Artist's Details

Name: Rene Kulitja
Age:40+

Tribal Ancestry: Tjukurpa-Anangu. Pitjantjatjara
Read the way of the Tjukurpa-Anangu people.

Language: Pitjantjatjara

Rene lives with her partner in the Community of Mutitjulu Central Australia Northern Territory.

Rene’s paintings and art works stem mainly from the Tjukurpa-Anangu law.
She first started painting in the early 1990’s.

Rene is the founder and Director of Walkatjara Art. This is a part of the Cultural Centre based near Uluru

‘‘Tjukurpa in the way of our people it is our culture, our way of life. The law of the Tjukurpa is passed down from generation to generation from our ancestors. This stems from our past, which becomes our present and then develops into our future. This is the foundation for all of our creation. Our history of how the world was created is formed by our belief in our Tjurkupa and Anangu way. We practice this way in our everyday living, this is our lifestyle.’’ Rene Kulitja

The photo below shows a Qantas Boeing 737-800s decorated with Rene's painting ‘Yananyi Dreaming’. The aircraft was painted by Rene in 2002.

COMMISSIONS

1994
Ayres Rock Resort. Yulara. Northern Territory. Glass Panels.
Environment Australia. Paintings for the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park Cultural Centre.
Environment Australia. Handback Commemorative card design.

1995
Walkatjara Art Archive.

1995-96
Araluen Art Acquisition. Slumped glass. Enamel silk screened bowl.

1997
Australian National Gallery. Glass work.

1999
UNESCO. Brussels. Ceramic exhibition vase.
Museum of Ethnology. Osaka. Japan. Paintings on canvas.

2000
Walkajara Art. Uluru. Painting for Yeperenye Festival. Northern Territory.
Environment Australia Collection. Canberra.

2002
Qantas aircraft Design. Painting of ‘Yananyi Dreaming’.

EXHIBITIONS

1998-99
‘Straight from the Heart’. Regional Touring Exhibition. Australia.

1999
Desert Fox Studio Gallery. Sydney. New South Wales.

2000
Desert Gallery. Rose Bay. Sydney. New South Wales.

2001
‘Desert Mob Show”. Araluen Centre. Alice Springs. Northern Territory.

2002
‘Desert Mob Show’. Araluen Centre. Alice Springs. Northern Territory.

2003
‘Desert Mob Show’. Araluen Centre. Alice Springs. Northern Territory.

2004
Desert Mob. Araluen Centre Alice Springs. Northern Territory.
‘Apu Wiru Nyangatja Tuulpakani’. Araluen Centre Alice Springs. Northern Territory.