Alison Munti Riley Paintings

About Alison Munti Riley

Date of Birth

1966

Place of Birth

Pukatja (Ernabella), South Australia

Language

Pitjantjatjara

Family

Alison is the daughter of artist Betty Munti and she began her own painting career in 2006. She had been involved in textile batik work at Ernabella since her teenage years. When she was in her 20’s Alison moved with her family to Amata community on the APY lands.

Career

By 2011 after she had been painting for five years Alison won the Peoples Prize in the NATSIAA Telstra art awards in Darwin.
Alison Munti moves between Ernabella and Amata communities. She has been involved in bringing younger artists into the art world, heading a collaborative painting project in her community. Alison has exhibited widely over the past ten years including exhibitions in USA and Europe. Many of her paintings depict the Seven Sisters Jukurrpa, a major Dreaming story that crosses and connects many Aboriginal language groups around Australia.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008  Our Mob, Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide SA
2009  New Work – Tjala Women, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne VIC
2009  APY Lands Group Exhibition, Outstation Gallery, Darwin NT
2010  Tjala Arts Patintjaku, Marshall Arts, Adelaide SA
2010  Tjukurpa Kunpu Nganana Kanyini Pulka, Outstation Gallery, Darwin NT
2010  Ngayuku Ngura: Ernabella Ceramics, Jam Factory, Adelaide SA
2011  I hold my mother’s story, I hold my father’s story – Raft Artspace, Alice Springs NT
2011  Nganampa Kampatjanka Uungutja – Outstation Gallery, Darwin NT
2011  NATSIAA Awards, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin NT
2011  Desert Mob – Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs NT
2011  Tjala Arts New Paintings, Chapman Gallery, Canberra ACT
2012  Punu-nguru (from the trees), Raft Artspace, Alice Springs NT
2012  Ngura nguru munu malaku ngura kutu, Outstation Gallery, Darwin NT
2013  Tjukurpa Nganampa Kunpu Kanyintjaku: Keeping Our Stories Strong, Harvey Art Projects, Idaho USA
2013  Nyinnga (The Cold Time of the Year), Harvey Art Projects, Idaho USA
2013  Putitja (From Spinifex Country) – Aboriginal and Pacific Art Gallery, Sydney NSW
2013  New Paintings, Chapman Gallery, Canberra ACT
2014  Pilanypa, Harvey Art Projects, Idaho USA
2014  Eastern APY Lands: ArtKelch – Touring Freiburg, Munich, Hamburg and Bodensee, Germany
2014  Little Bit Long Way – Dame Elisabeth Murdoch Gallery, Langwarrin South VIC
2014  Desert Mob 2014 – Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs NT
2015  Tjukurpa Kunpu – Strong Culture: Harvey Art Projects, USA
2016  Nganampa Kililpi Kuwartija Tjuta pakani: Our Rising Stars – Hazelhurst Regional
Community Gallery, NSW
2016  Nganampa Kililpil: Our Stars – Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre
2016  Inheritance, Salt Contemporary, Queenscliff VIC
2016  Point of Difference – Desert to the Sea – Artitja Fine Art, Fremantle WA
2016  Spring Salon + Art Parade McCulloch & McCulloch, Whistlewood, Shoreham VIC
2017  Spirited, Kurunitja, Short St Gallery, Broome WA
2017  Inuntjii – Regeneration – Aboriginal Signature, Estrangin Gallery, Bruxelles, Belgium
2017  Relative Colours, Aboriginal Contemporary, Sydney NSW
2019  Landscape Colours, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle WA
2020   Anangu Artists, We Carry Story in our Hearts, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle WA
2021  Anangu Artists, Strength in Beauty, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle WA

Awards

2011 Finalist, NATSIAA

Collections

Alison Munti Riley – Art Gallery of South Australia
Art Bank
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin NT