Allery Sandy is an artist from Roebourne, in Western Australia's Pilbara region, and a Yindjibarndi elder. [1]
Sandy was born in Roebourne to parents Sandy Andrews and Lila King. She is the fourth-eldest of their eleven children. Allery was first employed at the Community Welfare's second-hand clothes shop, and subsequently ran a play group for underprivileged children. [2]
In 1986 Sandy started work as an Aboriginal Islander Education worker at Roebourne Pre-primary School, and from 1990 she taught the Yindjibarndi language as a LOTE ( Languages Other Than English) subject. In 2001 Sandy left the school, and became involved women cooking and sewing, as well as the ministry of the local Aboriginal Church. [2]
Sandy started painting in February 2006, following encouragement from a TAFE teacher, Patricia Floyd, who was giving lessons at the Pilbara Aboriginal Church in Roebourne. [1] Sandy undertook courses in painting and design, [2] and in 2007 completed her first painting with an aerial-perspective. [1]
Sandy received national recognition as a finalist in the 2012 National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards with her painting Country in Spring. [1] Two years later she won top prize in the WA Indigenous section of the Cossack Art Awards. [3]
Sandy was the subject and narrator of the documentary and slow TV show Marni, which aired on NITV on 23 January 2020. [4] The title means marking in the Yindjibarndi language, and the 170 minute long feature shows Sandy as she creates a dot-work painting of the Roebourne region. [5] [6]
Sandy has three children, two daughters and a son. [2]
In 2006 Sandy became the chairperson of Yinjaa-Barni Art, and in 2014 was a performer in, and Yindjibarndi language and cultural adviser for, the play "Hipbone Sticking Out". [2]
Allery Sandy is an artist from Roebourne, in Western Australia's Pilbara region, and a Yindjibarndi elder. [1]
Sandy was born in Roebourne to parents Sandy Andrews and Lila King. She is the fourth-eldest of their eleven children. Allery was first employed at the Community Welfare's second-hand clothes shop, and subsequently ran a play group for underprivileged children. [2]
In 1986 Sandy started work as an Aboriginal Islander Education worker at Roebourne Pre-primary School, and from 1990 she taught the Yindjibarndi language as a LOTE ( Languages Other Than English) subject. In 2001 Sandy left the school, and became involved women cooking and sewing, as well as the ministry of the local Aboriginal Church. [2]
Sandy started painting in February 2006, following encouragement from a TAFE teacher, Patricia Floyd, who was giving lessons at the Pilbara Aboriginal Church in Roebourne. [1] Sandy undertook courses in painting and design, [2] and in 2007 completed her first painting with an aerial-perspective. [1]
Sandy received national recognition as a finalist in the 2012 National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards with her painting Country in Spring. [1] Two years later she won top prize in the WA Indigenous section of the Cossack Art Awards. [3]
Sandy was the subject and narrator of the documentary and slow TV show Marni, which aired on NITV on 23 January 2020. [4] The title means marking in the Yindjibarndi language, and the 170 minute long feature shows Sandy as she creates a dot-work painting of the Roebourne region. [5] [6]
Sandy has three children, two daughters and a son. [2]
In 2006 Sandy became the chairperson of Yinjaa-Barni Art, and in 2014 was a performer in, and Yindjibarndi language and cultural adviser for, the play "Hipbone Sticking Out". [2]