KUNTJIL COOPER

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Kuntjil Cooper was born at Irrunytju rockhole sometime around 1920. She spent her early years living a traditional life in the bush of the Western Desert. When she was a teenager she saw whitefellas for the first time; they gave her food, but she thought it was strange stuff and only pretended to eat it, really burying it in the sand.



Exhibitions

2006 Irrunytju Arts: Senior artists from Irrunytju WA, Raft Artspace, Darwin
2006 Tjukurpa Mulapa: True Story – Senior Irrunytju Artists, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne
2006 Senior Irrunytju Artists,  Aboriginal and Pacific Gallery. Sydney
2003 Nganampa Tjukurpa Kunpu, Nganampa Tjukurpa Mulapa, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne
2003 Minyma Pampa Tjutaku Tjukurpa Artplace, Perth
2002 Nganampa Tjukurpa Kunpu, Nganampa Tjukurpa Mulapa, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne Desert Mob Araluen, Alice Springs
2001 Minyma Pampa Tjukurpa (Stories from the old women) Artplace, Perth

 

 

Collections
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
City of Joondalup Council W.A.
National Gallery of Vicroria, Melburne