Name: Abel Pareroultja
Language: English, Western Aranda
Community: Ntaria
Biography:
Abel Pareroultja joined the Hermannsburg Potters end of February 2022. In March 2022, Abel participated in workshops held at JamFactory, Adelaide as part of Hermannsburg Potters' Men's Development Program. In July 2022, he attended the Australian Ceramics Triennale Conference, at Araluen Arts Centre in Mparntwe/Alice Springs.
Abel took to the medium right away, bringing his existing landscape painting skills together to create beautiful pots depicting Country, quickly becoming an exciting emerging artist.
In his first year of practice his work was collected by both National Gallery of Australia and Art Gallery of New South Wales.
In October 2022, Abel was one of ten applicants short-listed for the Macquarie Emerging Artist Prize for his work Mount Hermannsburg and That Little Tree There.
Collections:
Sydney Modern, Art Gallery of New South Wales
Proposed Acquisition: National Gallery of Australia
Status: Stock AS Colour Uni-sex Cut Chestnut Brown 100% Cotton Digital Print In language we say “Ntaria-rinya ntjaarrala etna nama urrknga mpaaranha!” and that means “Ntaria mob, they make things from clay!”
Yalka (Bush Onion) All the family digging for yalka (bush onion) in Ntaria. Kwatja kngarrala nhamalanga yalka mangkama. Wild onions grow after lots of rain.
Kutjera (Bush Sultana/Desert Raisin) This is bush raisin, Kutjera. We find it near Ntari and 8 mile.