Ian Rictor

Ian Rictor is wati Anangu, a Pitjantjatjara man from the Great Victorian Desert area of Western Australia. He was born at Artulin/Tuwan circa 1955, and is a custodian and traditional owner of Tuna. His small family group is the last of the known Aboriginal people to have remained living traditionally in the Western Desert, ‘emerging’ in 1986. He has been an artist with the Spinifex Arts Project since it began in 1997. Ian Rictor resides in the remote community of Tjuntjuntjara with his wife Kathleen Kanta Donnegan and extended family. His skills have been passed on through the Tjukurpa, the Law and way of life governing his country. He is a skilled hunter, bush mechanic and craftsman.