Details of Pauline Sunfly
About
Pauline is the daughter of the famous Balgo painters, Sunfly Tjampitjin and Bai Bai Napangarti, from whom she has inherited many Tjukurrpa (Dreamtime) stories. Pauline learnt to paint from years of watching her father. She is an extremely competent young painter who boldly recreates many significant stories with technical precision.
Pauline was born at the old Balgo Mission hospital and was educated through the mission school. She recalls working in the kitchen, the laundry and clearing the grounds of the mission. She has spent some time in Fitzroy Crossing and has visited Broome and Alice Springs, but otherwise ha remained at Balgo with her young family. Pauline is a dedicated and talented painter who produces graphic and powerful paintings.
MEDIUM
Professional acrylic on canvas and linen
THEMES
Tjukurrpa Story - creation of two snakes
Dingo
Emu
Wati Kutjarra - two mythical goanna men
Luurnpa - ancestral kingfisher
Sacred body designs
SOLO EXHIBTIONS
2007 Pauline Sunfly, Vivienne Anderson Gallery, Melbourne, Vic
2000 Michael Mutji and Pauline Sunfly, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, Vic
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 Balgo Surbey, ReDot Gallery, Singapore
2010 Ingalimpa Tjuntu - Singing Songs - We Sing the Country and that's how we find the way', ReDot Fine Art Galleries, Audi Forum Building, Tokyo
2009 Pauline Sunfly and Bai Bai Napangarti, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne
2009 Balgo Survey: Art from Balgo, OUtstation, Darwin
2008 Balgo 2008, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
2008 Wirrimanu: Aboriginal Art from Balgo, Outstation, Darwin
2008 Balgo Surbey, ReDot Gallery, Singapore
2007 Best of the Best, Framed Gallery, Darwin
2007 8 x 3, Scott Livesey Gallery, Melbourne
2007 Desert Mob, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs
2007 Survey, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
2007 Survey, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane
2007 Survey, Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs
2007 Survey, William Mora Gallery, Melbourne
2006 Survey, Raft, Darwin
2006 Survey, Scott Livesey Gallery, Melbourne
2004 Balgo 404, Warlayirti Artists, Balgo
2002 Balgo, Fremantle Arts Centre, Perth
2002 Big Colour My Country, Thornquest Gallery, Gold Coast
2001 L'art des Aborigines d'Australie, Am Gallery, Paris, France
2001 L'art des Aborigines d'Australie, Musee des Beaux Arts de Vienne, Vienna, Austria
2001 Yvonnou Balgo Exhibition, AMG Gallery, Paris
2001 Past Modern: an exhibition of Kimberley Landscapes, Short St. Gallery @ Australia Square,
Sydney, NSW
2000 All About Art Show, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, Vic
2000 Peintures des Aborigenes d'Australie, Palais des Congres et des Expositions, Paris, France
2000 Balgo Hills Aboriginal Paintings, Bett Gallery, Hobart, Tas
1998 Painting Country, Pearlers Row Gallery, Broome, WA
1997 Big Balgos: Recent Paintings by Warlayirti Artists, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, NSW
1997 New Paintings from Balgo Artists, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne, Vic
1997 New Paintings by Balgo Women, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne, Vic
1997 Dreamings, Arnhem, The Netherlands
1996 Songlines XV: Balgo Hills, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, UK
COLLECTIONS
Artbank
Gallery of Moden Art (Brisbane), Indigenous Collection, Brisbane
Kelton Foundation
Williams Collection
Aboriginal Art Museum, Utrcht, the Netherladns
Williams Collection
AWARDS
2007 Nominee, Telstra Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Awards
2008 Nominee for the Kate Challis Raka Award 2008, Ian Potter Gallery, Melbourne
Bibliography
McCulloch, S. The World from a Feminine Perspective, The Australian, 25 March 2002
Artworks of Pauline Sunfly
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