Alma Nungarrayi Granites (1955–2017), a Warlpiri woman, was an Australian artist. She lived at Yuendumu, and was known for painting Yanjirlpirri,note 1 Star Dreaming.1
Works
Her works are held in the collections of Artbank (Untitled),2 the Holmes à Court Gallery (Yanjirlpirri or Napaljarri-warnu Jukurrpa diptych, and Yanjirlpirri or Napaljarri-warnu Jukurrpa),3 the San Antonio Museum of Art (Yanjirlpirri Jukurrpa),4 the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia (Napaljarri-warnu Jukurrpa [Seven Sisters Dreaming] 2011) and the Australian Museum.5
Exhibitions
Granites' work has been exhibited at the Holmes à Court Gallery (Stardust Memories, group),3 and the San Antonio Museum of Art (Of Country and Culture: The Lam Collection of Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art, group).4
References
References
- Scott Mitchell (2016). ""To the city for dancing": The Women Artists collection and the birth of commercial art practice at Yuendumu". A Cultural Cacophony: Museum Perspectives and Projects (PDF). Museums Galleries Australia (NSW). pp. 86–102. ISBN 9781741384499. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- "Alma Nungarryi Granites Untitled, 1988". artbank.gov.au. Artbank. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- Stardust Memories (exhibition catalogue) (PDF). Holmes a Court Gallery. 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- "Past Exhibition: Of Country and Culture: The Lam Collection of Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art". samuseum.org. San Antonio Museum of Art. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- Michelle Van Doninck (17 December 2014). "Same jukurrpa same country". australian.museum. Australian Museum. Retrieved 31 March 2022.