Living water in my country.that way in the desert we lived near this waterhole.
Name: Daisy Japulija
Language: Walmajarri
Community: Noonkoonbah
Biography:
Daisy Japulija was born near Nookanbah under a Konkerberry tree. She grew up in Noonkanbah and worked in the station kitchen until she married Colin Wasi. They left Noonkanbah and travelled around the country. They ended up at Cherrabun Station where they set up camp for a long time. They had one son together.
Daisy started painting at the Nookanbah shearing shed and then in the old Mangkaja shed a long time ago. Previously, paintings done at Yakanarra were sent to Mangkaja. She painted with Yakanarra Adult Education Centre whose main emphasis was the teaching of children, instruction in language and culture and teaching people about painting. Those attending were also taken on excursions to the local waterholes and rivers. Daisy visited her desert country only once when her mother took her there as an adult.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2012 | Mangkaja Arts 21 Year Anniversary Wirrinyiya ngaragngarag birra ngamoo ngamoo | Tandanya, Adelaide, SA |
2009 | Mangkaja Artists 60x60 | Randell Lane Fine Art, WA |
2009 | Celebrating Country: Kinship and Culture | Seymour College, Glen Osmond, SA |
2009 | Emerging and Re-emerging | Outstation, Darwin |
2009 | Jilas Jaa Parlkas [Waterholes and Barramundi] | Alison Kelly Gallery, Melbourne
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2009 | Shalom Gamarada | Caspary Conference Centre, University of NSW |
2008 | Wet n’ Wild | Artkelch, Freiburg, Germany |
2008 | Mangkaja Arts | A P Bond Art Dealer, Adelaide, SA |
2007 | Palya Art in Melbourne | The Barn, Melbourne |
PUBLIC ART:
2010: Fitzroy Crossing Swimming Pool
2008: Fitzroy Crossing Hospital - paintings on canvas
Jungkut Billabong “This is next to Tarpu Jila this billabong. When raining time this place fills up with ngapa (water) every year I come back here and camp in the Jilji and go hunting and Read more…
