Janine McAullay Bott b. 1951

  • Artist (Weaver)
Noongar bush sculptor based in Perth who works with a range of natural materials to create roughly hewn figures of animals, people, domestic objects and vessels. Her work is dedicated to visualising and honouring Noongar culture. McAullay Bott won the 2009 Wandjuk Marika three-dimensional Memorial Award at the 26th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards.
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Citations

  • Nicholls, A cited in B. Parkes (ed) (2005), ''The West: Contemporary Basket making in Western and Central Australia’ in Woven Forms: Contemporary basket making in Australia’, Object: Australian Centre for Craft and Design, Sydney, NSW, p. 38.

  • (2009), 'McAullay Bott, Janine’, Written and verbal correspondence with the author.

  • 'Wealth of Artistic Talent on Show – media release’ (9 March 2006), City of Armadale Website, Accessed 16/1/09.

    http://www.armadale.wa.gov.au/publications/mediareleases/mediareleases_detail/default.php?id=354

  • (2009), 'Artitja Fine Art website’, Accessed 17/2/09.

    http://www.artitja.com.au/weaves1.htm

  • Searles, Nalda (2006), 'Twigs to Toyotas: The growth of Fibre Basketry in Western Australia’, Cultural Strands, FORM Contemporary Craft and Design, Perth, WA, Compiled by Acker, Carly Davenport.

See also

  • 'Albert, Jane 'Indigenous art better understood in Europe', The Australian, May 28, 2004, p. 3.', Newspaper article about the Sydney Oceanic Art Fair with an image of "Oldie" the kangaroo, which was exhibited with other McAullay Bott weavings at the fair.

Initial data sources

  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW

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Related stub people
  • Farmer, Lewis (relative of)
  • Farmer, Ken (relative of)
  • McAullay, Rena (child of)
  • Farmer, Augustus 'Peg' (relative of)
  • Farmer, Richard (grandchild of)
  • Farmer, Ada Mabel (grandchild of)
  • Farmer, Larry (relative of)
  • Farmer, Graham "Polly" (relative of)
Related stub person groups
  • Artitja Fine Art (associate of)
Related works
  • Dhalkatj - Bilby (creator of)
  • Aboriginal Puppet Soldier (creator of)
Related collections
  • Centre for Indigenous History and Arts, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Armadale Redevelopment Authority, Armadale, WA (collected in)
  • Western Australian Museum, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • City of Bunbury Art Collection, Bunbury, WA (collected in)
  • Holmes a Court Collection, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Kerry Stokes Collection, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Berndt Museum of Anthropology, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • 2009 Winner - Wandjuk Marika Three-Dimensional Memorial Award, 26th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (received)
  • Moorjditch Mar-Daa Art Award (received)
Related events
  • Menagerie: Contemporary Indigenous Sculpture (exhibited at)
  • Minnawarra Art Award (exhibited at)
  • Second Sydney Aboriginal & Oceanic Art Fair (exhibited at)
  • PIKO 2007 Gathering of Indigenous Visual Artists (exhibited at)
  • Comedy Art (exhibited at)
  • Noongar Country: The Referendum (exhibited at)
  • NAIDOC Week Art Exhibition, Moorjditch Mar-Daa Art Award (exhibited at)
  • Representations of Country (exhibited at)
  • Cultural Connections: Desert Stories (exhibited at)