MARTUMILI ART CENTRE
Explore Martu culture through ethically created and culturally authentic artworks by emerging and established artists at Martumili Artists. Artworks depict their land and history, reflecting stories of their families and ancestors who lived, walked and gathered food across their homelands in the Great Sandy, Little Sandy and Gibson Deserts as well as the Karlamilyi (Rudall River) area of Western Australia. Recognised in international exhibitions for their diverse, energetic and unique styles, Martu artists celebrate and share their culture through acrylic paintings on canvas, coil basket weaving and sculpture with wood, grass and wool.
Martumili Artists are based in the East Pilbara Arts Centre in Newman, with artists working in 6 other remote East Pilbara communities, many of whom experienced the first contact with Europeans in the 1960s.
Explore Martu culture through ethically created and culturally authentic artworks by emerging and established artists at Martumili Artists. Artworks depict their land and history, reflecting stories of their families and ancestors who lived, walked and gathered food across their homelands in the Great Sandy, Little Sandy and Gibson Deserts as well as the Karlamilyi (Rudall River) area of Western Australia. Recognised in international exhibitions for their diverse, energetic and unique styles, Martu artists celebrate and share their culture through acrylic paintings on canvas, coil basket weaving and sculpture with wood, grass and wool.
Martumili Artists are based in the East Pilbara Arts Centre in Newman, with artists working in 6 other remote East Pilbara communities, many of whom experienced the first contact with Europeans in the 1960s.
Photos and content courtesy of the Shire of East Pilbara and Martumili Art Centre.
