Freda Ali Wayartja
Biography
Freda Wayartja is a master weaver and cultural leader and educator. She is Burarra, one of the east-side language groups who specialise in the customary conical dilly bags, woven string bags and mats. She is particularly renowned for the use of mirlarl, (malaisia scandens), a type of vine that grows in the coastal jungle. The use of this vine to manufacture fish traps, barriers and large strong dillybags is unique to this region.
She is a cultural leader in her community, teaching younger generations of weavers and also regularly leading demonstrations and tours for visitors and tourists.
Past Exhibitions
Group
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2022 Thread Count, Agency Projects & Padre Coffee
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2020 Kunmadj - Woven Objects, Japingka, Perth, WA
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2020 The Alchemists, FORM
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2017 Into the Water, Tactile Arts, Darwin, NT
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2016 NAISDA 40th Anniversary Auction, Auction night at Carriageworks, Sydney
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2008 Palya Art, Palya Art at Mary Place, Mary Place, Sydney, NSW
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2005 2005, Fibreforms, Grantpirre Gallery, Sydney, NSW
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2004 2004 Hogarth galleries, Bark paintings, carvings and fibre works from Maningrida, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, NSW
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2003 2003 weave, Federation Centre for the arts, Bundoora Homestead, VIC, Weave, Federation Centre for the Arts, Bundoora Homestead, VIC
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2003 2003 Bark paintings, sculpture and fibre work by the Maningrida women artists, Bark paintings, sculpture and fibre work by Maningrida women artists,Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, VIC
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2003 2003 Threads of time, Threads of time, Burrinja gallery, Upwey, VIC
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2002 2002 Material Witness, Material witness, 15th Tamworth Fibre Textile Biennial, Tamworth City Gallery, NSW
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2002 2002 Fibre: an exhibition of woven art, Fibre: an exhibition of woven art, Raft artspace, Darwin, NT
Collections
- Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
- National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT