Jean-Baptiste Apuatimi

BORN: C 1940

REGION: BATHURST ISLAND, NT

MOTHERS COUNTRY: MARLAWU

FATHERS COUNTRY: MARLAWU

LANGUAGE: TIWI

SKIN GROUP: JAPAJAPUNGA (MARCH FLY)

DREAMING/DANCE: JARRANGINI   (BUFFALO)  

Jean-Baptiste is one of the most senior artists working on the Tiwi islands, creating artworks since 1985. Over the years Jean has created a dynamic visual language and original interpretation of cultural traditions, establishing herself as an influential and much respected artist at Tiwi Design and an important teacher custodian of Tiwi art and culture.

 Artist Statement: I love my painting, I love doing it. My husband, Declan Apuatimi taught me to paint. The designs are ones he taught me - he said:  “One day you will be an artist - you will take my place.”  Now I am doing that. Painting makes me alive.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

Paparluwi Jilamara, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne, 10 July- 4 August 1999.

Jean Baptiste Apuatimi, Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney, 13 June- 6 July 2000

Jean Baptiste Apuatimi, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne, 2001

Jean Baptiste Apuatimi, Aboriginal and Pacific Art Gallery, Sydney, 6-29 July 2001.

Jean Baptiste Apuatimi, Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney, 13 June- 6 July 2002.

Wangatunga jilamara, Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra, 1-23 November 2002

Jean Baptiste Apuatimi, Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney, 2003

Jean Baptiste Apuatimi, Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney, 10 June- 3 July 2004.

Mirripaka (Salty Water) Raft Art Space, Darwin, 4 March-26 March 2005

Makatingari, (It sounds like running water) Aboriginal and Pacific Art Gallery, Sydney, 11 February- 4 March 2006.