Doreen Chapman: No fishing, no hunting, no car, just painting

2024 is shaping up as a remarkable year for Manyjilyjarra artist Doreen Chapman. Following her inclusion in the 24th Biennale of Sydney, Ten Thousand Suns, and the 41st Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, Chapman is hitting the studio to develop a new body of work for her highly anticipated solo show at James Makin Gallery, Narrm/Melbourne.

Chapman was the only artist invited to exhibit across each venue of Ten Thousand Suns earlier this year in Warrane/Sydney, including the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Artspace, Chau Chak Wing Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, UNSW Galleries, and White Bay Power Station. To achieve this feat, Chapman continued in her practice of taking inspiration from the objects of her everyday…