CROSS-CULTURAL PROJECTS - fine art - fine craft - ethical trade 

We work with traditional artisans from remote regions in Kashmir, Peru, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Nepal (Tibetan refugees).

We work with Australian Aboriginal artists from remote communities across Australia, from Arnhem Land to Central and the Western Desert regions, from rural locations and from cities. Artists own the images used and it is up to them how they can be used.

Artists benefit from royalties paid to them on a monthly basis. Art centres benefit from a substantial profit share paid on their investments.

Artisans benefit by having culturally appropriate opportunities, they are able to supplement rural income by practising age-old traditions in their own homes located in remote beautiful clean villages.

Size: 150 x 45 cm

Story: 

Surparkra is the son of Ikuntji Artists’ founding member Narputta Nangala Jugadai and internationally acclaimed artist Timmy Jugadai. Surparkra started painting when he was a teenager using cut up old canvas tents and paints from his school. He learned the skills from his mother and Dolcy Nangala (Timmy’s ex-wife). In 1992, Surparkra’s mother and other women painters of Haasts Bluff founded Ikuntji Women’s Centre. Surparka started seriously painting in 2010. He paints the Wanampi Tjukurrpa (snake Dreaming) at Karrinyarra and also the Malu Tjukurrpa (kangaroo Dreaming) at Yatibilong (north of Papunya).

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