Chapman & Bailey, in collaboration with Walkatjara Art Uluru, is proud to present REGGIE ULURU.
Reggie Uluru paints shimmering colours in the rhythm of dance as he sings the Ngintaka ancestral story that he knows so well. Reggie Uluru is senior traditional custodian of Uluru and was part of the official hand back of his lands by the Australian Federal Government in 1985. He has taught countless visitors his ancestral lore over many years as a ranger and tour guide.
Now revered elder and ceremony songman, Reggie Uluru sits and paints to teach his knowledge passing down his songlines through time and space.
“I feel proud to teach young ones about country, my Tjukurpa, our learning stories, about the family ancestors, the spirits, how to find waterholes and bush tucker. Show them the right way, the connection to culture how my father Paddy taught me long time. I now live in Mutitjulu, where I paint Wati Ngintaka, Perentie Lizard Man”
Reggie Uluru 2023.
Courtesy of Walkatjara Art Uluru
Image: 'Wati Ngintaka Perentie Lizard Man' by Reggie Uluru
REGGIE ULURU Wati Ngintaka Perentie Lizard Man, 2023 Walkatjara Art Uluru cat no 23-805 Acrylic on linen
cbOne Gallery is the recent incarnation of a merging of Chapman & Bailey and Eastgate Gallery. The gallery exhibits new shows monthly in their contemporary space at 1c Marine Pde Abbotsford. The gallery represents contemporary Australian visual artists and designers.
cbOne works with senior, mid-career, and emerging artists. They also represent the Roger Kemp Estate and the Robert Greive Estate. Their parent company, Chapman & Bailey, run art service businesses in Queensland and the Northern Territory, and work with many community art centres supplying art materials and technical support to Indigenous artists.