Imitjala Curley

Kaltjiti (Fregon), SA

Imitjala Curley

Imitjala Curley was born in 1953 when her parents were at the Ernabella mission but the family moved to Kaltjiti (Fregon) as soon as the cattle station was established in 1961.

A senior traditional women, Imitjala holds cultural knowledge relating to the Ngintaka, Perentie lizard and Ngapari (sugar leaf tjukurpa) at Watarru. Imitjala's connection to the Kampurparpa Tjukurpa in the Walytjitjata region is through her mother’s Country 'Puni Puni.’ This place is a small homeland just over the Northern Territory border approximately 46km north of Kalka on the APY Lands.

She has been weaving with Tjanpi Desert Weavers since 2006 and has worked with Kaltjiti Arts since it began as a craft room in the early sixties.

Learn to Weave Kit

$40.00

Gift Card

From $50.00

Tjanpi’s Artist Base

Made up of women from the Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yakunytjatjara Lands, an area approximately 350,000 square kilometres in size spanning the tri-state border region of the Northern Territory, Western Australia, and South Australia.

Tjanpi represents over 400 artists from 26 remote communities. These artists range from the women who first started making baskets in 1995 to younger generations who are taking up weaving today. Making baskets and sculptures from tjanpi (grass) is a fundamental part of Central and Western desert culture for these women.

Please note, the below list of featured artists is not a comprehensive and exhaustive list of all Tjanpi artists.