Date of Birth: | 10/10/1951 |
Mother's Country: | Marrikawuyanga, Melville Island |
Father's Country: | Pupatuwu, Bathurst Island |
Skin Group: | Mosquito |
Dreaming: | Kapala (Sailing Boat) |
Virginia Galarla was born in 1951 at Wurrumiyanga. Her maiden name was Pangiraminni. She went to the catholic primary and high school at Wurrumiyanga. When she turned 18 she got a job at the health centre and in 1972 she transferred to the Leproseum at East Arm in Darwin. In 1973 she got married and went to Maningrida with her husband for 1 year.In 1974 they returned to Wurrumiyanga where they had 5 children. The family moved to Pirlangimpi in 1979.After her family grew up she returned to the work at the Health Centre in Pirlangimpi until she retired in 2010.When she retired she was sitting at home making baskets as she didnt know about the Art Centre until 2104 when she joined and started to paint. Her paintings depicting seasons, cermonies, bush foods, bush medicine, insects, ceremonial objects etc have continued to evolve and her are sought after.
$1,894.20
tiwi name for ants Catalog No 21-234 Title walawalinga Artist VIRGINIA GALARLA Size & Medium 90 x 70 cm Ochre on Canvas Category Painting Artist Profile
$3,010.70
Old Jilamara Design Catalog No 21-278 Title Parlini Jilamara Artist VIRGINIA GALARLA Size & Medium 100 x 100 cm Ochre on Canvas Category Painting Artist Profile
$2,887.50
Catalog No 22-23 Title bush medicine Artist VIRGINIA GALARLA Size & Medium 120 x 80 cm Ochre on Canvas Category Painting Artist Profile
$3,049.20
Bush yams. When the flower is gone from the muranga they (the old people) used to dig them up and make bread with them. When older people sing about kulama...
$1,540.00
During ceremony on the Tiwi Islands a series of ‘yoi’ (dances), are performed; some are totemic (inherited from the person's Mother) and some serve to act out the narrative of...
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During ceremony on the Tiwi Islands a series of ‘yoi’ (dances), are performed; some are totemic (inherited from the person's Mother) and some serve to act out the narrative of...
$1,624.70
Catalog No 22-275 Title weaving Artist VIRGINIA GALARLA Size & Medium 90 x 60 cm Ochre on Canvas Category Painting Artist Profile
$1,894.20
pupuni jilamara Catalog No 20-136 Artist VIRGINIA GALARLA Size & Medium 90 x 70 cm Ochre on Canvas Category Painting Artist Profile
$3,010.70
Murantingala & Tapalinga Murantingala is the name for the 'morning star', or the planet Venus. Throughout Tiwi history they have used this star as a compass point for navigation and...