Paulina (Jedda) Puruntatameri
Munupi, 2015
Acrylic on canvas, 80cm x 55cm
Provenance: Tiwi Art at Darwin Art Fair, Darwin.
Munupi, 2015
Acrylic on canvas, 61cm x 55cm
Provenance: Tiwi Art at Darwin Art Fair, Darwin.
Paulina (Jedda) Puruntatameri is the chair of the Munupi Arts & Crafts Centre and is passionate about preserving the Tiwi language, culture, art and music for future generations. “I started painting 3 years ago but I was already working at Munupi providing Tiwi language translations for stories connecting to our paintings. My interests are looking and preserving culture, language, art and songs. One of my passions is digital archiving and repatriation of our old artifacts that have been taken from the Tiwi Islands and one day they will returns back to their rightful place.. One day this will happen!…It’s for our future generation to learn and respect and embrace their cultural side. Who they are and where they are from. We as the Tiwi people are the custodians of our lands. We must speak for the land and make sure we look after the land and the sea.” (1).