Lindy Panangka Rontji

Born in Hermannsburg in 1962.

Training and Professional Experience

"I grew up at the Hermannsburg Mission and went to the school there. [...] In 1996 I started coming to the Pottery Studio to watch my sister Carol and my aunt Irene making pots. My sister showed me how to make coil pots and then she taught me to paint with the glazes. My first pot was Tjaapa which is witchetty grub. Carol showed me how to make Tjaapa for the lid. First I made bush tucker on my pots, then I started painting landscape, my sister showed me how to paint mountains, gum trees, flowers, and birds."

Selected Awards

2005 Kookaburra pot acquired from the 29th Alice Springs Art Acquisition.

Selected Exhibitions

2000 "This Earth For Us", Commonwealth Institute, London. 2001 "Spirituality and Australian Aboriginal Art", Touring Exhibition Spain.

Major Commissions

1999 NAIDOC 1999 Award Plaques.

References

Jennifer Isaacs, Hermannsburg Potters: Aranda Artists of Central Australia, Sydney 2000.

"Kurrkurrka" (Owl)
Handcrafted, terracotta clay, underglaze
38 x 29cm
2006

Über ihre künstlerische Arbeit schreibt sie: In der Schule in Papunya bekamen wir einfaches Papier und Farbstifte zum Zeichnen. [...] 1996 kam ich zum ersten Mal in die Töpferei, um meiner Schwester Carol und meiner Tante Irene bei der Arbeit zuzusehen. Meine Schwester zeigte mir, wie man aus Tonwülsten Gefäße aufbaut, und unterwies mich dann im Malen mit Unterglasurfarben. Mein erstes Gefäß hieß "Tjaapa", das ist eine Witchetty Grub [eine essbare Mottenraupe - Endoxyla leucomochla]. Carol zeigte mir auch, wie man eine Tjaapa für den Deckel modelliert. Anfangs malte ich Bush Tucker [wildwachsende Pflanzen und Wildtiere, die den Aborigines traditionell zur Nahrung dienen] auf meine Gefäße, danach fing ich an, Landschaften zu malen; meine Schwester zeigte mir, wie man Berge, Eukalyptusbäume, Blumen und Vögel malt.

At school in Papunya, we were given plain paper and crayons to draw with. My father got sick in 1982 and we moved back to Hermannsburg to be with the rest of our family. In 1996 I started coming to the Pottery Studio to watch my sister Carol and my aunt Irene making pots. My sister showed me how to make coil pots and then she taught me to paint with the glazes.