Alison Lionel Australian, Pitjantjatjara, b. 1983

Alison is third out of four generations of the Lionel family working at Ernabella Arts. her grandmother is very senior artist Pantjiti Lionel, her mother is 2015 Telstra tinalist Yurpiya Lionel and her sister is 2016 Telstra finalist Rachael Mipantjiti Lionel. Alison is a versatile painter and ceramic artist and mother to four. Her work has appeared in exhibitions across Australia and internationally, ands its in the collection of the Arts Gallery of Western Australia. In April 2017 she participated in an inter-generational collaborative painting teaching project. During the project Alison was mentored by senior artist Tjunkaya Tapaya and Tjariya Stanley