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 P. Freddy Puruntatameri
Tiwi Language Group
Milikapita, Melville Island,
Patrick Freddy Puruntatameri was born on Melville Island, the larger of the two Tiwi islands, situated off the coast north of Darwin.
Although he is one of the youngest of the practising Tiwi artists, his work has already been widely exhibited, both within Australia and Europe, since 1992.
His paintings depict the body designs used in the Pukamani ceremony, the traditional Tiwi burial ceremony which is one of the cornerstones of the Tiwi peoples' traditional beliefs and are also closely linked to stories of Purrukuparli, the Tiwi mythological ancestor. They are characterised by geometric structures of lines and dots, every line and marking having an important meaning.
These geometric patterns, common to most Tiwi art, often depict sites of stories of mythological significance involving ancestors who were changed into animals or birds. Each Tiwi artist has their own individual interpretation of the designs.
Collections
Museum of Victoria, Melbourne
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
National Maritime Museum, Darling Harbour, Sydney
Group Exhibitions
1991 The Eighth National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
1991 Yinkiti Amintiya Yoi (Food and Ceremony), An Exhibition of Tiwi Dye-Printed Silks and Traditional Ochre Paintings, Crafts Council Gallery, Darwin
1991 Jilamara Milikapiti - Melville Island, Alcaston House Gallery, Melbourne
1992 Ngingingawula Jilamara Kapi Purunguparri (Our Designs on Bark), National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1993 Nginingawula Tiwi Jilamara, All our Tiwi designs, Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
1994 The Eleventh National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
1995 The Twelfth National Aboriginal Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
1996 Tiwi People from Melville Island, Anima Gallery Adelaide
1996 National Aboriginal Heritage Award, Parliament House Canberra ACT
1996 Masterpieces from Milikapiti, Savode Gallery, Brisbane
1996 Etchings & Lino Blocks from Melville Island, Australian Print Workshop Fitzroy Vic
1996 Tiwi People from Melville Island, Anima Gallery Adelaide SA
1997 Old Patterns, Framed Gallery Darwin NT
1997 Old Tiwi Alcaston House Gallery Melbourne Victoria.
1997 Kartukuni Amintiya Jurra (Ironwood and Paper), Hogarth Gallery, Paddington NSW
1998 The Old and the New, Gallery Gondwana Alice Springs NT
1998 & 1999 International Art Fair, Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne
1998 Jilamara, Mossenson Gallery, Subiaco, WA
1999 All About Art, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne
1999 Tiwi on Wood, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne
1999 New Paintings from Milikapiti, Redback Gallery, Brisbane
1999 Art of the Tiwi, Framed Gallery Darwin
2000 This Earth for Us, Commonwealth Institute, London.
2000 From Mythology to the Present, Wuerzburg, Germany
Bibliography
Bennett, J., 1992, Ngingingawala Jilamara kapi purunguparri (Our Bark Paintings), Gallery Monthly Magazine of the National Gallery Society of Victoria, September
Bennett, J., 1992, Ngingingawala Jilamara kapi purunguparri (Our Bark Paintings), Gallery Monthly Magazine of the National Gallery Society of Victoria, September
1991, Yinkiti Amintiya Yoi (Food and Ceremony), exhib. cat., Crafts Council Gallery, Darwin (C)
The Body Tiwi Aboriginal Art from Melville and Bathurst Islands, exhib. cat., The University Gallery, University of Tasmania at Launceston 1993
Art of the Tiwi from the Collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, catalogue, NGV Melbourne 1994
Isaacs, J., Spirit Country Hardie Grant Books, San Francisco 1999
Medium
Painting, ochre on paper, canvas, bark limited edition prints and iron wood carvings
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