Ada Pula Beasley
BIOGRAPHY
"I do painng to look back on the old days when we went hunng. My Mum took us out looking for bush medicine and yams and
goanna. I learned about painng by looking at the flowers and trees in the swap area around Ampilatwatja where the bush
flowers bloom in lots of colours. It's good for my kids to look at my painngs and learn about our ways."
Ada Pula Beasley is an Epenarra arst known for her vibrant depicons of Alyawarr Country. Ada’s work is notable for her use
of a dabbing technique, employed to create many brief, hazy strokes, somemes layered with heavy dots, that coalesce to
form trees, shrubs and flowers. Ada's pallet is influenced by flowers local to Alyawarr Country which sits at the foothills of
Ilytwelepenty (the Davenport Ranges). Notable for her bold use of colour, in parcular greens and yellows, Ada's painngs
oen capture the desert in the springme, when rain comes, casng the local flora vivid green and blankeng the red dirt in
abundant wildflowers.
Ada’s landscapes sit at a crossroads between representaonal and abstract. Her rhythmic mark making refers to light and
colour, a response to environmental changes observed over the course of the day or the year. Ada’s focus on light and colour
over form recall an Impressionisc style while her use of repeve layers of heavy dabbing draws influence from the greats
of the nearby Utopia homelands.
Ada began her career with the Arsts of Ampilatwatja before she moved to the nearby community of Epenarra, also known
as Wutunugurra, here she connues to paint with the Epenarra Arsts and remains an important arst in the Barkly region.
goanna. I learned about painng by looking at the flowers and trees in the swap area around Ampilatwatja where the bush
flowers bloom in lots of colours. It's good for my kids to look at my painngs and learn about our ways."
Ada Pula Beasley is an Epenarra arst known for her vibrant depicons of Alyawarr Country. Ada’s work is notable for her use
of a dabbing technique, employed to create many brief, hazy strokes, somemes layered with heavy dots, that coalesce to
form trees, shrubs and flowers. Ada's pallet is influenced by flowers local to Alyawarr Country which sits at the foothills of
Ilytwelepenty (the Davenport Ranges). Notable for her bold use of colour, in parcular greens and yellows, Ada's painngs
oen capture the desert in the springme, when rain comes, casng the local flora vivid green and blankeng the red dirt in
abundant wildflowers.
Ada’s landscapes sit at a crossroads between representaonal and abstract. Her rhythmic mark making refers to light and
colour, a response to environmental changes observed over the course of the day or the year. Ada’s focus on light and colour
over form recall an Impressionisc style while her use of repeve layers of heavy dabbing draws influence from the greats
of the nearby Utopia homelands.
Ada began her career with the Arsts of Ampilatwatja before she moved to the nearby community of Epenarra, also known
as Wutunugurra, here she connues to paint with the Epenarra Arsts and remains an important arst in the Barkly region.
Exhibitions
2022 Ada Beasley - Japingka Gallery, Fremantle
Group Exhibitions
2023 Alatyeyt-angketyarr: Spinifex Country - Japingka Aboriginal Art, Fremantle
2023 All Around Wutunugurra - Nyinkka Nyunyu Art and Culture Centre, Tennant Creek
2022 Alpeyt Mwerrangker: Good Blossoms - Cooee Redfern
2022 Desert Mob - Araluen Centre, Alice Springs
2022 Art on Country: Works from the Barkly - Nyinkka Nyunyu Art and Culture Centre
2022 Barkly Artists - Japingka Gallery, Fremantle
2021 We Choose to Challenge - Cooee Galley, Sydney
2020 A Vision of Country: Australian Aboriginal Landscapes - Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney
2020 Artists of Ampilatwatja - Living in the Natural World - Japingka Gallery, Fremantle
2019 Artists of Ampilatwatja - Bush Garden - Japingka Gallery, Fremantle
2019 Mwerr-angker Alpert (Pretty Flower) - Wooloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane
2018 Artists of Ampilatwatja - Welcome to Paradise - Japingka Gallery, Fremantle
2018 Warlukurlangu Artists & Artists of Ampilatwatja - Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
2023 Reclaimed | Art from Barkly - Cooee Art Leven
2023 All Around Wutunugurra - Nyinkka Nyunyu Art and Culture Centre, Tennant Creek
2022 Alpeyt Mwerrangker: Good Blossoms - Cooee Redfern
2022 Desert Mob - Araluen Centre, Alice Springs
2022 Art on Country: Works from the Barkly - Nyinkka Nyunyu Art and Culture Centre
2022 Barkly Artists - Japingka Gallery, Fremantle
2021 We Choose to Challenge - Cooee Galley, Sydney
2020 A Vision of Country: Australian Aboriginal Landscapes - Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney
2020 Artists of Ampilatwatja - Living in the Natural World - Japingka Gallery, Fremantle
2019 Artists of Ampilatwatja - Bush Garden - Japingka Gallery, Fremantle
2019 Mwerr-angker Alpert (Pretty Flower) - Wooloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane
2018 Artists of Ampilatwatja - Welcome to Paradise - Japingka Gallery, Fremantle
2018 Warlukurlangu Artists & Artists of Ampilatwatja - Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
2023 Reclaimed | Art from Barkly - Cooee Art Leven
