Tipungwuti Jilamara:2007 Natural ochre on paper

Mary Magdalene Tipungwuti
Jilamara 2007
Natural ochre on paper 77 x57cm
Catalogue:514-07

    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.