Josette Orsto
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Name
Josette Orsto
Other names
Orsto, Maria Josette.
Culture
Aboriginal Australian
Gender
Female
Birth date
30 October 1962
Birth place
Pularumpi, Melville Island, Northern Territory, Australia View on map Close map
Death date
30 November 2020
Death Place
Bathurst Island, Northern Territory, Australia View on map Close map
Occupations
Artist (painter) | Carver | Decorative / design artist | Drawer | Printmaker
Summary
Worked: Australia (NT). Etchings, lithographs, linocuts
NGA IRN
18643
Context
Australia
Biography
Josette ORSTO
Josette Orsto whose Tiwi name is Papatayu, was born at Pularumpi, Melville Island, Northern Territory 30th October 1962. Josette watched her father Declan Apuatimi working at his crafts and was instructed by him in the arts of carving and painting. Artists, Marie McMahon and Susan Ostling assisted in a mural painting project part of a recent new womens art movement at Pularumpi. This stimulation has encouraged women like Josette to become versatile artists carving, painting and working in the Batik programme.
© ada 1989
Affiliation
Tiwi people
ATSI region
North
Sub-region
Bathurst Island
Specific location
Pularumpi
Artist’s country
Melville island
Language
Tiwi
Sub-section
Japajapunga
Last Updated
16 Sep 2022