Ngurra Janginyina
- Artist Name: Sarrita King
- Dimensions: 60cm x 90cm
- Artist Location: NT
- Medium: Acrylic on linen
- Category: First Nations
Darwin and the Northern Territory are renowned for their dramatic bi-annual lightning and storm shows. Researchers and experts travel from all over the world to see the spectacular skyward schisms and ruptures.
At 35 years old Sarrita King lives in Darwin, N.T where she spent most of her youth. The Northern Territory continues to be the source of much of her creative inspiration along with the stories her father, the late, William King Jungala, shared with her. She lives with her partner, Chad and her sons Steele and Grange and splits her time between family and working in the studio. Sarrita's new family has only strengthened her desire to share her culture and stories through her art.
Sarrita King was born in Adelaide on March 5 1988. She is younger sister to artist Tarisse King and daughter of renowned influential indigenous artist, the late William King Jungala. Her combinations of styles, philosophies and pictorial story-telling have become characteristic of her work, resulting in acclaim and world-recognition as an iconic artist in her own right.
Spending her formative years in the harsh and exacting Northern Territory, she was close to the spirit of her people, the Gurindji tribe and she daily felt the degradation, reparation, hope and beauty of a land that was in constant flux, turmoil and renewal.
Sarrita is a self-confessed artist of today - she unashamedly combines methods and techniques from past and present times and is developing a future style for all generations.
*Please note artwork will not be shipped until after the 2024 Finalist Exhibition which ends in mid-October 2024.