Fred Grant was born at Ukatjatjara c.1943, a site in the remote Great Victoria Desert of Western Australia. A southern Pitjantjatjara man, Fred grew up with his parents and small family group following ceremonial cycles and surviving by traditional methods.
Around the 1950's Fred came into Cundeelee Mission as young initiated man where he lived with extended family for about twenty five years. In the eighties Fred returned to country with older people setting up camp at Yakadunya, later developing a community at Tjuntjuntjara.
Fred is married to Carlene West also an artist and singer and has one son and many grandchildren. Fred has travelled widely in Australia and overseas including Germany in 2002, performing with the theatre company Black Swan along with a number of other Spinifex Artists.
In 2005 Fred travelled to London and Utrecht in the Netherlands for a Spinifex Artists Exhibition.
A senior custodian for his country and knowledgeable about vast tracts of country and Tjukurpa, Fred is renowned for his singing in traditional ceremonies.
Fred Grant was born at Ukatjatjara c.1943, a site in the remote Great Victoria Desert of Western Australia. A southern Pitjantjatjara man, Fred grew up with his parents and small family group following ceremonial cycles and surviving by traditional methods.
Around the 1950's Fred came into Cundeelee Mission as young initiated man where he lived with extended family for about twenty five years. In the eighties Fred returned to country with older people setting up camp at Yakadunya, later developing a community at Tjuntjuntjara.
Fred is married to Carlene West also an artist and singer and has one son and many grandchildren. Fred has travelled widely in Australia and overseas including Germany in 2002, performing with the theatre company Black Swan along with a number of other Spinifex Artists.
In 2005 Fred travelled to London and Utrecht in the Netherlands for a Spinifex Artists Exhibition.
A senior custodian for his country and knowledgeable about vast tracts of country and Tjukurpa, Fred is renowned for his singing in traditional ceremonies.