Rhoda Tjitayi
Artwork title: Piltati
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Size: 160 cm x 160 cm
Price: $5,000
About the Artwork
Rhoda Tjitayi was born in 1969 in Pukatja, Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in South Australia. Rhoda is now based in Adelaide and began working at the APY Adelaide Studio in 2019. Rhoda’s work depicts Piltati Tjukurpa, an important cultural story learned from her Grandmother. “She put the story in my heart and it’s going out to my grandchildren,” Rhoda says. The story, Piltati Tjukurpa, is about two sisters, along with their husbands, who travel through the lands surrounding Napari in search for food. The story centres around connection to land and how to harness it to survive.
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About the Artist
Rhoda was born in Pukatja in 1969. Rhoda's grandfather was from Nyapari and grandmother from Makiri, Tjala Minyma Ngura (Honeyant Women’s sacred place). Rhoda is now based in Adelaide and began working at the APY Studio Adelaide in 2019. Rhoda’s exquisite works depict Piltati Tjukurpa, an important cultural story learned from her Grandmother. Rhoda remembers visiting her Grandmother and sitting with her while she painted. When Rhoda paints she says “I am remembering the story she passed on. I am painting this to pass it on to my children. I have learnt this story from my grandmother she put the story in my heart and it’s going out to my grandchildren. When she was painting, she would tell a story and sing.” Rhoda learnt how to dance and sing from her Grandmother and is now teaching her daughter and her family. Rhoda says “I am happy to be painting my Grandmother’s story.”
Rhoda has been included in numerous exhibitions at APY Gallery and was featured in the 2022 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Free/State at the Art Gallery of South Australia.