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Alexandrina Kantilla / Kirimpika (25-323)
SKU: 25-323
80cm x 120cm Ochre on Canvas (sent rolled in a tube)
$1,950.00
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Alexandrina Kantilla / Pupuni Jilamara (25-208)
SKU: 25-208
180cm x 120cm Ochre on Canvas (sent rolled in a tube)
$4,800.00
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About the Artist

Artwork is accompanied by Munupi Artists Certificate of Authenticity/Provenance Born: 1974 Language Group: Tiwi Region: Tiwi Islands Dreaming: Wild Pig (father’s side); Buffalo (mother’s side) Alexandrina Kantilla is a Tiwi artist born in 1974 at Wurrumiyanga on Bathurst Island. Her father’s Wild Pig Dreaming and her mother’s Buffalo Dreaming connect her strongly to her Country, Warnatuwu, and to the ceremonial traditions that underpin much of Tiwi culture. Alexandrina began painting in her twenties, learning by closely watching her family create designs for ceremony. She describes painting as “our way of life,” and her practice reflects this deep cultural grounding. Over the years she has developed a diverse skill set, working in natural ochres on Arches paper, four-colour lino block prints, batik, and textile design. Although she practices across a wide range of mediums, Alexandrina is especially known for her batik silk scarves, created using Drimarine K dyes and Naphthol dyes. Her long, flowing scarves—often featuring intricate Tiwi motifs—have been widely admired and featured in multiple Ngaruwanajirri group exhibitions. They were notably showcased at the Darwin Supreme Court during the Festival of Darwin in 2006 and have continued to appear in national textile exhibitions celebrating Top End fibre and fabric traditions. Alexandrina has worked as an artist with both Munupi and Ngaruwanajirri Arts over many years, developing her practice across the two studios. Her work has been exhibited widely across the Northern Territory, nationally, and in major travelling exhibitions. Selected Exhibitions • 2011 – Ngaruwanajirri: Helping One Another, Charles Darwin University Art Gallery, NT • 2008 – Fabulous Top End Fabrics: Textiles from the Tiwi Islands, Territory Craft, Darwin, NT • 2008 – Ngaruwanajirri – New Works, Alison Kelly Gallery, Richmond, VIC • 2008 – Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Centenary Exhibition, Framed Gallery, Darwin, NT • 2007 – Works on Paper and Canvas, Raft Artspace, Darwin, NT • 2007 – Marakatari Jilimaringa, Framed Gallery, Darwin, NT • 2007 – Yirrinkiripwaja, Ngaruwanajirri Group Exhibition, University of Wollongong, NSW • 2006 – Threading the Commonwealth, Festival of Melbourne, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne • 2006 – Ngaruwanajirri Group Exhibition, Supreme Court, Darwin / Festival of Darwin • 2005 – Ngaruwanajirri Artists at Raft II, Raft Artspace, Darwin, NT • 2002 – Tayikuwapi, Ngaruwanajirri Group Exhibition, Batchelor, NT • 2000–2004 – Pupuni Yinkiti Arimuwu Kapi Winga (Good Food – Sea Food), ArtBack NT Travelling Exhibition

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