Kipa Gaindimi

Country/Region: Papua New Guinea (view other artists)

Village: Kambot Village, Keram River, Lower Sepik

Kipa Gaindimi is a master carver originally from Yentchen Village in the Mid Sepik now living in Kambot Village.

Gaindimi is particularly renowned for his carvings on bark. His deeply sculptural storyboards continue to evolve, often relating to daily life in the village, such as the harvest and preparation of sago. His works also play an important role in reinforcing the culture by maintaining a visual presence of mythical heroes and stories of creation.

He also carves very fine model canoes and the traditional ancestral figures from Kambot village featuring mothers and children.

His work is found in international collections in Australia, Canada and the United States.

Public Collections:
William Woods University, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. Storyboard of heroic proportions: twelve feet x six feet, permanent installation in the performing arts centre.

Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, B.C. Canada, unique circular storyboard acquired in 2006.

The Museum of World Cultures, Frankfurt, Germany.2007

Exhibitions:
Ancestral Spirits, The Ceremonial Art of Papua New Guinea. 1989, Gallery of Tribal Art, Vancouver, B.C. Canada.

Saltwater Crocodile,Memory and Myth: 1989, Fran Willis Gallery,Victoria, B.C.

Pieces From Paradise :1992, cohosted by Fran Willis Gallery/ Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, B.C.

Ceremony and Passage: 1996, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, B.C.

Tribal Adornments: 2004, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, B.C.

Rhythms of the Garamut: 2006, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, B.C.

Voices & Visions: 2008, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC

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