Maria Josette Orsto

Maria Josette Orsto (born 1962) is an aboriginal artist born at Pirlangimpi, on Melville Island (one of the Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory).[1][2][3] Her father, Declan Apuatimi, and her mother, Jean Baptiste Apuatimi,[3] were also noted aboriginal artists from the Tiwi Islands. One of the first female members of Tiwi Designs,[3] she now lives and works at Wurrumiyanga (formerly Ngiui) on Bathurst Island.[1]

Exhibitions

2012 The second triennial indigenous art exhibition, Undisclosed, at the National Gallery of Australia, included her works, Jikapayinga (Female crocodile) (2007), Pakitiringa (Rain) (2007), and Mayinga (2009).[4]
2020-21 Jilamara, five of Orsto's batik designs on silk lengths and one batik on cotton were featured in the National Gallery of Victoria's TIWI exhibition. Jilamara means body painting to celebrate kulama (coming of age ceremony). [5][6]In the same exhibition, Orsto made the bark basket used as part of a ceramic sculpture created by Mark Virgil Puautjimi.[6]

Her work is held in several public collections including:

Powerhouse Museum: A work, Jilamara, a screenprint by Osmund Kantiilla based on three paintings by Orsto, is held by the Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences (formerly the Powerhouse Museum),[7][8] together with a further work, Kurlama.[8]
National Gallery of Australia: Some 25 works, including Jilmaira (1994),[9] and Mayinga Jilimara (2013).[10]
QAGOMA: Kulama body painting (2002), purchased 2003,[11] Ngirringani jilamara (2007), purchased 2007,[12] Jilimara (1990), gift of Christopher Chapman.[13]

"NGV: Maria Josette Orsto". Retrieved 5 August 2020.
"Japingka Aboriginal Art: Maria Josette Orsto". Retrieved 5 August 2020.
"MCA Artist: Maria Josette Orsto". Retrieved 5 August 2020.
Cubillo, F. (2012). "Maria Josette Orsto". In Lane, C.; Cubillo, F. (eds.). Undisclosed : 2nd National Indigenous Art Triennial. Canberra, A.C.T.): National Gallery of Australia. pp. 104–109. ISBN 978-0-642-33421-3.
"TIWI | NGV". www.ngv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
National Gallery of Victoria (2020). "TIWI Large print labels" (PDF). National Gallery of Victoria. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
"Textile length, 'Jilamara' (design), red and brown screenprint on beige cotton, based on three paintings by Josette Orsto in 1994, developed as screenprint by Osmond Kantilla in 1995, printed at Tiwi Designs, Bathurst Island, Northern Territory, 1996". collection.maas.museum. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
"DAAO: Josette Orsto Works". DAAO. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
Orsto, Maria Josette Gohier. "Jilmaira". Item held by National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
Orsto, Maria Josette. "Miyinga Jilamara". Item held by National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
"QAGOMA: Assets 2003-2004" (PDF). QAGOMA.
"QAGOMA: Annual report 2007-2008" (PDF), QAGOMA, p. 65, retrieved 12 August 2020
Queensland Art Gallery Report 2008-2009 Appendices (PDF). QAGOMA. 2009. p. 54.

Exhibition (22 July - 24 August 2016)
A poster by her father
Zemits, B., Anderson, S., De Groot, A., & Taylor, J. (2016). "Communicating knowledge about the world: reflective, collaborating artists". The Asian Conference on Ethics, Religion & Philosophy 2016. The International Academic Forum (IAFOR). pp. 13–23.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link).

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