Janine McAullay Bott b. 1951

  • Artist (Weaver)
Noongar bush sculptor based in Perth who works with a range of natural materials to create roughly hewn figures of animals, people, domestic objects and vessels. Her work is dedicated to visualising and honouring Noongar culture. McAullay Bott won the 2009 Wandjuk Marika three-dimensional Memorial Award at the 26th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards.

Citations

  • Nicholls, A cited in B. Parkes (ed) (2005), ''The West: Contemporary Basket making in Western and Central Australia’ in Woven Forms: Contemporary basket making in Australia’, Object: Australian Centre for Craft and Design, Sydney, NSW, p. 38.

  • (2009), 'McAullay Bott, Janine’, Written and verbal correspondence with the author.

  • 'Wealth of Artistic Talent on Show – media release’ (9 March 2006), City of Armadale Website, Accessed 16/1/09.

    http://www.armadale.wa.gov.au/publications/mediareleases/mediareleases_detail/default.php?id=354

  • (2009), 'Artitja Fine Art website’, Accessed 17/2/09.

    http://www.artitja.com.au/weaves1.htm

  • Searles, Nalda (2006), 'Twigs to Toyotas: The growth of Fibre Basketry in Western Australia’, Cultural Strands, FORM Contemporary Craft and Design, Perth, WA, Compiled by Acker, Carly Davenport.

  • McCulloch, Susan & McCulloch Childs, Emily (2008), 'McCulloch’s Contemporary Aboriginal Art – the complete guide’, McCulloch & McCulloch Australian Art Books, Fitzroy, VIC.

See also

  • 'Albert, Jane 'Indigenous art better understood in Europe', The Australian, May 28, 2004, p. 3.', Newspaper article about the Sydney Oceanic Art Fair with an image of "Oldie" the kangaroo, which was exhibited with other McAullay Bott weavings at the fair.

Initial data sources

  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW