Artiste : Nancy Marie Kerinauia

Titre de l'œuvre : Jilamara (body paint design)

Pigments naturels sur toile de lin Belge

Format : 120 × 90 cm

Provenance et certificat : centre d'art aborigène de Jalimara (Tiwi Island)

Référence de la peinture : 275-24

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© Photo : Aboriginal signature with the courtesy of the artist & Jilamara Art centre (Tiwi Island)

Explications pour cette œuvre :

Nancy Marie Kerinauia (1991) began working at Jilamara in 2018. She always wanted to join the art centre as she has strong family ties to many artists who have worked in Milikapiti and enjoyed successful careers at the art centre. Her grandfather was Black Joe and her mother Katrina Kerinauia, both have passed away but remain well known for their artwork.

Nancy is quickly establishing herself as a young and talented emerging artist at Jilamara Arts. She often paints using the kayimwagakimi – a hand crafted ironwood comb used to apply rows of dots instead of a stick or brush. She has a very fine style of jilamara (Tiwi body paint design) and applies this alongside images of her clan totems to create contemporary new work.

This painting deals about all jilamara (design) which are originally drawn from the body painting and accompanied the pukumani (funeral) and kulama (ini􀆟a􀆟on/yam) ceremonies.

An individual design and aesthetic is highly valued by Tiwi artists and is representative of their personal interpretation of the traditional Tiwi design or jilamara.

You can find his artworks in the following prestigious collections :
Art Gallery of South Australia
Kluge-Ruhe Art Museum, USA
Private collections