"Minyma mamu tjuta"
Naomi Kantjuriny is a respected community Elder and a steady leading presence at Tjala Arts in Amata on the AαΉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY Lands), South Australia, where she has worked since 2001.
An excellent hunter, basket-maker and wood carver, she is also a ngangkari (traditional healer) specialising in women’s and children’s health. Ngangkari provide treatments for the mind, body and spirit.
Kantjuriny works across painting and drawing. In this work, Minyma mamu tjuta, she depicts mamu (good and bad spirits). Mamu are mainly harmful – evil spirits, monsters or an illness. They come in diο¬erent forms and with varying powers. They can also be good spirits, helping and looking after people and children.
Tjala Arts, 2024
Kantjuriny works across painting and drawing. In this work, Minyma mamu tjuta, she depicts mamu (good and bad spirits). Mamu are mainly harmful – evil spirits, monsters or an illness. They come in diο¬erent forms and with varying powers. They can also be good spirits, helping and looking after people and children.
Tjala Arts, 2024
"Mamu" is the Winner of Sulman Prize 2024.
The Sulman Prize is awarded annually for the best subject painting, genre painting or mural project by an Australian artist.
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