Pam Brown
Pam was born in Papunya in 1960 and grew up there attending the public school. She also attended Yirrara College in Alice Springs to further her education. Pam has two sons, Douglas Sampson and Taron Sampson and one daughter Kirralyn Sampson. Pam was taught to paint by her uncle Cameron Tjapaltjarri who was an acclaimed Papunya Tula Artist and by her aunt Leonie Kamutu, who still paints for Papunya Tjupi artist. Pam used to be a Health Worker in Kintore when she had a young family.
Pam Brown now lives and paints in Ikuntji (Haasts Bluff) and is one of Ikuntji Artists rising stars. Her beautiful diamond-shaped paintings are Papa Tjukurrpa – Dog Dreaming. It is of Niyuman, east of Kintore and it is secret men’s business. This was her father’s Tjukurrpa. She participated in 2022 in a textile design workshop, during which she developed her first fabric-by-the-metre design that depicts the ceremonial body paint of the men for the Papa Tjukurrpa ceremony.
Languages
Luritja, Pintubi
Community
Haasts Bluff
Artworks
New Papa Tjukurrpa – Dog Dreaming
Papa Tjukurrpa – Ingrid Top
Sold Clapping sticks – Pam Brown – Brown with black pattern, orange tips – 26 cm
Clapping sticks – Pam Brown – Black with colorful dots, and multicolored tips – 27 cm
Clapping sticks – Pam Brown – Blue base with decorated black tops – 28 cm
Clapping sticks – Pam Brown – Multicolor, with red tips – 28 cm
Papa Tjukurrpa (Maroon) – Doris Day Dress
Papa Tjukurrpa (Dog Dreaming) – Doris Day Dress – Greens
Yalka – Bush Onion
Papa Tjukurrpa – Dog Dreaming
Papa Tjukurrpa (Dog Dreaming) Fabric – Greens on Black (Cotton) 50cm
Papa Tjukurrpa (Dog Dreaming) Fabric – Light Blue and Silver on Abyss (Silk) 50cm
Past Exhibitions
Solo
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2024 Dog Dreaming, Galerie Zadra, Basel (CH)
Group
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2024 Tjukurrpa on Fabrics - IOTA 2024, Holmes a Court Gallery, Margaret River WA
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2024 Flying Solo Runway, New York Fashion Week, New York, USA
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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 Desert Mob, Araluen, Alice Springs NT
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2023 Ikuntji Textiles, Central Craft, Alice Springs NT
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2023 Ikuntji Collection, Afterpay Australian Fashion Week, Sydney NSW
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2023 Within the without Exhibition, Melbourne, 31 March - 22 April 2023
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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 2022 Tjunguku Tjukurrpa - Paris, voici nos Rêves !, IDAIA, Paris, France.
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2022 Desert Mob 2022, Alice Springs.
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2022 Goologoolup NAIDOC Screenings - Indigenous Art on the Screens, Northbridge Piazza & Forest Place, Perth., 3rd-31st July
Collections
- Fondation Opale Collection, Crans-Montana Switzerland