Meredith Curley
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Meredith Curley (b.1980) is an artist from the small community of Pukatja (Ernabella) in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yangkuntjatjara (APY) Lands. She is the daughter of acclaimed artists, Imitjala Curley and David (Kun) Curley (deceased), and is one of five sisters including fellow artists, Madeline and Maria Curley.
Meredith is a talented artist who paints with fantastic depth and movement; her delicate swirling patterns and bright, vibrant colour choices successfully fuse the traditional dotting technique with a contemporary aesthetic.
As the daughter of a senior traditional woman, Meredith holds cultural knowledge relating to the Ngapari - sugar leaf or lerp - Tjukurpa at Watarru. Her connection to the Kampurparpa Tjukurpa in the Walytjitjata region is through her mother’s mother, Puni Puni. It is a small homeland just over the Northern Territory border about 46km north of Kalka on the APY Lands. She also paints a major Dreamtime story from her country, being the ‘Ngintaka’ story. This is a significant story about a lizard man who stole a grinding stone and was subsequently pursued across country before meeting his fate. In these works, Meredith depicts the cave where the Ngintaka and his wife, the Echidna, were on honeymoon in a cave. They ate a sweet treat which is a chrysalis that is found on eucalyptus leaves.
Meredith is a popular, emerging artist and her work is in demand by collectors in Australia and overseas.
