Sarrita King 1988
Lives in Adelaide, Australia. Works in Adelaide, Australia.
Represented by:
SmithDavidson Gallery
Female Aboriginal artist Sarrita King was born in Adelaide, South Australia on the 5th March 1988. She is the younger sister to fellow artist, Tarisse King and daughter to the late highly regarded artist, William King Jungala (1966 – 2007). Sarrita inherits her Australian Aboriginality from her father who was part of the Gurindji tribe from the Northern Territory.
The Gurindji tribe came to public attention during the 1960s and 1970s when members employed by the Wave Hill cattle station led a landmark case which became the first successful land rights claim in Australia. It is this same strong sense of self and pride that Sarrita embodies and it fuels her drive to paint her totemic landscape.
Sarrita spent most of her youth growing up in Darwin in the Northern Territory. Not far from where her ancestors inhabited, it is here that her connection to her Aboriginality and subsequently the land was able to grow. Her exposure to the imperious weather and extreme landscape has provided the theme for her works of art, since she began painting at age 16. Rolling sand hills, cracking lightning and thunderstorms, torrential rain, fire, desert and tangled bush are all scathing environmental factors that shaped her forefather’s lives and also her own. Depicting these elements in her paintings, Sarrita provides a visual articulation of the earth’s language.
The Gurindji tribe came to public attention during the 1960s and 1970s when members employed by the Wave Hill cattle station led a landmark case which became the first successful land rights claim in Australia. It is this same strong sense of self and pride that Sarrita embodies and it fuels her drive to paint her totemic landscape.
Sarrita spent most of her youth growing up in Darwin in the Northern Territory. Not far from where her ancestors inhabited, it is here that her connection to her Aboriginality and subsequently the land was able to grow. Her exposure to the imperious weather and extreme landscape has provided the theme for her works of art, since she began painting at age 16. Rolling sand hills, cracking lightning and thunderstorms, torrential rain, fire, desert and tangled bush are all scathing environmental factors that shaped her forefather’s lives and also her own. Depicting these elements in her paintings, Sarrita provides a visual articulation of the earth’s language.
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Holmes a Court Collection, Perth, Australia
WA Museum Boola Bardip, Perth, Australia
Fondation Burkhardt-Felder Arts et Culture, Motiers, Switzerland
Selected Exhibitions
2024 - "Ladies from Papunya", SmithDavidson Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2022 - "Connection", National Museum of Australia, Canberra, Australia
2018 - Sarrita and Tarisse King, East Hotel, Canberra, Australia
2018 - Artist in Residency, Basil Hall Editions, Canberra, Australia
2010 - "Rising Stars, Tarisse & Sarrita King", Aboriginal Art Galleries, Sydney, Australia
2010 - "In Our Father's Eyes", Aboriginal Dreamtime Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2010 - "Fire & Lightning", Central Art, Alice Springs, Australia
2009 - "William, Tarisse & Sarrita King", Aboriginal Art Galleries, Sydney, Australia
Holmes a Court Collection, Perth, Australia
WA Museum Boola Bardip, Perth, Australia
Fondation Burkhardt-Felder Arts et Culture, Motiers, Switzerland
Selected Exhibitions
2024 - "Ladies from Papunya", SmithDavidson Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2022 - "Connection", National Museum of Australia, Canberra, Australia
2018 - Sarrita and Tarisse King, East Hotel, Canberra, Australia
2018 - Artist in Residency, Basil Hall Editions, Canberra, Australia
2010 - "Rising Stars, Tarisse & Sarrita King", Aboriginal Art Galleries, Sydney, Australia
2010 - "In Our Father's Eyes", Aboriginal Dreamtime Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2010 - "Fire & Lightning", Central Art, Alice Springs, Australia
2009 - "William, Tarisse & Sarrita King", Aboriginal Art Galleries, Sydney, Australia
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