Artiste : Barbara Mbitjana Moore

Titre de l'œuvre : Ngayuku ngura - My Country

Format : 152,5 x 122 cm

Provenance et certificat : centre d'art aborigène de Tjala Arts

Référence de cette peinture aborigène : 437-20

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Barbara grew up in Ti Tree in the Northern Territory, and moved to Amata to live with her husband. Barbara began to paint at Tjala Arts (formerly Minymaku Arts) in 2003, and is committed to her painting practice, working at Tjala Arts on a daily basis.

Barbara's paintings are highly regarded in the indigenous arts sector, but are also gaining significant success in the in the nonindigenous art world as outstanding contemporary artworks in their own right. Her bold and confident command of large scale canvases, saw her receive the prestigious General Painting Award at the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award (Telstra Prize) in 2012. She has been a multiple finalist at the National Indigenous Art Awards at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory and the Wynne Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

In November 2019 Barbara has her first solo show and residency at the Kluge Ruhe Collection of Aboriginal Art at the University of Virginia. 

Her work has been acquired by major institutions and private collections across Australia and the world :

Art Gallery Of South Australia 
Artbank, Australia
Berengere Primat – Private Collection Switzerland
Corrigan Collection National Gallery Of Australia
Richard Klingler And Jane Slatter Collection 
Bertrand Estrangin collection, Belgium
Collection Voituron, Belgium
National Gallery of Australia
W. & V. Mcgeough Collection