Walka means design or pattern. Artists use this title to describe artworks that are pattern based rather than descriptive or telling a story.
Name: Anthea Riley
Language: Pitjantjatjara
Biography:
Anthea is an early career artist. She grew up in Amata and first learnt to paint at Tjala Arts. She moved to Pukatja not long after she finished high school and began painting at Ernabella Arts.
Anthea was preceded by her mother, Alison Munti Riley.
Alison grew up at Pukatja and lived here with her family before they all moved to Amata around 1990. While at school and then at Ernabella Arts, Alison first learnt painting and batik. In the 1980s she travelled to the Tiwi Islands with several other Ernabella women to teach batik to the Tiwi artists there.
In late 2006 Alison began to paint at Tjala Arts in Amata. Her mother (Betty Munti) was a highly regarded artist working there. Alison quickly followed in her footsteps and in 2011 was a finalist in the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Awards (the Telstras) and her painting was voted 'People's Choice.'
From 2011 she has worked between the Ernabella and Tjala studios. At Ernabella she is the leader of a collaborative painting program teaching younger and emerging artists valuable painting skills through inclusive collaborative paintings.
Tjanmata – Bush Onion Tanmata or bush onions are found near creek beds on the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in the remote northwest of SA. Aṉangu bake the small bulbs in hot ashes and then remove Read more…
Tjanmata – Bush Onion Tanmata or bush onions are found near creek beds on the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in the remote northwest of SA. Aṉangu bake the small bulbs in hot ashes and then remove Read more…
Tjitji Tjuta Walytjata This Tjukurpa is from a place called Walytjata near Pipalyatjara. It’s a true story. You can see all the kids sitting there in the cave. The mother left and told the kids Read more…