Alison Munti Riley b. 1966

Biography
LANGUAGE: Pitjantjatjara
REGION: Pukatja (Ernabella), APY LANDS, S.A. 

Alison Munti Riley was born near the community of Pukatja, formerly Ernabella, in the expansive Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands of Central Australia. Alison went to Adelaide for several years as a young girl, but primarily grew up at Pukatja, and moved to Amata with her family around 1990. Alison’s mother is Betty Munti, who taught her to paint whilst working at Ernabella Arts in 1989. Her mother taught her the art of batik and screen printing fabric. Alison trained as a teacher but says, "[her] arm kept reaching for the paint brush", so became a fulltime artist instead. Alison is a vibrant person and her artworks reflect her colourful and jovial personality. Alison also diligently teaches painting and story to her daughters, emerging artists Anthea and Amelia Riley

 

Alison often paints the ancient Dreaming stories of the journeys of women crossing her ancestral homeland, mapping the features of the land and sacred sites from a topographic point of view. Her seniority as an artist is evident in her skill and in the number of stories she paints; Kungkakarangkalpa Tjukurpa (Seven Sisters Dreaming), Kungka Kutjara (Two Women), Hilly Country, Ili (wild fig), Irmangka Irmangka (bush medicine), Wangunu (bush damper seed), Kaliny-Kalinypa (honey grevillea) and a Mamu (Devil spirit) story. Alison loves to sit and tell jokes and talk about stories, old and new, and her skill for storytelling is evident in her paintings.

 

Alison is an acclaimed Pitjantjatjara artist with a bold and confident style of painting that is drawn from her seniority and experience – her artworks have been exhibited worldwide and appear in numerous publications. Alison won the People’s Choice Award in the 28th NATSIAA (National Telstra Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award) for her Seven Sisters painting.

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  • Ili & Wangunu by Alison Munti RIley
    Alison Munti Riley
    Ili (Wild Fig) and Wangunu (Bush Damper Seed) by Alison Munti Riley, 2025
    60 x 60 cm
    23 5/8 x 23 5/8 inches
    acrylic on linen
    Alison Munti Riley, Ili (Wild Fig) and Wangunu (Bush Damper Seed) by Alison Munti Riley, 2025
    $ 990.00
  • Irmangka Irmangka by Alison Munti Riley
    Alison Munti Riley
    Irmangka Irmangka by Alison Munti Riley, 2025
    60 x 90 cm
    23 5/8 x 35 3/8 inches
    acrylic on linen
    Alison Munti Riley, Irmangka Irmangka by Alison Munti Riley, 2025
    $ 1,500.00
  • Irmangka Irmangka by Alison Munti Riley, 2025
    Alison Munti Riley
    Irmangka Irmangka by Alison Munti RIley, 2025
    90 x 120 cm
    35 3/8 x 47 1/4 inches
    acrylic on linen
    Alison Munti Riley, Irmangka Irmangka by Alison Munti RIley, 2025
    $ 3,950.00
  • Kaliny-Kalinypa and Ili by Alison Munti Riley
    Alison Munti Riley
    Kaliny-Kalinypa & Ili by Alison Munti Riley, 2025
    90 x 120 cm
    35 3/8 x 47 1/4 inches
    acrylic on linen
    Alison Munti Riley, Kaliny-Kalinypa & Ili by Alison Munti Riley, 2025
    $ 3,950.00
  • Kungka Kutjara (Two Women) by Alison Munti Riley, 2025
    Alison Munti Riley
    Kungka Kutjara (Two Women) by Alison Munti RIley, 2025
    60 x 110 cm
    23 5/8 x 43 1/4 inches
    acrylic on linen
    Alison Munti Riley, Kungka Kutjara (Two Women) by Alison Munti RIley, 2025
    $ 1,750.00
  • Kungka Kutjara by Alison Munti Riley, 2025
    Alison Munti Riley
    Kungka Kutjara (Two Women) by Alison Munti Riley, 2025
    90 x 120 cm
    35 3/8 x 47 1/4 inches
    acrylic on linen
    Sold
  • Wangunu (Bush Damper Seed) and Ili (Wild Fig) by Alison Munti Riley, 2025
    Alison Munti Riley
    Wangunu (Bush Damper Seed) and Ili (Wild Fig) by Alison Munti Riley, 2025
    60 x 110 cm
    23 5/8 x 43 1/4 inches
    acrylic on linen
    Sold
  • Wangunu (Bush Damped Seed) by Alison Munti Riley,, 2025
    Alison Munti Riley
    Wangunu (Bush Damper Seed) by Alison Munti Riley, 2025
    60 x 45 cm
    23 5/8 x 17 3/4 inches
    acrylic on linen
    Alison Munti Riley, Wangunu (Bush Damper Seed) by Alison Munti Riley, 2025
    $ 660.00
  • Wangunu & Ili by Alison Munti Riley, 2024
    Alison Munti Riley
    Wangunu (Bush Damper Seed) and Ili (Wild Fig) by Alison Munti Riley, 2024
    90 x 150 cm
    35 3/8 x 59 inches
    acrylic on Belgian linen
    Sold
  • Wangunu (Bush Damper Seed) and Kungka Kutjara (Two Women) by Alison Munti Riley
    Alison Munti Riley
    Wangunu (Bush Damper Seed) and Kungka Kutjara (Two Women) by Alison Munti Riley, 2024
    60 x 90 cm
    23 5/8 x 35 3/8 inches
    acrylic on linen
    Sold
  • Wangunu (Bush Damper Seed) by Alison Munti Riley
    Alison Munti Riley
    Wangunu (Bush Damper Seed) by Alison Munti Riley, 2024
    90 x 120 cm
    35 3/8 x 47 1/4 inches
    acrylic on Belgian linen
    Alison Munti Riley, Wangunu (Bush Damper Seed) by Alison Munti Riley, 2024
    $ 3,950.00
  • Kungka Kutjara (Two Women) by Alison Munti Riley
    Alison Munti Riley
    Kungka Kutjara (Two Women) by Alison Munti Riley, 2023
    89 x 119 cm
    35 x 46 7/8 inches
    acrylic on Belgian linen
    Alison Munti Riley, Kungka Kutjara (Two Women) by Alison Munti Riley, 2023
    $ 3,950.00
  • Wangunu (Bush Damper Seed) and Ili (Wild Fig) by Alison Munti Riley, 2023, acrylic on Belgian linen, 90 x 120 cm
    Alison Munti Riley
    Wangunu (Bush Damper Seed) and Ili (Wild Fig) by Alison Munti Riley, 2023
    90 x 120 cm
    35 3/8 x 47 1/4 inches
    acrylic on Belgian linen
    Alison Munti Riley, Wangunu (Bush Damper Seed) and Ili (Wild Fig) by Alison Munti Riley, 2023
    $ 3,950.00
  • Wangunu (Bush Damper Seed) by Alison Munti Riley, 2023. 60 x 90 cm
    Alison Munti Riley
    Wangunu (Bush Damper Seed) by Alison Munti Riley, 2023
    60 x 90 cm
    23 5/8 x 35 3/8 inches
    acrylic on Belgian linen
    Alison Munti Riley, Wangunu (Bush Damper Seed) by Alison Munti Riley, 2023
    $ 1,500.00
  • Wangunu (Bush Damped Seed) by Alison Munti Riley, 2023
    Alison Munti Riley
    Wangunu (Bush Damper Seed) by Alison Munti Riley, 2023
    149 x 104 cm
    58 5/8 x 41 inches
    acrylic on Belgian linen
    Alison Munti Riley, Wangunu (Bush Damper Seed) by Alison Munti Riley, 2023
    $ 5,500.00
  • Bush Damper Seed by Alison Munti Riley
    Alison Munti Riley
    Wangunu (Bush Damper Seed) by Alison Munti Riley, 2023
    90 x 120 cm
    35 3/8 x 47 1/4 inches
    acrylic on Belgian linen
    Sold
  • Wangunu (Bush Damper Seed) by Alison Munti Riley, 2023, acrylic on Belgian linen, 60 x 90 cm
    Alison Munti Riley
    Wangunu (Bush Damper Seed) by Alison Munti Riley, 2023
    60 x 90 cm
    23 5/8 x 35 3/8 inches
    acrylic on Belgian linen
    Alison Munti Riley, Wangunu (Bush Damper Seed) by Alison Munti Riley, 2023
    $ 1,500.00
  • Wangunu (Bush Damper Seed) by Alison Munti Riley
    Alison Munti Riley
    Wangunu (Bush Damper Seed) by Alison Munti Riley, 2023
    90 x 120 cm
    35 3/8 x 47 1/4 inches
    acrylic on Belgian linen
    Sold
  • Kungka Kutjara by Alison Munti Riley AM202220
    Alison Munti Riley
    Irmangka Irmangka by Alison Munti Riley, 2022
    206 x 99 cm
    81 1/8 x 39 inches
    acrylic on linen
    Alison Munti Riley, Irmangka Irmangka by Alison Munti Riley, 2022
    $ 8,800.00
  • Kungka Kutjara (Two Women) by Alison Munti Riley
    Alison Munti Riley
    Kungka Kutjara (Two Women) by Alison Munti Riley, 2022
    90 x 150 cm
    35 3/8 x 59 inches
    acrylic on linen
    Alison Munti Riley, Kungka Kutjara (Two Women) by Alison Munti Riley, 2022
    $ 4,500.00
  • Seven Sisters Dreaming Aboriginal Art painting by Alison Munti Riley, 2024, acrylic on linen
    Alison Munti Riley
    Kungkarangkalpa Tjukurrpa (Seven Sisters Dreaming) - Rockholes by Alison Munti Riley, 2022
    90 x 150 cm
    35 3/8 x 59 inches
    acrylic on linen
    Alison Munti Riley, Kungkarangkalpa Tjukurrpa (Seven Sisters Dreaming) - Rockholes by Alison Munti Riley, 2022
    $ 4,500.00
  • Seven Sisters Dreaming by Alison Munti Riley
    Alison Munti Riley
    Seven Sisters Dreaming (Rockholes) by Alison Munti Riley, 2022
    60 x 90 cm
    23 5/8 x 35 3/8 inches
    acrylic on linen
    Alison Munti Riley, Seven Sisters Dreaming (Rockholes) by Alison Munti Riley, 2022
    $ 1,250.00
  • Seven Sisters Dreaming by Alison Munti Riley
    Alison Munti Riley
    Seven Sisters Dreaming (Rockholes) by Alison Munti Riley, 2022
    60 x 90 cm
    23 5/8 x 35 3/8 inches
    acrylic on linen
    Alison Munti Riley, Seven Sisters Dreaming (Rockholes) by Alison Munti Riley, 2022
    $ 1,250.00
  • Seven Sisters Dreaming (Rockholes) by Alison Munti Riley AM202207
    Alison Munti Riley
    Seven Sisters Dreaming (Rockholes) by Alison Munti Riley, 2022
    99 x 199 cm
    39 x 78 3/8 inches
    acrylic on linen
    Alison Munti Riley, Seven Sisters Dreaming (Rockholes) by Alison Munti Riley, 2022
    $ 8,800.00
  • Wangunu by Alison Munti Riley
    Alison Munti Riley
    Wangunu (Bush Damper Seed) by Alison Munti Riley, 2022
    90 x 120 cm
    35 3/8 x 47 1/4 inches
    acrylic on Belgian linen
    Alison Munti Riley, Wangunu (Bush Damper Seed) by Alison Munti Riley, 2022
    $ 3,950.00
  • Wangunu by Alison Munti Riley
    Alison Munti Riley
    Wangunu (Bush Damper Seed) by Alison Munti Riley, 2022
    45 x 60 cm
    17 3/4 x 23 5/8 inches
    acrylic on Belgian linen
    Alison Munti Riley, Wangunu (Bush Damper Seed) by Alison Munti Riley, 2022
    $ 660.00
  • Wangunu by Alison Munti Riley
    Alison Munti Riley
    Wangunu (Bush Damper Seed) by Alison Munti Riley, 2022
    45 x 60 cm
    17 3/4 x 23 5/8 inches
    acrylic on Belgian linen
    Alison Munti Riley, Wangunu (Bush Damper Seed) by Alison Munti Riley, 2022
    $ 660.00
  • Kunga Kutjara (Two Women) by Alison Munti Riley
    Alison Munti Riley
    Kungka Kutjara (Two Women) by Alison Munti Riley, 2021
    61 x 117 cm
    24 x 46 inches
    acrylic on canvas
    Alison Munti Riley, Kungka Kutjara (Two Women) by Alison Munti Riley, 2021
    $ 1,012.00 SALE - was $1,350
  • Seven Sisters Dreaming (Rockholes) by Alison Munti Riley
    Alison Munti Riley
    Seven Sisters Dreaming (Rockholes) by Alison Munti Riley, 2021
    90 x 150 cm
    35 3/8 x 59 inches
    acrylic on linen
    Alison Munti Riley, Seven Sisters Dreaming (Rockholes) by Alison Munti Riley, 2021
    $ 4,500.00
  • Hilly Country by Alison Munti Riley
    Alison Munti Riley
    Hilly Country by Alison Munti Riley, 2018
    100 x 201 cm
    39 3/8 x 79 1/8 inches
    acrylic on canvas
    Alison Munti Riley, Hilly Country by Alison Munti Riley, 2018
    $ 5,000.00 SALE - was $6,000
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