Details of Alfonso Puautjimi
About
Dance: Dingo
MEDIA
Natural ochres on Arches paper/canvas
Batik on silk
Lino block design
Watercolour on Canson paper
Alfonso has been painting with the Ngaruwanajirri group since 1997. The subject matter of his paintings are drawn from his environment: Tutini (pukumani poles), carved faces and birds as still life groupings, occassional simplified landscapes and patterns. Alfonso uses bold brush strokes, generous paint application and applies black line over broad areas of colour, finishing with dots and lines in colour. His paint work has a strong textural effect.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006 Alfonso Puautjimi, William Mora Galleries, Richmond, Vic
EXHIBITIONS
2010 KAPALA, Recent Ochre Works on Paper from the Ngaruwanajirri Artists of Bathurst Island", Short St Gallery, Broome, WA
2010 Arampini; Artists from the Tiwi Islands NAS Gallery, National Art School, Darlinghurst, NSW
2010 Ngaruwanajirri, Outstation, Parap, NT
2010 Nomad Art, Canberra, ACT
2009 Alfonso Puautjimi, Lorna Kantilla and Estelle Munkanome, Raft Artspace, Darwin, NT
2008 Tokwampini Tiwi Bird Carvings, Aboriginal & Pacific Art, Sydney, NSW
2008 New Work from the Tiwi Islands, SoMA Galleries, Norwood, SA
2007 Ngaruwanajirri Yikurri, Aboriginal & Pacific Art, Sydney, NSW
2007 Works on Paper and Canvas by Alfonso Puautjimi, Lorna Kantilla and Estelle Munkanome, Raft Artspace, Darwin, NT
2007 Yirrinkiripwaja, FAC Gallery, University of Woollongong, NSW
2007 Works by Alfonso, Lorna Kantilla and Estelle Munkanome, Short St Gallery, Broome, WA
2007 From the Bungalow II: Kimberley & the Top End, Johnston Gallery, Perth, WA
2006 Tiwi Art, Raft Artspace, Darwin, NT
2006 Raft Artspace, Darwin, NT
2006 All the Tiwi Mob, Short st. Gallery, Broome, WA
2006 Ngaruwanajirri Group Exhibititon, Supreme Court, Darwin, NT
2005 Ngaruwanajirri Artists at Raft II, Raft Artspace, Darwin, NT
2005 Ngaruwanajirri, Aboriginal & Pacific Art, Sydney, NSW
2004 The Batchelor Collection, Darwin Supreme Court Foyer, Darwin, NT
2004 Yirrajirrima, Raft Art Space, Darwin, NT
2003 Ngaruwanajirri Yirrara, Aboriginal & Pacfic Art, Sydney, NSW
2002 Ngaruwanajirri, Paintings by Tiwi Artists, Aboriginal & Pacific Art, Sydney, NSW
2002 Tayikuwapi, Coomalie Cultural Centre, Batchelor, NT
COLLECTIONS
The Batchelor Institute Collection, NT
LAM Collection, University of San Antonio, Texas
Charles Darwin University
