Kitty Kantilla

Country/Region: Australia (view other artists)

Tribe: Tiwi Language Group

Village: Milikapita, Melville Island

Born in 1928 Aboriginal artist Kitty Kantilla is from Yimpinari country on Melville Island. During the 1970’s she moved to Bathurst Island, the smaller of the two Tiwi Islands to live in her mother’s country. It was here that she began working as an artist, initially as a carver.

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