{"title":"Maria Josette Orsto","description":"\u003cp\u003eBorn: 29 October 1962 Died 30 November 2020\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFather's Country: Imalu Point, Melville Island\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSkin Group: March Fly\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDreaming: Trick Dance\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaria Josette’s parents are the famed artists Jean Baptiste Apuatimi (1940-2013) and Declan Apuatimi (1930-1985) and she was born at Pirlungamipi on Melville Island, Tiwi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaria learned from her father at a very early age how to carve and paint. Her distinctive art practice includes encompasses ochre and acryulic on canvas\/linen and paper, printmaking, wood sculpture and batik.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe became the first female artist of Munupi Art \u0026amp; Craft association in Pirlangimpi and the first female member of Tiwi Design on Bathurst Island and the first to have a solo exhibition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith her husband, Greg Orsto,a renowned carver, Maria Josette was instrumental to the expansion and greater international exposure of Tiwi art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaria Josette works shows contemporary design interpretations connecting family to Tiwi cosmology, cultural practices and country. Like her mother, Jean Baptiste Apuatime, Maria Josette painted Jilimara, the Tiwi word depicting “design” broadly describes both the action of painting and the intricate geometric patterns traditionally drawn on the body during ceremonies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaria Josette exhibited extensively from 1990 including several solo exhibitions and major group exhibitions, such as Tiwi Prints - A Commemorative Exhibition 1969 - 1997 at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney in 1997.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJosette was commissioned by Australia Post to design the artwork for prepaid envelopes in 1997 and 1999.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2012 Darwin Festival showcased an exhibition titled Maternal Lines by Jean Baptiste and Maria Josette Orsto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe following is credited to Keith Munro, Curator, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Programs at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMuch of Orsto’s painting practice, and that of many Tiwi artists, centres on the use of the pwoja comb. This traditional painting comb is made by carving ridged lines along the flake of a reworked piece of ironwood that has been cut during the creation of a tutini (funeral pole). It is approximately the size of the palm of the hand. The ridged area of the comb is dipped in ochre and then, in a rhythmic process, rolled onto the canvas a number of times - a process that is repeated to slowly build up a pattern. The making of the work becomes a reflective experience, the very process of gridding in Miyinga a way of imprinting the artist’s memories onto the canvas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarie Josette’s work is held in private collections internationally and nationally and major public galleries including the:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNational Gallery of Australia\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNational Gallery of Victoria\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArt Gallery of New South Wales\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMuseum of Contemporary Art, Sydney\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQueensland Art Gallery\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeattle Art Museum\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMario Josette’s mother, Jean Baptiste Apuatimi, art is held by many collectors and institutions, including:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNational Gallery of Australia (20 works)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNational Gallery of Victoria (18 works)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArt Gallery of NSW, Sydney\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArt Gallery of South Australia\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNational Museum of Women in Art, USA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBritish Museum, London\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeattle Art Museum, USA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSammlung Essl Museum, Austria\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKuge-Ruhe Collection\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJennifer Isaacs, Tiwi, Art \/ History \/ Culture, The Miegunyah Press, 2012, page 236\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSandra Le Brun Holmes, The Goddess and the Moon Man, the sacred art of the Tiwi Aboriginies, Craftsman House, 1995\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKeith Munro, Curator, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Programs at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"kulama-ceremony-80cm-x-80cm-649-03","title":"Kulama ceremony | 80cm x 80cm | 649-03","description":"\u003cp\u003eArtist:   Maria Josette Orsto\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn:   1962  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCountry:   Nguiu Bathurst Island, Tiwi\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStory: Kulama ceremony is very important to Tiwi. 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