Alison Lionel is part of the art centre Ernabella Arts.
Alison is a member of Ernabella’s renowned Lionel family – her grandmother Pantjiti, her mother Yurpiya and her sister Rachael are all highly regarded and
acclaimed artists.
Alison is a versatile painter and ceramic artist and mother of four. She first started coming to the art centre as a young girl, watching her mother and
grandmother. In the last few years she has developed her own artistic style, focusing on elements of the natural environment that she observes when she’
s out on country.
In 2017 Alison participated in an inter-generational collaborative painting project and was mentored by senior Ernabella artists Tjunkaya Tapaya OAM and
Tjariya Stanley.
Alison has had two Kangkurura (Two Sisters) exhibitions with her sister Rachael in Sydney, and she has exhibited in galleries all around Australia and in
Belgium. Her work is held in the collection of the Art Gallery of Western Australia.
Collections:
- Art gallery of Western Australia
Selected Group Exhibitions:
- 2023 – Songlines. Centres d’art du désert australien, Ambassade d’Australie, Paris, France
- 2023 – Aboriginal Contemporary, Sydney, NSW – Walytjaṟa Minyma Lionel – Lionel Ladies
- 2023 – Aboriginal Signature, Bruxelles, Belgium – Caress the Earth II : Manta Ngura Atuntju Kanyini II
- 2017 – Tunbridge Gallery, Subiaco – The Lionel Family: Tjukurpa tititjura ngaranyjaku | Keeping our Tjukurpa strong forever
Source: Ernabella Arts