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Dickie MinyintiriWati-ku inma tjukurpa, 2014Acrylic on linen280 x 175 cm$ 178,000.00 -
Dickie MinyintiriMalukutjina, 2009Acrylic on linen75 x 75 cm$ 7,000.00
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Dickie MinyintiriUntitled, 2007Acrylic on linen117 x 140 cm$ 12,000.00
Dickie Minyintiri was (at his time of passing) one of the most senior Anangu Pitjantjatjara men, and is therefore one of the most significant and important artists from this region.
He was born at Pilpirinyi, Western Australia, near the border with South Australia in about 1915 . He is a highly respected Ngangkari (Traditional Healer) and senior Law Man. At his time of passing in 2015 he was the oldest man in Ernabella, and the Elders of the community say, ‘He’s our number one man. Top one!’ He was both endeared and revered by the whole community.
When his family first came to Ernabella, before the mission days, they were the first people here, and Dickie is able to point out landmarks such as rocky outcrops, waterholes and caves where his family camped. He also remembers the first ‘whitefella’ coming to Ernabella, the first building and the entire establishment of the Ernabella Mission. He remembers the shock of seeing the first sheep and
goats, which were to become a big part of his life as he spent many years working hard as a shearer and a shepherd.
Dickie began painting at Ernabella Arts Inc in late 2005. His work has a strong, raw edge that tells the story of his life in pre-contact times, his position in ceremony, and how it is used to protect the ancestral beings of his country (namely the rock wallaby, kangaroo, euro, stone curlew and emu).
Dickie rose to national prominence in 2011, on winning the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award (the Telstras).
Group Exhibitions
2016 Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre - Nganampa Kililpil: Our Stars
2014 Touring exhibition ARTKELCH @ ARTKELCH, Freiburg, @ Staatliches Völkerkundemuseum, München, @ARTKELCH Collectors Lounge, Schorndorf, @ Fabrik der Künste, Hamburg und @ Draenert Orangerie, Immenstaad (Lake Constance), Germany - PRO COMMUNITY – Eastern APY Lands
2014 ARTKELCH @ art Karlsruhe 2014, Karlsruhe, Germany - art Karlsruhe 2014
2014 Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealnd - My Country: Contemporary Art from Black Australia
2014 Touring Freiburg, Munich, Hamburg and Bodensee, Germany - Eastern APY Lands: ArtKelch
2013 Aboriginal and Pacific Art Gallery, Sydney NSW - Putitja: From Spinifex Country
2013 Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane QLD - My Country, I Still Call Australia Home: Contemporary Art from Black Australia
2013 Harvey Art Projects, Idaho USA - Nyinnga: The Cold Time of the Year
2013 Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne VIC - Dickie Minyintiri, Pantjiti Lionel, Derek Thompson
2013 Australian High Commission, Singapore - Australian Vision, NAIDOC 2013
2012 ARTKELCH, Freiburg, Germany - East Side Stories
2012 Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne VIC - Uwankara Kurunpa Kutju-Tjara
2012 Redot Fine Art Gallery, Singapore - Tjukurpa Mulapa
2012 Outstation Gallery, Darwin NT - Tjamuku Kamiku Tjukurpa
2012 Short St Gallery, Broome WA - One Song, Different Tune
2012 Aboriginal and Pacific Art Gallery stand at MAF - Melbourne Art Fair
2012 Aboriginal and Pacific Art Gallery, Sydney NSW - Kapi Ukalinganyi
2012 Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs NT - Desert Mob
2011 Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney NSW - Tjukurpa nyangatja ngananala unngu ngaranyi
2011 Marshall Arts, Adelaide SA - Tjukurpa Irititja, Walka Kuwaritja
2011 Short St Gallery, Broome WA - Ngura Kutju, Tjukurpa Pulkatjara
2011 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne VIC - Living Water: Contemporary Art of the Far Western Desert
2011 Chapman Gallery, Canberra ACT - Kuwari - Ernabella Arts Now
2011 Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs NT - Desert Mob
2011 Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin NT - 28th NATSIAA
2010 South Australian Museum, Adelaide SA - Tjukurpa Pulkatjara
2010 Chapman Gallery, Canberra ACT - Recent Paintings
2010 JamFactory Contemporary Craft & Design, Adelaide SA - Ngayuku Ngura
2010 Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney NSW - Kayili and Ernabella 2010
2010 Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs NT - Desert Mob
2010 South Australian Art Gallery, Adelaide SA - Desert Country
2010 RAFT Artspace, Alice Springs NT - APY & NPY Lands Survey Exhibition
2010 raft ArtSpace, Alice Springs NT - A Wati-Ku Show
2010 Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin NT - 27th NATSIAA
2009 ABORIGINAL & PACIFIC ART, Sydney, NSW - Nyangatja nganampa Tjukurpa (These are our stories)
2009 Randell Lane Fine Art, Perth WA - Masterstroke
2009 THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, Crawley, WA - Indigenous Art + Law + Healing
2009 ARALUEN CENTRE, Alice Springs, NT - Desert Mob
2008 ADELAIDE FESTIVAL CENTRE, Adelaide, SA - SA Impressions
2008 INDIGENART, Perth, WA - Nganampa Tjukurpa (Our stories)
2008 ARALUEN CENTRE, Alice Springs, NT - Desert Mob
2007 TANDANYA, Adelaide SA - Treasures of the Spirit
Awards
2012 Finalist, Togart Contemporary Art Award
2011 Overall winner, National Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Art Award (the Telstras)
2010 Cumpston, Nici w Patton, Barry. Desert Country Art Gallery of South Australia p.186-187,198
2010 Ananguku Arts. Tjukurpa Pulkatjara. The Power of the Law Wakefield Press p 72-73
2011 Rothwell, Nicolas. Never too old to start painting. The Australian, August 15, 2011
2011 Ryan, Judith. Living Water: Contemporary Art of the Far Western Desert NGV p 9, 28
2011 Wilson, Ashleigh. Novice Dickie Minyintiri at 96 puts his mark on Indigenous art The Australian, August 12, 2011
2011 ORiordan, Maurice. Ernabella Arts Australian Art Collector, p 200-203
2011 Lee, Jody. Watiku Workshop. Minyma Wiya! The Journal of Australian Ceramics, November 2011, p 69 - 71
2011 ORiordan, Maurice. A Man with a Huge History, Australian Art Collector, p 164 - 169
2012 Raffan, Jane. Power+Colour. New Painting from the Corrigan Collection of 21st Century Aboriginal Art MacMillan,
Melbourne. P 18,19,157,347
2014 ARTKELCH, Robyn Kelch: Eastern APY Lands, exhibition catalogue Pro Community 2014, Freiburg, Germany