Johannes KATAKARINJA - Tribal Country West MacDonnells

Johannes KATAKARINJA - Tribal Country West MacDonnells

1996, 19 x 26cm ADG:1365

ADG: 1365

Description

Tribal Country - West MacDonnells, 1996

19 x 26cm, Watercolour on paper (archival artists board)

 

Johannes KATAKARINJA - Biography

Born 1956

Language Western Arrernte

Community Hermannsburg

Subjects Central desert landscapes, MacDonnell Ranges, Palm Valley, Ghost Gum Trees, Witchetty trees

Johannes Katakarinja was born in 1956 and is the youngest of seven children. Johannes learnt to paint as a boy from his grandfather, the famous artist Walter Ebatarinja (1915-1968). Together they journeyed out on country to paint landscapes at picturesque valleys, gorges and sites including Palm Valley. Like his grandfather, Johannes paints in a traditional regional style referred to as the Hermannsburg School. Johannes currently lives in Alice Springs and travels to his homeland of Hermannsburg regularly.

Exhibitions

2012 Damian Minton Gallery, Sydney, NSW

2012 The Lockup, Newcastle, NSW

2012 Regional Art Gallery, Burnie, TAS

2012 Art Mob, Launceston, TAS

2012 Art Mob, Hobart, TAS

2012 Frankston Arts Centre, Frankston, VIC

2012 Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, SA

2012 Talapi Gallery, Alice Springs, NT

2012 Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, NT

Commissions

Johannas was commissioned to paint the mural at Hermannsburg Finke River Mission Store.

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