Irrunytju (Wingellina), WA

Diane Dawson

Diane Dawson is an artist belonging to the Pitjantjatjara language and cultural group and lives in the remote community of Irruntyju (Wingellina), WA.

Diane was born in Amata, SA and moved to Irruntyju to go to school. She has remained there working in the local art centre. Here she also paints the Minyma Kutjara story.

Diane begun Tjanpi in 2016, when she attended a skills development workshop in Irrunytju. In this workshop, she made her first basket, a well-woven piece using Minarri grass and coloured raffia.

Diane Dawson

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Tjanpi Desert Weavers is a social enterprise of the Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (NPY) Women’s Council that enables women living in the remote Central and Western deserts to earn an income from fibre art.

Tjanpi represents over 400 Aboriginal women artists from 26 remote communities who make spectacular contemporary fibre art in the form of baskets and sculptures.