Artist: Maria Josette Orsto | Title: Miyingati Jilamara | Year: 2008 | Medium: natural earth pigments on canvas | Dimensions: 80 x 80cm
PROVENANCE
Tiwi Designs, NT Cat No. MJ01-02-08
Private Collection, NSW
Accompanied by an original certificate of authenticity from Tiwi Designs
EXHIBITED
Exhibited and toured Australia and Brazil
Artist Profile
COMMUNITY/REGION
Bathurst Island Tiwi, NT
LANGUAGE
Tiwi
BIOGRAPHY
Skin: Jarpijapinga (March fly)
Dance: Trick dance
Country: Marlawu (Mother) & Imalu (Father)
Josette Orsto was born in 1962 and is the daughter of Jean Baptiste and Declan Apuatimi. Trained by her father in the art of carving and painting, Orsto is prolific in many different media including acrylic and ochre on canvas and paper, batik, etching, linocut, woodcut, lithography and wood sculpture. Maria Josette Orsto was the first Tiwi woman to hold a solo exhibition.
She was commissioned by Australia Post to design artwork for the September 1997 and 1999 prepaid envelopes. Josette was a finalist in the 2003 20th Telstra Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award.
PROVENANCE
Tiwi Designs, NT Cat No. MJ01-02-08
Private Collection, NSW
Accompanied by an original certificate of authenticity from Tiwi Designs
EXHIBITED
Exhibited and toured Australia and Brazil
Artist Profile
COMMUNITY/REGION
Bathurst Island Tiwi, NT
LANGUAGE
Tiwi
BIOGRAPHY
Skin: Jarpijapinga (March fly)
Dance: Trick dance
Country: Marlawu (Mother) & Imalu (Father)
Josette Orsto was born in 1962 and is the daughter of Jean Baptiste and Declan Apuatimi. Trained by her father in the art of carving and painting, Orsto is prolific in many different media including acrylic and ochre on canvas and paper, batik, etching, linocut, woodcut, lithography and wood sculpture. Maria Josette Orsto was the first Tiwi woman to hold a solo exhibition.
She was commissioned by Australia Post to design artwork for the September 1997 and 1999 prepaid envelopes. Josette was a finalist in the 2003 20th Telstra Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award.