Janet Forrester Ngala

Born c. 1945, Janet Nala Forrester is a Luritja speaker who began painting in the late 80s with the Jukurrpa (Dreaming) group, based in Alice Springs. She lives in Alice Springs but from time to time stays in Ernabella.

Janet Paints the Dreamings from Ernabella and Maryvale, Which were told to her by her grandparents. She often travels to the Dreaming sites of her family to paint. Her works have been selected for numerous group exhibitions throughout Australia including a touring exhibition with the Australian National Gallery.

Janets brilliant use of colour creates a multi dimensional vision - from the radiating vines of the Bush Banana and Honey Ants, to the countless stars of the milky Way Dreamings. Her Work is highly sought after both both Nationaly and Internationaly.

Her work was included in a major exhibition of the Jukurrpa artists at the Aralun Arts Centre in 1989, and in several subsequent shows (including Desert Dreamings, Grand Hyatt, Jakarta, 1992), though in the past few years, she has mainly sold her work through galleries in Alice Springs. Her works have been acquired by the National Gallery of Australia, ACT and collectors from New York, Philadelphia, England, Switzerland, Germany, Rome, and Indonesia.