Keith Minunga, 61x46cm

• Aboriginal Artist - Keith Minunga
• Community - Umoona
• Aboriginal Art Centre - Umoona Community Art Centre
• Catalogue number - 272/24
• Materials - Professional artist acrylic on masonite board (flat wooden board)
• Size(cm) - H61 W46 D0.5
• Postage variants - Artwork posted flat
• Orientation - Painted from all sides and OK to hang as wished

Keith Minunga is a senior Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara man who holds much cultural knowledge. Born in 1957, Keith lives between Umoona and Oodnadatta in far north South Australia. Keith began painting alongside his wife Jeannie Minunga and sister Kay Finn at Umoona Art Centre in October 2021. Keith's paintings depict people coming together or meeting on Country. These 'meetings' are of either the same, or different language groups coming together, whether being kids at school or two groups meeting at Marla. Each work contains rich history from Keith's observations and stories on the APY Lands.

Umoona Community Art Centre is Indigenous owned and governed, based in Umoona community at Coober Pedy in the north of South Australia. It was established in 2020 alongside the art centres of the neighbouring Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, with the aim of building sustainable employment pathways for artists. The artists wanted a permanent centre they owned and operated themselves, and opened their purpose-built studio in Umoona in early 2024. The community is diverse. Artists from different language groups across the central desert work alongside people who have always called Umoona and Coober Pedy home, more than thirty of them, aged from sixteen to seventy. They work in acrylic on linen, punu and carving, tjanpi weaving and ceramics, in a wide range of styles, with strong colour and energetic mark making.