Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Artists
Established in 2000, the Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Artists studio is the first in Australia to occupy the intersection between supported studios and Aboriginal Art Centres.
The studio provides a means for Aboriginal artists living with a disability to develop and receive recognition for their artistic practices by providing supported studio spaces, a national exhibition schedule, design contracts, multimedia collaborations, art fairs and art award opportunities.
The Mwerre Anthurre Artists hail from communities across the Central Desert region – from Kaltukatjara (Docker River) to Yuendumu – yet most reside in Mparntwe (Alice Springs). The painting process is an expression of self and connection to home country – an act that upholds personal and cultural identity.
The Mwerre Anthurre Artists developed out of Bindi Enterprises, which was established in 1978 to provide employment and community engagement opportunities to people with disability. In the 1990’s the late Billy Benn Perrurle started his career painting on off-cuts of timber and sheets of metal from the Bindi workshop. From these humble beginnings, the collective grew into an essential and distinctive Aboriginal Art Centre with several artists creating work that is highly sought after by galleries and private collectors alike.
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Artist Profile/s
Adrian Jangala Robertson
Adrian Jangala Robertson was born at Papunya in 1962. He went to school in Papunya and remembers Geoff Bardon as a school teacher and working alongside the early Western Desert painters. Adrian's fathers' country travels from west of Walungurru through Karku at Nyirrpi to Warlurkurlangu at Yuendumu. His father, Jampitjinpa, lived at Mount Doreen close to Yuendumu and later worked at Papunya as a Gardener and Builder. Jampitjinpa is a brother to the late Darby Ross Jampitjinpa, sharing the same mother and father. Adrian's mother is the late Eunice Napangardi, a well known painter herself. It is her country, Yalpirakinu, that Adrian paints.
Adrian joined The Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Artists in 2002. He is a landscape painter and uses a predominantly restricted palette. His paintings consistently refer to the desert mountains, ridges and trees which are part of Yalpirakinu. His brushwork is loaded with energy, drama and memories. He is a deliberate and thoughtful painter; reworking, pushing and pulling the image to completion.
AWARDS
2024 Finalist - The Sulman Prize, Archibald Prize and Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2022 Winner - 2022 42nd Alice Prize - Araluen, Alice Springs
2021 Winner - Artist of the Year - 2021 Mparntwe NAIDOC
2021 Finalist - 2021 Vincent Lingiari Art Award - Ngawa, Ngapa, Kapi, Kwatja, Water
2021 Finalist - 2021 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA - Telstra)
2020 Winner - General Painting Award - 2020 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA - Telstra)
2018 Finalist - 2018 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA - Telstra)
2004 Finalist - 2004 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA - Telstra)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 NGAJU NYANGU WARLALJA, NGAJU NYANGU NGURRA (MY FAMILY, MY COUNTRY) - Redot Gallery - Singapore
2021 Yalpirakinu, Mothers Country - RAFT Artspace - Alice Springs, NT
2018 Paint Country - RAFT Artspace - Alice Springs, NT
2010 RAFT Artspace - Alice Springs, NT