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Tjunkaya Tapaya OAM: Nyuyuntja

Stoking of the fire, keeping the fire alive

Adele Sliuzas, Anne Thompson

Tjunkaya Tapaya OAM: Nyuyuntja: Stoking of the fire, keeping the fire alive is the sixth book in the annual series of JamFactory ICON monograph publications. The JamFactory ICON series of exhibitions was launched in 2013 to celebrate the many highly acclaimed and influential South Australian artists working in craft-based media.

A prominent Pitjantjatjara Elder, Tjunkaya Tapaya OAM (1937-2025) was one of the most accomplished artists associated with Australia's highly acclaimed and longest running Aboriginal art centre, Ernabella Arts.

Tjunkaya worked across many media, including ceramics, tjanpi weaving, punu (wood), print-making and painting, and was a key figure among the Tjanpi Desert Weavers. In 2018 she received the Gladys Elphick Award for Lifetime Achievement for her commitment to the arts and her community, and in 2020 she was awarded an Order of Australia.

The publication features essays by Anne Thompson, Ernabella Arts Co-Chair, and Adele Sliuzas, alongside Tjunkaya's personal narration of the central story of her work and her being: Kungkarangkalpaku Tjukurpa, the story of the Seven Sisters. Visually rich, the book features stunning photography of Tjunkaya, her work and her Country by Connor Patterson.

This publication honours Tjunkaya Tapaya OAM's extraordinary legacy, sharing her work and her story to keep the fire alive.

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Adele Sliuzas is an arts writer, curator and textile artist. Adele is Assistant Curator at JamFactory (South Australia), and also the Visual Arts Curator at The Mill. Adele has also contributed to artist-led projects including their role as Writer Coordinator for Neoterica 2024 and curator for the 2014 Grid Festival. Their practice includes working alongside artists, developing dialogue about contemporary art, and creating work. They have contributed to arts publications including Artlink, Fine Print, Runway, Art and Australia and Un.

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Anne Nginyangka Thomson is a Pitjantjatjara who grew up on her family's homeland near Pukatja/Ernabella community on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in the far north of South Australia. Anne's father was an integral part of the APY Land Rights movement and her mother, Carlene Thompson, is a senior Ernabella artist. Anne made ceramics in high school and then graduated to the Ernabella Arts ceramic studio. Anne has twice won the prestigious SAM Indigenous Ceramic Art Award and in 2023 she won the 3D Award at the Telstra NATSIA Awards. She sits on the boards of Ernabella Arts and Ku Arts and is a strong voice and advocate for the APY community.

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ISBN   9780648329008
CATEGORIES: ,
IMAGES   Full colour throughout
PAGE COUNT   122
DIMENSIONS   225 x 190 mm