Dance: Shark/Rainbow
Skin Group: Mullet/Ironwood
Medium: Natural ochres with binder on Arches paper, batik on silk, lino block design, and monotypes on printing paper.
Jane Margaret Tipuamantumirri moved to Pirlangimpi in 2014 to live with her two sisters Simplicia and Pamela who take care of her. Jane was working as an artist on Bathurst Island at the Ngaruwanajirri Inc before she moved to Munupi Arts. She is always thinking about her paintings before she does them. Painting is her therapy, good for her hands and her mind. She also loves music and dancing. She has a beautiful soul with a beautiful smile and always likes to make new friends. She likes her sister Simplicia to tell her cultural stories and then she makes up her own ones too.
The subject matter of Jane’s art is Drawn from her environment in the Tiwi Islands in Northern Australia and including magpie goose, shark, muputi (fish) tunga (bark basket) and pamajini (arm band for ceremony).
She has been involved in several group exhibitions and was Artist in Residence at
Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education, Batchelor N.T. February 2001.
Collections:
Batchelor Institute Indigenous Tertiary Education, Batchelor N.T.
Charles Darwin University Art Collection, Darwin, N.T.