Shirley Puruntatameri
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About the Artist
Artwork is accompanied by Munupi Artists Certificate of Authenticity/Provenance
Born: 1965
Language Group: Tiwi
Region: Tiwi Islands
Skin Group: March Fly
Dance: Buffalo
Shirley Puruntatameri is a respected Tiwi elder and artist born in 1965 on Bathurst Island. After spending her early years in Wurrumiyanga (Bathurst Island), Shirley attended St. Therese’s School in the mid-1980s before later moving to Pirlangimpi, where she raised her six children.
Once her children were grown, Shirley began working with Munupi Arts, contributing her strong cultural knowledge and connection to Country to her creative practice. Her artworks reflect Tiwi design traditions and the ceremonial stories she carries as an elder within her community.
Shirley’s work is held in significant public and private collections, including the Art Gallery of South Australia. Her contributions help preserve and continue the visual traditions of Tiwi culture through both painting and dance.
Selected Group Exhibitions
• 2018 – One Island One Side, Yati Ratuwati Yatuwati, Art Aborigène des Îles Tiwi; Aboriginal Signature, Brussels, Belgium
• 2016 – Point of Difference: Desert to Sea, Artitja Fine Art at Engine Room, Perth, WA
Collections
• Art Gallery of South Australia
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Western Australia, 6743 Australia
