BETTY (LAKI KUNTIWA) PUMANI
© Mimili Maku
Sprache: Yankunytjatjara, Pitjantjatjara
Region: Mimili (Eastern APY Lands), South Australia Geboren: 1963
Betty wurde im Busch in der Nähe von Perentie Bore, ungefähr 30 km von der Gemeinde Mimili entfernt, geboren. Ihre Mutter war Milatjari Pumani und ihr Vater Sam Pumani (beide verstorben). Sams Land liegt in der Nähe von Watarru in den APY Lands. Bettys Großeltern mütterlicherseits waren King Everard (Nyapi) und Mantjangka Everard. Betty hat drei Brüder, Ken, Luey und Apada, und eine Schwester, Ngupulya. Sie alle leben in Mimili. Betty ist mit Litja Brown aus Mimili verheiratet. Sie haben zwei Kinder, Marina und Max.
Betty arbeitete zunächst im Gemeindeladen im Ort und anschließend als ngangkari (traditionelle Heilerin) in der Klinik von Mimili. Später war sie als Lehrerin an der Mimili Anangu School tätig. Sie hat 2007 ange- fangen, im Kunstzentrum von Mimili Maku zu malen. Bettys Werke stellen Antara dar, eine Zeremonienstätte nordwestlich der Gemeinde Mimili und das Heimatland ihrer Mutter.
AUSZEICHNUNGEN
2015 Finalist Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth Cultural Centre, Perth, Western Australia
2015 32nd Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award – General Painting Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Northern Territory
2016 33rd Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award – General Painting Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Northern Territory
2017 Wynne Prize 2017 – 1. Platz, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales
2018 Finalist 35th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Northern Territory
2018 Finalist Wynne Prize 2018, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2018 Finalist Hadley’s Art Prize, Galleries at Hadley’s Orient Hotel, Hobart, Tasmanien
2019 Finalist 36th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Northern Territory
2019 Finalist Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2019 Len Fox Painting Award – 1. Platz, Castlemaine Art Museum, Castlemaine, Victoria
2020 Finalist 37th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Northern Territory
2021 Finalist Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales
SAMMLUNGEN
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australien Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australien Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Australien
Castlemaine Art Museum, Castlemaine, Australien Artbank, Australien
The Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra, Australien The Corrigan Collection, Sydney, Australien
Levi Kaplan Collection, Seattle, USA
Aboriginal Art Museum, Utrecht, Niederlande
EINZELAUSSTELLUNGEN
2011 Betty Pumani (mit Robert Fielding), A.P. Bond Art Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia 2019 Nganampa Walytja – Our Family, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
2018 Malaku Angkupai Antaraku – Always Returning to Antara, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria 2020 Betty Kuntiwa Pumani (mit Marina Pumani Brown), Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
AUSGEWÄHLTE GRUPPENAUSSTELLUNGEN IN AUSTRALIEN
2010 Piiny- Piinypa Tjukurpa, Raft Artspace, Alice Springs, Northern Territory 2010 Mimili Maku Arts, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Victoria
2011 Mimili Maku Arts, A.P. Bond Art Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia
2011 Tjukuritja Kunpu Kanyitjaku: Keeping Stories strong, Aboriginal & Pacific Arts, Sydney, New South Wales
2011 Nganampa Paintingku Nyuwana, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Victoria 2011 The Desert Mob Art Show, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, Northern Territory 2012 Tjukurpa Kunpu, A.P. Bond Art Gallery, Adelaide South Australia
2012 Kapi Warku, Aboriginal & Pacific Arts, Sydney, New South Wales 2012 Mimili Maku Alinytjara, Outstation Gallery, Darwin, Northern Territory
2012 The Desert Mob Art Show, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, Northern Territory 2012 Wapar – Yankunytjatjara Dreaming, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Victoria 2013 Mimili Maku 2013, Tunbridge Gallery, Margaret River, Western Australia
2013 Antara, Aboriginal & Pacific Arts, Sydney, New South Wales 2013 Pira Mimi, Outstation Gallery, Darwin, Northern Territory
2013 APY lands survey exhibition, Outstation Gallery, Darwin, Northern Territory 2013 Kinara Pulkapakani, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Victoria
2014 The Desert Mob Art Show, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
2014 Mimili Maku – Nganampa Wangka (our voice), Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Victoria 2014 Tjina Kuwaritja – Fresh Tracks, Aboriginal & Pacific Arts, Sydney, New South Wales
2014 Uwankara nganana Mimili Maku Arts – Together we are Mimili Maku Arts, Outstation Gallery, Darwin, Northern Territory
2015 Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth Cultural Centre, Perth, Western Australia
2015 32nd Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Northern Territory
2015 The Desert Mob Art Show, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, Northern Territory 2015 Ngunytju Kurunpa – Mother Spirit, Outstation Gallery, Darwin, Northern Territory 2015 Putinguru Urukuta – Desert to the Sea, Short Street Gallery, Broome, Western Australia 2015 Tjintu Kuli – Summer Day, Aboriginal & Pacific Arts, Sydney, New South Wales
2016 Tjilpi munu Pampaku Tjukurpa Kunpu Kanyintjaku, Raft Artspace, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
2016 Kantilya ngaranytjaku. Kuranyukutu nyakunytjaku. Staying Strong. Looking Forward., Outstation Gallery, Darwin, Northern Territory
2016 33rd Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Northern Territory
2016 The Desert Mob Art Show, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, Northern Territory 2016 Nyakula Kulini – Look, Listen, Aboriginal & Pacific Arts, Sydney, New South Wales
2016 Nganampa Kililpil: Our Stars, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre, Gymea, New South Wales
2017 Artists of the APY Art Centres, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
2017 Wynne Prize 2017, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales
2017 Sydney Contemporary, Alcaston Gallery @ Carriageworks, Sydney, New South Wales
2017 Nganampa Manta Lipiwanu: Our Expensive Land, Aboriginal & Pacific Arts, Sydney, New South Wales
2017 Tarnanthi. Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia
2018 Wynne Prize 2018, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales
2018 Sydney Contemporary, Alcaston Gallery @ Carriageworks, Sydney, New South Wales 2018 Art of the APY Art Centres, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
2018 Hadley’s Art Prize, Galleries at Hadley’s Orient Hotel, Hobart, Tasmanien
2018 Nganampa Ngura Kurunjara – The Place of our Spirit, OLSEN, Sydney, New South Wales
2018 35th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Northern Territory
2019 Len Fox Painting Award, Castlemaine Art Museum, Castlemaine, Victoria
2019 36th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Northern Territory
2019 Wynne Prize 2019, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales
2020 37th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of 2020 Kinara Mimi, Raft Artspace, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
2021 The National 2021, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, New South Wales 2021 Wynne Prize 2021, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales
AUSGEWÄHLTE GRUPPENAUSSTELLUNGEN INTERNATIONAL
2012 Ngura Puti (Bush Home) – A Collection of Fine Mimili Maku Aboriginal Art, ReDot Fine Art Gallery, Singapur
2014 art Karlsruhe 2013, Karlsruhe, Deutschland
2014 PRO COMMUNITY – Eastern APY Lands, Wanderausstellung ARTKELCH @ ARTKELCH, Frei- burg im Breisgau, @ Staatliches Völkerkundemuseum, München, @ ARTKELCH Collectors Lounge, Schorndorf bei Stuttgart, @ Fabrik der Künste, Hamburg und @ Draenert Orangerie, Immenstaad (Bodensee), Deutschland
2015 Ausblick – Einblick, ARTKELCH, Freiburg i. Br., Deutschland
2015 art Karlsruhe 2015, ARTKELCH @ art Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Deutschland
2015 Tjukurpa Kunpu – Strong Culture: USA Holiday Season 2015-2016, Harvey Art Projects, Idaho, USA
2015 - Neue Bilder – Malerei der Aborigines, KUNSTWERK, Eberdingen-Nussdorf bei Stuttgart, 2016 Deutschland
2017 Farben der Wüste, ARTKELCH @ Teppichhaus Jordan, Waldshut-Tiengen, Deutschland 2017 FINALISTS. 1997 – 2017, ARTKELCH, Freiburg i. Br., Deutschland
2017 Tjukurpa Kunpu Ngaranytjaku, Aboriginal Signature, Brüssel, Belgien 2017 ST’ART 2017, ARTKELCH @ ST’ART, Straßburg, Frankreich
2018 Antara, Harvey Art Projects, Idaho, USA
2020 Kulata Tjuta, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, Rennes, Frankreich
LITERATUR
Rothwell, Nicolas: One desert star brighter than rest, in: The Australian, 21. Oktober 2013, Sydney, Australien, 2013
ARTKELCH, Robyn Kelch: Eastern APY Lands, Ausstellungskatalog Pro Community 2014, Freiburg, Deutschland, 2014
James, Diana, u. Tregenza, Elizabeth: Ngintaka, Ausstellungskatalog, Adelaide, Australien, 2014
Art Gallery of Western Australia: Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards 2015, Perth, Australien, 2015 Kunstwerk, Sammlung Alison und Peter W. Klein: Hängung # 14: Neue Bilder – Malerei der Aborigines, Ausstellungskatalog, Eberdingen-Nussdorf, Deutschland, 2015
Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre: Nganampa Kililpil: Our Stars – Art from the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands, Ausstellungsflyer, Sydney, Australien, 2016
Raft Artspace & Mimili Maku: Tjilpi Munu Pampaku Tjukurpa Kunpu Kanyintjaku, Ausstellungskatalog, Alice Springs, Australien, 2016
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, 35th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Ausstellungskatalog, Darwin, 2018
Araluen Art Centre: Desert Mob 2018, Ausstellungskatalog, Alice Springs, Australien, 2018
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, 36th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Ausstellungskatalog, Darwin, 2019
Castlemaine Art Museum: Len Fox Painting Award 2019, Ausstellungskatalog, Castlemaine, Australien, 2019
Stand: Mai 2021
