Ada Pula Beasley Alyawarr, b. 1959
Overview
My Country, 2022
Ada Pula Beasley is an Alyawarr speaker born at Ampilatwatja in 1959. Ada is very interested in preserving her culture and teaching the younger artists about country and bush medicines, these include Mulga and Witchetty trees, native fuschia, river red gum, spinifex grass and the many varieties of bush flower. Her landscape works have been exhibited in leading galleries around Australia since 2013 and have become highly sought after for their beautiful colours and sense of scale.
Works
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Ada Pula BeasleyMy Country, 2022acrylic on linen70 x 120 cm$ 3,200.00
27 1/2 x 47 1/4 in
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Exhibitions
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Sea, Sand & Salt
24 Nov - 21 Dec 2023A broad ranging exhibition by artists from Far North Queensland, the Kimberley, Central Desert and the APY Lands highlighting the differing terrains of the artists' sea, sand and salt pan...Read more -
Synergy 2023
Fundraising exhibition in partnership with Xavier College 29 Aug - 14 Sep 2023A fundraising exhibition of paintings and 3D by established and rising star First Nations artists from around Australia. Presented by Everywhen Artspace in partnership with the Student Committee for Indigenous...Read more -
WINTER SALON 2023
Warm Hues + Winter Lights 21 Jul - 21 Aug 2023Lush colours of the tropical north and textured ochres of the Kimberley meet vibrant hues of Central Australia in an exhibition of new works by established and new generation artists....Read more -
The Summer Show 2023 | Grand Design
Contemporary Aboriginal art of high quality and large scale 27 Dec 2022 - 7 Feb 2023The exhibition includes: • One of the last works painted by Kunmanara (Pepai) Jangala Carroll, the only painting still owned by the estate of the artist at Ernabella Arts and...Read more -
WINTER SALON 2022
8 Jul - 9 Aug 2022WARM HUES + WINTER LIGHTS An extensive exhibition of new paintings and sculptures by a wide range of leading artists and rising stars of Aboriginal art from the Central and...Read more -
New Utopia
Leading and next gen artists from Utopia 6 - 26 Apr 2022Exhibiting artists: Ada Pula Beasley, Barbara Weir, Belinda Golder Kngwarreye, Bernadine Kemarre, Caroline Petrick Ngwarreye, Charmaine Pwerle, Emily Pwerle, Esther Haywood Petyarre, Janet Golder Kngwarreye, Katie Rumble Petyarre, Jeannie Mills...Read more -
Synergy: Art from the Heartlands of Aboriginal Australia
Fundraising exhibition in partnership with Xavier College. 1 - 17 Sep 2021FUNDRAISING ONLINE EXHIBITION FOR THE INDIGENOUS LITERACY FOUNDATION. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE STUDENT COMMITTEE FOR INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS, XAVIER COLLEGE. Paintings and carvings by established and rising star Aboriginal artists from...Read more -
Winter Salon 2021
Warm Hues + Winter Lights 4 Jun - 30 Aug 2021Warm hues and winter lights feature in a wide-ranging exhibition of Aboriginal art from around Australia. Included are works by 2021 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award...Read more -
Christmas Salon + Art Parade
7 - 22 Dec 2019Aboriginal art + gifts for ChristmasRead more -
Christmas Salon
Aboriginal Art + Gifts 2 - 18 Dec 2018An new range of paintings, licensed design homewares, carvings, fibre works and more for imaginative Christmas gifts. Featuring beautiful new art cushion covers, bags, teapots, hand creams, soaps,lip balm, salad...Read more
Biography
Ada Pula Beasley is an Alyawarr speaker born at Ampilatwatja in 1959. She currently resides in the remote community of Epenara, 250 km south east of Tennant Creek in Central Australia. Ada started painting in 2012 and is well known for her depicting the beautiful, layered landscape of her Alyawarr country. The landscapes encompass all Dreaming's associated with her traditional country. Ada is interested in preserving her culture and teaching the younger artists about country - keeping alive the knowledge of the elders, knowing when and where to go hunting and gathering, bush medicines, locations of 'soakage's' (water), travelling with family for ceremonies, and maintaining a connection with the land. Ada is sister to artist Michelle Holmes and daughter to artist Jilly Holmes.
