Roseranna Larry
Roseranna Larry was born at Papunya in 1980. She is the Chairperson of Ikuntji Artists and an artist. She is the oldest daughter of painter Susie Lane, a Western Arrernte, Warlpiri, and Luritja woman from Haasts Bluff. Her father, Roy Wara Larry, was an important lawman, working with local Aboriginal people and non-Indigenous people. When Roseranna was two years old, her younger sister was born, and her family moved to Haasts Bluff. She grew up in Haasts Bluff, though she often travelled to Willowra and Mt Deniston to visit family.
On visits to Willowra, Roseranna grew up watching her grandmother, Old Lady Morton (her father’s auntie), paint. Old Lady Morton was an Anmatyerre and Warlpiri woman from Willowra. She taught Roseranna to paint and passed down the Tjukurrpa (Dreaming) she continues to paint today. In Haasts Bluff, Roseranna watched her other grandmother, Esther Napaltjarri Jugadai, an Arrernte, Luritja, and Warlpiri woman painting at home before there was an art centre. Esther taught her about painting and how to collect the native ininti seeds that are used for ceremonies.
Though she grew up watching and helping her grandmothers paint, it was not until 2017, when Old Lady Morton passed away, that she began painting her story on canvas with Ikuntji Artists. Roseranna is a devoted mother of eight children and many grandchildren, spending much of her time caring for them.
As a strong voice for the art centre and the community Roseranna has travelled extensively throughout Australia and Europe visiting Luritja collections in museums. Roseranna participated in photography workshops throughout 2017 and won the 2017 Desart Photography Prize. She had her artwork featured in Parrtjima – Festival in Light 2019 in Alice Springs. In 2017 and 2022, Roseranna developed different t-shirt and fabric designs and travelled to fashion shows to Europe with them.
Languages
Warlpiri, Luritja
Community
Haasts Bluff
Artworks
Wirliyajarrayi – Pinafore – Black and Cream on Camel (Cotton)
Wirliyajarrayi
Wirliyajarrayi Fabric – Black and Cream on Cobalt (Cotton) 50cm
Wirliyajarrayi Hand Screen Printed T-Shirt (Black on Orange Hemp)
Kanta-jinta Hand Screen Printed T-shirt (Yellow on Red Bamboo)
Wirliyajarrayi Fabric – Black and Cream on Camel (Cotton) 50cm
Wirliyajarrayi – Audrey Top
Wirliyajarrayi Fabric – Black and Cream on Pink (Cotton) 50cm
Sale Wirliyajarrayi Fabric – Lilac and Hot Pink on Lemon (Cotton) 50cm
Current Exhibitions
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 Flying Solo Runway, New York Fashion Week, New York, USA
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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 Desert Mob, Araluen, Alice Springs NT
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2023 New Zealand Fashion Week - Auckland, NZ
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2023 Ikuntji Textiles, Central Craft, Alice Springs NT
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2023 Jewellery Making Workshop, Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair 2023
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2023 Country to Couture 2023, Darwin
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2023 Ikuntji Collection, Afterpay Australian Fashion Week, Sydney NSW
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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 Tjungu Tjukurrpa Exhibition, Passage du Grand Cerf, Paris., 10 Sep. – 15 October 2022
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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 ‘Nganana Tjungu – This is Us’, Songlines, Darwin.
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2022 Weaving Culture II: Ikuntji Artists, IDAIA, Lyon, France., 9 Jun - 9 July
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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 PARRTJIMA – A Festival in Light 2019, Alice Springs.
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2018 Ikuntji Artists - Irrimatitja, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle.
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2018 Haasts Bluff contemporary art from the Ikuntji Artists, Yaama Ganu Gallery, Moree.
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2018 Power and Colour, 34th annual San Francisco Tribal & Textile Art Show at Fort Mason, San Francisco, USA.
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2017 Desert Mob, Araluen, Alice Springs.
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2017 2017 Desart Photography Prize, Alice Springs.
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2017 11th Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin.
Collections
- International Education Services - IES, Brisbane, QLD