Jacinta Awentajerre Numina Napananka

• Born: 19.8.65
• Region: Utopia, Centeral Desert
• Outstation: Atnangkere
• Language Block: Arandic
• Language: Anmatyerre, Kayte, Alyawarra and English

Jacinta was born at Stirling Station, Central Australia and is niece to the world acclaimed Petvarre sisters from Utopia. In the early eighties she started painting with a group of women elders from the Utopia region. The central theme of her artwork related to her knowledge of the Anmatyerre (Women's) Law and her country. Jacinta mainly paints on canvas, but she has also painted artifacts such as shields, coolamons and didgeridoos.

In 1996, Jacinta moved to Darwin to formally study art at Charles Darwin University and completed her Associate Degree in Art and Design in 2003. The next year saw Jacinta complete her traineeship in printmaking after which she was appointed as a full-time printmaker at Northern Editions. She has since held administrative roles in the NT Government and was a Gallery assistant at Aboriginal Bush Traders.

Collections
Charles Darwin University, Darwin NT
Bond University Art Collection, Queensland
Numerous private collections throughout Australia and Overseas

Formal Artistic Training

• 1991 - 1994: Attended a course in General Studies at School of Indigenous Knowledge (formerly CAIS), Charles Darwin
  University, Darwin, NT
• 1995 - 1996: Completed Certificate in Textile Art, Nungalinya College, Darwin, NT
• 1997 - 2000: Completed Diploma of Fine Arts at the School of Art and Design, now School of Creative Arts and Humanities, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT
• 2001 - 2003: Completed Associote Degree in Arts and Design, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT
• 2009: Conducted courses in painting and printmaking at both Kick Arts (Diumbuji Press), Cairns, QLD, and West Cape Indigenous Arts Hub, Weipa, QLD

Exhibitions/Work

• 2018: Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat VIC, BOAA Biennial of Australian Art
• 2010: Emu Apple Gallery, Brisbane QLD and In Print, Charles Darwin University, Darwin NT
• 2007: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra ACT, 6th Australian Print Symposium
• 2006: Hibiscus, Sydney NSW, NAIDOC Week, Indigenous Art Exhibition
• 2004: Bond University, QLD, Commissioned as artist of corporate gifts, etchings
• 2004: Government House, Darwin NT, guest speaker to visiting ministers and Ambassadors
• 2003: Charles Darwin University, Darwin NT, School of Creative Arts and Humanities, Graduate Show
• 2000: Darwin City Mall, Darwin NT, NAIDOC week, Exhibition Darwin
• 2000: Eura Aboriginal College, Sydney NSW, One Mob
• 2000: Northern Editions (Prints), Charles Darwin University, NT
• 2000: Commissioned by Morrissy fashion label, Sydney NSW, for Women's Dreaming design
• 1999: Charles Darwin University, Darwin NT, Not Today, Not Tomorrow
• 1998: Printmaking Group, Charles Darwin University, Darwin NT, Threads, an exchange with Northern Polytecnic, Whangarei New Zealand and the Craft Council of NT, travelling to VIC, NSW, and SA

Select from the Jacinta Awentajerre Numina Napananka Collection