Thanakupi b. 1937

Also known as Thancoupie, Gloria James Fletcher
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Ceramist)
Ceramicist whose pottery was informed by the artist's sense of clay's sacred purpose within traditional ceremonial life at the artist's home in Weipa. Her pots were etched and painted with linear animal and human forms drawn from Thaynakwith stories. Thanakupi passed away in 2011.
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associate of
Euphemia Bostock
1936
Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Sculptor), Artist (Painter), Artist (Ceramist)
associate of
Lester Bostock
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associate of
Dick Roughsey
1924
Artist (Painter), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Carole Johnson
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Chicka Dixon
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associate of
Charlie Perkins
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associate of
Jon Rhodes
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associate of
Shiga Shigeo
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Jennifer Isaacs
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associate of
Vernon Ah Kee
1937
Artist (Installation Artist), Artist (Video Artist), Artist (Photographer), Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Printmaker)
relative of
Mr. Jack Jans
1937
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Jeannie Herbert Punayi Nungarrayi
1937
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Peter Rushforth
1937
Artist (Ceramist)
associate of
Peter Travis
1937
Artist (Sculptor), Artist (Ceramist), Designer (Industrial / Product Designer)

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