
Mary Magdalene Tipungwuti
Jilamara 2007
Natural ochre on paper 77 x57cm
Catalogue:514-07
- WHITE HOT - Raelene Kerinauia & Mary Magdalene Tipungwuti: 2009
- Earth on Paper 2: 2009
- 80x30: 2008
- Earth on Paper: 2007
D.O.B: 1 December 1935
Clan (Skin): Arrinkuwunila (Stone)
Language: Tiwi
Country: Munupi
Region: Bathurst Island
Medium: Natural ochre and pigment on canvas, paper, bark and printmaking
Dance: Jungle Fowl
Mary Magdalene was born on Bathurst Island and grew up at the Mission at Nguiu. She has carved and painted Pukumani poles for ceremonies. Mary began painting at Jilamara in 2002, painting tungas, bark paintings then works on paper and canvas. Mary Magdalene is the mother of Jilamara carvers John Tipungwuti and Pius Tipungwuti, and aunt-mother to painter Brian Tipungwuti. Her first inclusion in a public exhibition was the 19th NATSIAA at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin in August 2002. Her paintings are loose, free abstract works which relate to body painting and pukumani ceremony designs.






