Judith Anya Samson, Tuwa and Emu Tracks, acrylic on linen, 76 x 152 cm

Anya’s Puntawarri World! | Judith Anya Samson

7 February – 1 March, 2025

Presented by Perth Festival in association with Martumili Artists and DADAA

Prolific Martu artist Judith Anya Samson creates work inspired by and connected to her life, family and community. Judith’s art is an invitation to step into her world, to go beyond the canvas and into an immersive multimedia experience of her personal history and cultural identity.

‘We drink water at Puntawarri. We clean and dig that waterhole. This Country is Puntawarri. My nanna taught me to paint this Country. Puntawarri is important because it is my pop’s, my nannas’ husband’s, place. They camped there and went hunting for goanna or anything, kangaroo or turkey. At Puntawarri there are all the waterholes. Good hunting this Country. There is still some Rabbit Proof Fence there.’  – Judith Anya Samson

Inspired and tutored by her grandmother – senior Martumili artist D. Samson (dec.) – Judith developed a collaborative arts practice. Together their work would interweave their personal, cultural, and artistic stories. Now working on her own, Judith keeps up this tradition and this exhibition takes her work beyond the canvas.

Puntawarri is an important cultural area located on the middle stretches of the Canning Stock Route and east of the Jigalong Mission (now Jigalong Aboriginal community), where Judith grew up. See and feel Judith’s iconic and graphic motifs of traditional cultural landmarks of tuwa (sandhills), waterholes and emu tracks brought to life in vibrant interconnecting sculptures and tactile elements.

Opening event | Friday, 7 February | 6 – 8pm

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Lead artist: Judith Anya Samson
Featured artist: D. Samson
Collaborating artist: Holly O’Meehan
Collaborating artist: Mariaan Pugh

Curated by Emilia Galatis

 

 

 

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DADAA respectfully acknowledges the Whadjuk and Yued people of the Noongar nation and the Southern Yamatji Peoples, the traditional owners of the lands upon which DADAA operates. We recognise their continuing connection to land, waters, and culture, and pay our respects to their Elders past and present.