Thanakupi b. 1937

Also known as Thancoupie, Gloria James Fletcher
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Ceramist)
Thaynakwith ceramicist whose pottery is imbued with the artist's sense of clay's sacred purpose within traditional ceremonial life at the artist's home in Weipa. Thanakupi produces boldly etched and painted spherical pots decorated with linear animal and human forms drawn from Thaynakwith stories.
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Name
Thanakupi
Also known as:
  • Thancoupie
  • Gloria James Fletcher
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Sculptor)
  • Artist (Ceramist)
Other Occupation
  • Preschool teacher (Preschool teacher established the first kindergarten in Napranum)
Birth date
1937
Birth place
Weipa, Cape York, Qld, Napranum, Weipa, Cape York, Qld
Birth note
Napranum
Active Period
  • 1968-
Residence
  • Queensland
  • Sydney, NSW
Training
  • Fine Arts (Ceramics)., 1970 - 1973 East Sydney Technical College, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW
Indigenous Australian
 
Heritage Country
  • Andoom country, Qld
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW

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