Jillian Davey b. 1954

  • Artist ,
  • Artist (Painter)
Pitjantjatjara artist whose early experiments at Ernabella school led her to explore a broad media of batik, watercolour and later acrylic on canvas. She designed a poster for the South Australian Electoral Commission and her work is widely exhibited.
Name
Jillian Davey
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist
  • Artist (Painter)
Birth date
1954
Birth place
Wina
Birth note
"in the bush", by a rockhole south-west of Kata Tjuta (the Olgas)
Active Period
  • 1988-
Residence
  • Ernabella, SA
Training
  • 1975 Batik Institute, Jogajakarta, Indonesia
  • Ernabella Arts Inc, Ernabella, SA
  • Ernabella School, Ernabella, SA
Indigenous Australian
 
Indigenous Language Groups
  • Pitjantjatjara
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary
Copyright
  • Ernabella Arts, SA