Gabrielle Nungurrayi Possum b. 1967 Mt Allan, NT

Also known as Gabrielle Possum
  • Artist (Painter)
Gabrielle Possum is the elder daughter of Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, one of the most renowned of the founding group of Papunya painters. Taught by her father, Gabriella began painting at an early age.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1994
Name
Gabrielle Nungurrayi Possum
Also known as Gabrielle Possum
Birth date
1967
Birth place
Mt Allan, NT
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Residence
  • Melbourne, VIC
Active Period
  • April 1983
Languages
  • English
Training
  • Yirara College
  • Tjapaltjarri, Clifford Possum
Is Indigenous
Yes
Dreaming
  • Seven Sisters
  • Women's stories
  • Exploding Seed Pod
  • Black Seed (for making damper)
  • Bush Coconut
Initial Record Data Source
  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary

Born at Papunya in 1967, Gabrielle Possum is the older daughter of Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri , who taught her to paint at an early age by assisting on the backgrounds of his canvases around the family campfire. Gabrielle gained an award in the 1983 Alice Springs Art Prize while still a student at Yirara College. She later lived in Melbourne with her husband Selwyn and their five children. Her Dreamings include Bush Coconut, Black Seed (for making damper), Exploding Seed Pod and Women’s stories from the Mt Allan area. She first exhibited with her father, sister Michelle Possum , and brother-in-law Heath, in Brisbane in 1987 and again at Coo-ee Gallery in Sydney in 1992. Gabrielle designed several record covers, including one for her husband’s band Coloured Stone, and several T-shirts for CAAMA.

Writers:
Johnson, Vivien Note: primary biographer
Date written:
1994
Last updated:
2011
associate of
Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri
1932
Artist (Painter), Artist (Carver)
child of
Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri
1932
Artist (Painter), Artist (Carver)
sibling of
Michelle Nungurrayi Possum
1970
Artist (Painter)
relative of
Heath
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
child of
Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri
1932
Artist (Painter), Artist (Carver)
associate of
Papunya Tula Artists
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
1992
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Coo-ee Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Recognitions
Award
acquired for Araluen Collection Alice Springs from Caltex/NT Award 1983
Citations:
  • Johnson, V., (2008), Lives of the Papunya Tula Artists, (Place: IAD Press, Alice Springs, NT ISBN 978 1 86465 090 7url: http://www/iadpress.com) http://www.iadpress.com
See also:
  • Gabriella Possum Nungurrayi (Photo:Grenville Turner) p 161 AAWD