Alfonso Puautjimi Bicycles
Aboriginal & Pacific Art is delighted to present
Alfonso Puautjimi Bicycles
In association with Ngaruwanajirri Inc, Wurrumiyanga, Bathurst Island, NT
27 November - 14 December, 2024
Cover page: Alfonso Puautjimi, ‘Yellow bike with orange trailer’, 437-24, Natural ochre on Canvas, 60 x 80 cm
Alfonso Puautjimi Green Bike #734-22
Natural Ochres on Saunders Waterford paper
38.5 x 28.5 cm
Alfonso Puautjimi:
Alfonso Puautjimi (1969- ) is an established artist who has worked at Ngaruwanajirri Inc. for over 20 years, having started painting with the group in 1997. He is one of the many artists there with a distinctive and individual style of expression, and whose painting has moved from strength to strength over the past decade.
The subject matter of his stylistically individual ochre paintings is drawn from his every day environment: including figures in the painting studio, houses, planes, cars and bicycles. Alfonso uses broad brush strokes, generous paint application and applies black lines over large areas of rich colour. His paintwork has a strong textural effect, making these unique works strong and dynamic.
Alfonso’s works have been exhibited and collected across Australia for over two decades.
Alfonso Puautjimi
Bike, Scarf and Henri #171-23
Natural Ochres on Saunders Waterford paper
57 x 38.5 cm
Alfonso Puautjimi
Yellow bike with orange trailer #437-24
Natural Ochres on Canvas
60 x 80 cm
Alfonso Puautjimi Green Bike #32-19
Natural Ochres on Saunders Waterford Paper
57 x 76 cm
Natural Ochres on Saunders Waterford paper 57.5 x 153 cm (together)
Alfonso Puautjimi Yellow Bikes and Trailer (Diptych) #226-24
Alfonso Puautjimi
Red Bike #601-23
Natural Ochres on Saunders Waterford paper
38.5 x 56.5 cm
background
Alfonso Puautjimi
Green bikes with split
#283-24
Natural Ochres on Saunders Waterford paper
57.5 x 38.5 cm
Alfonso Puautjimi
Yellow Bike #427-23
Natural Ochres on Saunders Waterford paper
38.5 x 57.5 cm
Alfonso Puautjimi Red bike
#680-23
Natural Ochres on Saunders Waterford paper
57.5 x 38.5 cm
Ochres on Saunders Waterford paper 38 x 57 cm
Alfonso Puautjimi
Green Bike with Trailer #474-23
Natural
Natural Ochres on Saunders Waterford paper
57.5 x 38.5 cm
Alfonso Puautjimi Red Bike #587-23
Natural Ochres on Saunders Waterford paper
38 x 57 cm
Alfonso Puautjimi Green Bike #592-23
Natural Ochres on Saunders Waterford paper
Alfonso Puautjimi
Orange Bike #839-23
28.5 x 38.5 cm
Natural Ochres on Saunders Waterford paper
29 x 38.5 cm
Alfonso Puautjimi
Red Bike #836-23
Ochres on Saunders Waterford paper
Alfonso Puautjimi
Orange Bike #873-23
Natural
28.5 x 38.5 cm
Natural Ochres on Saunders Waterford paper
58 x 38.5 cm paper in frame
Alfonso Puautjimi
Grey Bike #6-21
Landscape with Orange Plane #1454-23
Natural Ochres on Saunders Waterford paper 57 x 38.5 cm
Alfonso Puautjimi
ALFONSO PUAUTJIMI
Biography
Date of Birth: 16 . 11 . 1969
Dance: Dingo
Skin Group: Sun
Workshop: Ngaruwanajirri Inc, Nguiu, Bathurst Island, N.T.
Medium: Natural ochres on Arches paper, acrylic and natural ochres on canvas,Batik on silk, lino block design and watercolour on Canson paper.
Alfonso has been painting with the Ngaruwanajirri group since 1997. Subject matter of his paintings is drawn from his environment : Tutini (pukumani poles), carved heads, figures and birds as still life groupings, local landscape including trees, boats, planes and cars and patterns. Alfonso uses bold brush strokes, generous paint application and applies black lines over broad areas of colour, finishing with dots and lines in colour. His paintwork has a strong textural effect.
Solo Exhibitions
2015 Alfonso Puautjimi: Tiwi Artist, Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Waterloo, Sydney
2006 Alfonso Puautjimi Recent Works, William Mora Galleries, Richmond, VIC.
Group Exhibitions
2024 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Works on paper.
2022 Ochres from Tiwi, A collection of natural ochre works on paper from Ngaruwanajirri Inc, Jilamara and Munupi Tananthi, Festival AGSA Adelaide, SA.
2019 Pupuni Jilamara Nginingwula, Ngaruwanajirri, Jilamara Arts and Munupi Arts, Hilton Double Tree, Darwin, NT.
2018 Nginingawula Awirankini Waki, presenting works from Ngaruwanajirri Inc, Jilamara Arts and Craft Association and Munupi Arts from Melville Island at the Hilton Double Tree, Darwin, NT.
2017 Yirringinkiri Pwoja Group exhibition with works by artists from Munupi Arts, Jilamara Arts and Crafts Association and Ngaruwanajirri Inc. at Double Tree by Hilton, Darwin, NT.
2016 Ngawila Jilamara, new works by artists from Jilamara Arts and Crafts Association, Munupi Arts, and Ngaruwanajirri Inc. Double Tree by Hilton Darwin, NT.
Group Exhibitions: (con)
2013 Alfonso & Jane, Works by Jane Tipuamantumirri and Alfonso Puautjimi, Nomad Art Darwin, NT
2011-13 Good Strong Powerful, - Artback NT, exhibition, Alfonso Puautjimi, Lorna Kantilla and Estelle Munkanome. Travelling Australia exhibition.
2011 Ngaruwanajirri : helping one another, A retrospective exhibition of works by all Ngaruwanajirri Inc. artists. Charles Darwin University Art Gallery, Casuarina, NT.
2010 Raft Artspace Christmas show, works by Alfonso, Estelle Munkanome and Lorna Kantilla, Raft Artspace, Alice Springs, NT.
2010 No Words Necessary. New Tiwi works by Conrad Tipungwuti, Estelle Munkanome, Alfonso Puautjimi. Suzanne O`Connell Gallery, Australian Indigenous Art, Newfarm, Queensland.
2010 Kapala, Ngaruwanajirri Inc. artists, Short St Gallery, Broome, WA.
2010 Arampini: Artists from the Tiwi islands, artists from Ngaruwanajirri and Munupi Arts (Melville island) Natural ochres on Arches paper. NAS Gallery, National Art School, Darlinghurst, Sydney.
2010 Ngaruwanajirri@Outstation, Natural ochres on canvas and Arches paper by Alfonso, Estelle Munkanome and Lorna Kantilla, Parap, N.T. June.
2010 Natural ochres on Arches paper by Alfonso Puautjimi, Estelle Munkanome and Lorna Kantilla. Nomad Art, ACT
2009 Lorna Kantilla, Estelle Munkanome and Alfonso Puautjimi, Raft artspace, Darwin.
2008 Tokwampini Tiwi Bird Carvings”, carvings and paintings at Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney.
2008 Recent Works by Lorna Kantilla, Estelle Munkanome, Alfonso Puautjimi, Raft Artspace, Darwin.
2008 New work from the Tiwi Islands, Exhibition in conjunction with Tiwi Design, Jilamara Arts and Crafts Association and Munupi Arts, at SoMA Galleries, Norwood, SA.
Group Exhibitions: (con)
2007 Ngaruwanajirri Yikurri, Natural ochres on canvas and paper, Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney.
2007 Works on Paper and Canvas by Alfonso Puautjimi, Estelle Munkanome and Lorna Kantilla. Raft Artspace, Darwin, NT.
2007 Yirrinkiripwaja, Ngaruwanajirri group exhibition, FAC Gallery, University of Wollongong, NSW
2007 W.A. A, 3 man show with natural ochre works on canvas by Alfonso, Lorna Kantilla and Estelle Munkanome, Short St Gallery, Broome, WA.
2006 Tiwi Art, Raft Artspace, Darwin, N.T.
2006 Raft Artspace, Darwin N.T.
2006 All the Tiwi Mob, W.A. 3 artists from Ngaruwanajirri Inc, Jilamara Arts and Crafts Association, Munupi Arts and Tiwi Design, Short St Gallery, Broome.
2006 Ngaruwanajirri group exhibition, part of the festival of Darwin, Supreme Court, Darwin, NT.
2005 Ngaruwanajirri Artists at Raft II Raft Artspace, Darwin, NT.
2005 Ngaruwanajirri 2005, works on paper. Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney, NSW.
2004 The Batchelor Collection 1994-2004, Darwin Supreme Court Foyer, Darwin, NT.
2004 Yirrajirrima, Raft Artspace, Darwin, NT.
2003 Ngaruwanajirri Yirrara Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney, NSW.
2003 Tayikuwapi, Ngaruwanajirri artists at Coomalie Cultural Centre, Batchelor, NT.
2002 Ngaruwanajirri – Paintings by Tiwi Artists, Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney, NSW.
Collections:
Art Collection at the Batchelor Institute, Batchelor, NT.
Lam Collection, University of San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Charles Darwin University Art Collection, Casuarina, Darwin, NT.
University of Newcastle Art Collection, Newcastle, NSW.
Art Gallery South Australia, Adelaide, SA.
Alfonso Puautjimi
Bicycle #955-23
Natural Ochres on Saunders Waterford paper
28.5 x 38.5 cm
Alfonso Puautjimi Bicycles
27 November - 14 December, 2024
Aboriginal & Pacific Art, Sydney in association with Ngaruwanajirri Inc, Wurrumiyanga, Bathurst Island, NT
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