Virginia Galarla
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About the Artist
Artwork is accompanied by Munupi Artists Certificate of Authenticity/Provenance
DOB: 10/10/1951
Father's Country: Pupatuwu, Bathurst Island
Mother's Country: Marrikawuyanga, Melville Island
Skin: Mosquito
Language: Tiwi
Dreaming: Kapala (Sailing Boat)
Virginia Galarla was born in 1951 at Wurrumiyanga. Her maiden name was Pangiraminni. She went to the Catholic primary and high school at Wurrumiyanga.
When she turned 18 she got a job at the health centre and in 1972 she transferred to the Leproseum at East Arm in Darwin. In 1973 she got married and went to Maningrida with her husband for 1 year.
In 1974 they returned to Wurrumiyanga where they had 5 children. The family moved to Pirlangimpi in 1979. After her family grew up she returned to work at the Health Centre in Pirlangimpi until she retired in 2010.
When Virginia retired she was sitting at home making baskets as she didn't know about the Art Centre until 2104 when she joined and started to paint.
Her paintings depicting seasons, ceremonies, bush foods, bush medicine, insects and ceremonial objects have continued to evolve and are highly sought after.
Selected Exhibitions
2023
• Art of Tiwi Artists of Munupi- Tarnanthi Festival
• Aiarts Gallery, Belair, SA
2022
• Finalist - National Emerging Artists Prize - Michael Reid, Art Bar, Chippendale, NSW
• Ngininguwula Kurrujipuni; Our Own Tiwi Ochre Colours - Darwin Hilton Double Tree, NT
• Line In Parallel - Artitja Fine Art Gallery, South Fremantle, WA
• Tiwi Creation, Cooee Art, Redfern, NSW
• Rotary Club Victor Harbor Art Show 2023, Victor Harbor, SA
2021
• Tiwi Papers - Tarnanthi Festival, Art Gallery of South Australia
• Yirrinkirripwoja Jilamara, Darwin Hilton Double Tree, NT
2020
• Tiwi Islands to Arnhemland – Munupi, Maningrinda, Artitja Fine Art Gallery, South Fremantle, WA
2016
• Point Of Difference - Desert to Sea, Artitja Fine Arts at Engine Room, Perth, WA
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