Elizabeth Dunn
BORN
1973
LANGUAAGE
PITJANTJATJARA
BIRTH PLACE
PUKATJA (ERNABELLA)
LIVES
PUKATJA (ERNABELLA)
Today, sometimes we still go out and collect them but not like we did before. Our country has been changed by cattle and weeds like buffelgrass, so we can’t find all the old foods like we once did. I’ll keep telling the kampurara story in my work though, that keeps the stories, songs and dances about these important foods alive and strong.”
— Elizabeth Dunn
Elizabeth was born in Ernabella and went to high school in Adelaide before returning home. She spent her childhood watching her elders paint and she first began painting at Papunya Tjupi Arts in Papunya community, later moving to Ernabella Arts studio. Elizabeth now depicts her grandmother’s country on canvas, a place named Piltati near Nyapari. She also portrays stories relating to kampurara (bush tomatoes) on ceramics. As well as working on canvas and in ceramics, Elizabeth is also a talented tjanpi weaver and jewellery maker.
Elizabeth is a rising star of the Ernabella Arts studio. Her work has been exhibited overseas in Belgium, Switzerland and the USA.
In 2O16, Elizabeth was part of an Ernabella Arts collaborative ceramics installation that was acquired by the National Museum of Australia. In 2O18 Elizabeth was shortlisted for the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award and was the winner of the Indigenous Award, Port Hacking Potter Group 5Oth National Pottery Competition.
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