Janice Stanley Pitjantjatjara, b. 13/12/1987

Works
  • Janice Stanley, Pantu (Salt Lake), 2026
    Janice Stanley
    Pantu (Salt Lake), 2026
    acrylic on canvas
    120 x 120 cm
    47 1/4 x 47 1/4 in
    Reserved
  • Janice Stanley, Pantu (Salt Lake) , 2026
    Janice Stanley
    Pantu (Salt Lake) , 2026
    acrylic on canvas
    98 x 149 cm
    38 5/8 x 58 5/8 in
    Reserved
  • Janice Stanley, Pantu (Salt Lake), 2026
    Janice Stanley
    Pantu (Salt Lake), 2026
    acrylic on canvas
    120 x 90 cm
    47 1/4 x 354 3/8 in
    $ 4,200.00
  • Janice Stanley, Pantu (Salt Lake), 2026
    Janice Stanley
    Pantu (Salt Lake), 2026
    acrylic on canvas
    120 x 90 cm
    47 1/4 x 35 3/8 in
    $ 4,200.00
  • Janice Stanley, Pantu (Salt Lake), 2026
    Janice Stanley
    Pantu (Salt Lake), 2026
    acrylic on canvas
    150 x 120 cm
    59 x 47 1/4 in
    $ 5,800.00
  • Janice Stanley, Pantu (Salt Lake), 2026
    Janice Stanley
    Pantu (Salt Lake), 2026
    acrylic on canvas
    180 x 122 cm
    70 7/8 x 48 in
    $ 6,800.00
  • Janice Stanley, Pantu (Salt Lake), 2026
    Janice Stanley
    Pantu (Salt Lake), 2026
    acrylic on canvas
    180 x 120 cm
    70 7/8 x 47 1/4 in
    $ 6,700.00
  • Janice Stanley, Pantu (Salt Lake), 2026
    Janice Stanley
    Pantu (Salt Lake), 2026
    acrylic on canvas
    120 x 90 cm
    47 1/4 x 35 3/8 in
    $ 4,200.00
  • Janice Stanley, Pantu (Salt lake), 2026
    Janice Stanley
    Pantu (Salt lake), 2026
    acrylic on canvas
    152 x 122 cm
    59 7/8 x 48 in
    $ 5,850.00
  • Janice Stanley, Pantu (Salt lake), 2026
    Janice Stanley
    Pantu (Salt lake), 2026
    acrylic on canvas
    122 x 122 cm
    48 x 48 in
    Reserved
  • Janice Stanley, Pantu (Salt lake), 2026
    Janice Stanley
    Pantu (Salt lake), 2026
    acrylic on canvas
    120 x 91 cm
    47 1/4 x 35 7/8 in
    $ 4,300.00
  • Janice Stanley, Pantu (Salt Lake), 2026
    Janice Stanley
    Pantu (Salt Lake), 2026
    acrylic on canvas
    182 x 121 cm
    71 5/8 x 47 5/8 in
    $ 6,900.00
  • Janice Stanley, Pantu (Salt Lake), 2026
    Janice Stanley
    Pantu (Salt Lake), 2026
    acrylic on canvas
    152 x 122 cm
    59 7/8 x 48 in
    $ 5,850.00
  • Janice Stanley, Pantu (Salt Lake), 2026
    Janice Stanley
    Pantu (Salt Lake), 2026
    acrylic on canvas
    181 x 181 cm
    71 1/4 x 71 1/4 in
    $ 10,500.00
  • Janice Stanley, Pantu (Salt Lake), 2026
    Janice Stanley
    Pantu (Salt Lake), 2026
    acrylic on canvas
    181 x 181 cm
    71 1/4 x 71 1/4 in
    $ 10,500.00
Exhibitions
Biography

Janice Stanley is an innovative third-generation artist from Ernabella Arts in the APY Lands. Her grandmother was founding artist and traditional healer the late Tjariya Stanley and her aunts are senior artists, Alison Milyika Carroll and Renita Stanley. 

Janice's paintings depict Pantu (Salt Lakes ) at Attila (Mt Connor) near Uluru in the APY Lands. Attila is a significant landmark in the Seven Sisters creation story and has been passed down to Janice by her aunt, Renita Stanley. In this part of the story the sisters are walking and traveling south through this country, creating landforms in their wake. The salt lakes that are part of this arid country come alive after rain. As the kapi (water) moves across the land it transforms the colour and light of the land. Janice captures this quality of light, variety of colours and movement of water, as though viewed from above. 

With their luminous hues, unique imagery and fine lines, Janice's paintings have achieved great success in Ernabella Arts' exhibitions across Australia and internationally. Her work is in the collections of the Australian Embassy in Zagreb, the Janet Holmes a Court Collection and the Collection of Australian Parliament House, Canberra.

Janice Stanley is the third generation of Stanley women to create artwork at Ernabella Arts. She is an early career painter and ceramic artist showing great promise.

 

Her grandmother was founding artist and traditional healer Tjariya Stanley and her aunts are senior artists, Alison Milyika Carroll and Renita Stanley. Janice has two children.

 

Janice's paintings depict pantu, or salt lakes near Atilla (Mt Connor). This is a significant location for the Seven Sisters creation story. This story tells of seven sisters running across the country creating landforms in their wake. In her paintings Janice imagines viewing the salt lakes from above.

 

In 2020 she exhibited in Nganampa ngura-nguru nyurampa ngurakutu (From our place to your place) at Aboriginal Signature in Brussels, as well as several national exhibitions. In 2023, Everywhen Art exhibited her alongside Ernabella Arts colleagues at Sydney Contemporary Art Fair.

 

She has been exhibited around Australia and internationally, in Adelaide, Alice Springs, Broome, Freemantle, the Mornington Peninsula, Queenscliff, Sydney and Brussels.

 

Group Exhibitions

2026 At Home with Art: Women’s Show, Everywhen Artspace, Mornington Peninsula, VIC

2026 Ernabella Summer show, Everywhen Artspace, Mornington Peninsula, VIC

2025 The Creation Circle: Aboriginal Art and Time, Art Contemporary, Seattle, WA, USA

2024 From Sand to Stars | Indigenous Australian Art, Art Contemporary, Seattle, WA, USA

2024 Minyma Ku Tjukurpa Ernabella, Everywhen Art. VIC

2024 Colours of Country, Everywhen Art , Whistlewood, VIC

2024 Pattern and Palette, Everywhen Art, at Salt Contemporary, Queenscliff, VIC

2024 Tribute to Our Elders, Aboriginal Signature, Bruxelles, Belgium

2024 From the Sand, Artitja Fine Art, South Fremantle – Mantanguru

2024 H O M E, Everywhen Art at Whistlewood, Mornington Peninsula, VIC

2023 This Land is Me: Australian Aboriginal Art, Art Contemporary, Seattle, WA, USA

2023 Seattle Art Fair: Booth G05, Art Contemporary, Seattle, WA, USA

2023 NextGen Ernabella, Everywhen Artspace at Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, Sydney

2023 Caress the Earth II: Manta Ngura Atuntju Kanyini II, Aboriginal Signature, Bruxelles, Belgium 

2023 The Summer Collector’s Show: Grand Designs, Everywhen Artspace, Mornington Peninsula, VIC

2023 Ernabella Arts: Ceramic Warka Wiru 20 Years-kutu – 20 Year of Creating Ceramics, JamFactory Craft and Desgin Centre, Adelaide, SA

2023 Piryakatu – Springtime, Everywhen Artspace, Mornington Peninsula, VIC

2023 Kungkarangkalpa: Seven Sisters, Michael Reid, Berlin, Germany

2022 Desert Colour, Talapi Gallert, Alice Springs, NT

2022 After the Rain, Yaama Ganu Gallery, Moree, NSW

2022 Inunjti Putija (Desert Colours from Ernabella), Artitja Fine Arts, South Freemantle, WA

2022 Ernabella-Ku Tjukurrpa (Stories from Ernabella), Everywhen Artspace, Mornington Peninsula, VIC

2022 Manta Tjula - Soft Earth, Short St Gallery, Broome, WA 

2021 Renewal, Art Contemporary, Seattle, WA, USA

2021 Caress the Earth: Manta Ngura Atuntju Kanyini, Aboriginal Signature, Bruxelles, Belgium 

2021 Desert Mob 30, Araleun Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT

2021 Spring Salon, Artitja Fine Art, York, WA 

2021 Painting Now: Peindre aujourd’hui en terres aborigènes, IDAIA, Le Havre, France 

2021 Ernabella Arts Group Exhibition, Outstation, Darwin, NT 

2021 Ananyi Nyurakutu- Going Home, Artitja Fine Art Gallery, South Fremantle, WA 

2021 Flying Colours, Talapi Gallery, Alice Springs, NT

2020 Tarnarthi Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art: Open Hands, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 

2020 Nganampa Tjukurpa Ananyi Wilurara (Our Stories Going West), Short Street Gallery, Broome, WA 

2020 Ernabella Arts: About place, Artitja Fine Art, South Fremantle, WA

2020 Nganampa Tjukurpa Ananyi Kakarara (Our Stories Going East), Aboriginal Contemporary, Sydney, NSW 

2020 I know my Country, Artitja Gallery, South Fremantle, WA

2020 Flying Colours, Talapi Gallery, Alice Springs, NT

2020 Nganampa ngura-nguru nyurampa ngurakutu (From our place to your place), Aboriginal Signature, Brussels, Belguim

2020 Summer Salon, Artitja Gallery, South Fremantle, WA 

2019 Desert Mob 2019, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, NT 

2019 Desert Colour featuring Ernabella ceramics, Talapi Gallery, Alice Springs, NT 

2019 An Idea Needing to be Made: Contemporary Ceramics, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Bulleen, VIC 

2019 Uwankara Tjungu (all in), APY Collective Gallery, Adelaide, SA

2019 Anniversary pukulpa. Katu parpakani! (Happy anniversary. Flying high!), APY Collective Gallery, Sydney, NSW 

2018 Hold our connection to country strong for malatja-malatja (future generations), Aboriginal Signature, Brussels, Belguim 

2017 Spirited – Kurunitja, Short Street Gallery, Broome, WA 

2017 Our Country in Clay, Nomad Art, Darwin, NT 

2017 Inuntjii – Regeneration, Aboriginal Signature • Estrangin gallery, Bruxelles, BELGIUM 

2016 Pukatjalanguru kungka tjuta kunpu warkarinytja | Ernabella women: strong work, together, Sabbia Gallery, Paddington NSW 

2016 The Blooming Desert, Talapi Gallery, Alice Springs, NT

2016 Rising Stars 2019: New Directions, Outstation Gallery, Darwin, NT 

 

Collections

Australian Parliament House

 Australian Embassy in Zagreb

Janet Holmes A Court Collection