
    One Country - Many Stories, Colin Biggers & Paisley Foundation, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane.
  • 2007
    Ikuntji Painters, Footsteps Gallery, Brisbane.

Collections

  • Fondation Opale Collection, Crans-Montana Switzerland