Fatima Kantilla

Artist Story
Fatima Kantilla along with a group of Tiwi artists attended an etching and lithography workshop at the Canberra School of Art, where she worked closely with the printer Theo Tremblay. Kantilla was a member of the Munupi Arts Association on Melville Island and produced a wide range of art works including prints and batik.

Collections
Aboriginal Art Museum, The Netherlands.
Australian Embassy, Paris.
Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide.
Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise, Queensland.
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
National Museum of Australia, Canberra.
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Group Exhibitions
1989, The Sixth National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin; 1990, Munupi Dreaming, Shades of Ochre, Darwin.; 1990, The Seventh National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin; 1991, The Eighth National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin; 1992/3, New Tracks Old Land: An Exhibition of Contemporary Prints from Aboriginal Australia, touring USA and Australia; 1993, Mamunukuwi Jilamarra Tiwi Women’s Art, Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National Gallery, Canberra.; 1993, Nginingawula Tiwi Jilamara, All our Tiwi designs, Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
Bibliography
Cochrane, G., 1992, The Crafts Movement in Australia: a History, New South Wales University Press, Kensington, New South Wales. (C)”Perkins H. ‘Beyond the Year of Indigenous Peoples’ in Art and Australia 1993 Vol 31 No 1 p 98-101.