Jean Ngwarraye Long

Jean Ngwarraye Long was born in 1963 and has lived in Ampilatwatja all her life. She was part of the original Utopian batik movement in the 1980s. She has exhibited in many group exhibitions, including at ArtKelch, Germany in 2015, Flinders Lane Galley, Melbourne (2018) and Suzanne O’Connell Gallery, Brisbane (2018). In 2018 she was also a finalist in the 40th Alice Art Prize (The Alice Springs Art Foundation).

Black and white portrait of Indigenous woman with painted background.

 Jean Ngwarraye Long. Photo: Artists of Ampilatwatja.

Native Seeds in ‘Midnight’, upholstered onto Jac Chairs by Zenith Interiors. Photo: Pablo Martin.

Jean’s design for our Ampilatwatja Collection is called Native Seeds. Native Seeds represents the process of harvesting edible seeds from trees in the Ampilatwatja region. The seeds are ground with a mortar and grinding stone, and water added to create a dough, similar to damper, which is then cooked on hot coals.

Fabric laid out with soft folds printed with First Nations design of small seeds of white on dark blue

Native Seeds in ‘Mineral’, printed on our Indoor Weave fabric.

Banquette seat in modern office with window overlooking trees below and blue sky, featuring green First Nations design on upholstery with wooden table, chair and joinery

Native Seeds ‘Olive’ on our High Performance / Outdoor fabric, at the offices of McMillan Shakespeare, Sydney. Photo: Toby Peet.

Australian yellow flowering plant with green leaves on dry reddish soil.

Arrernte Country. Photo: Willie Weston.

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