BORN circa 1948 REGION Yumari LANGUAGE Pintupi / Ngaatjatjarra Ester is the sister of of Tjawina Porter Nampitjinpa, She grew up ‘in the bush’ with her family, after her younger brother died, her family decided to move to the newly established government settlement of Papunya. Esther has returned to live in her country with family…Read more »

BORN 1958 REGION Haasts Bluff LANGUAGE Anmatyerre Alison Nampitjinpa Anderson is an Australian politician and artist. She has been a member of the Northern territory legislative assembly since 2005, representing the electorate of MacDonnell, and is a prominent indigenous activist and former Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) Central Zone Commissioner. She was one of the…Read more »

BORN circa 1935 REGION Yamari Western Desert LANGUAGE Pintupi Background “Nyurapayia Nampitjinpa grabbed me tightly by the arm and pulled me closer to her, for an elderly woman her upper body strength is extraordinary. I was troubled by the expression on her face, she raised her eyebrow and one fierce bright eye…Read more »

BORN circa 1945 REGION Walungurru (Kintore) – Northern Territory LANGUAGE Pintupi Born in the Pintupi country North-West of Walungurru, Wentja came first to Haasts Bluff then moved to Papunya. It was here that her father, Shorty Lungkata Tjungurrayi was born. Shorty was one of the original founders of the Western Desert Art movement. With her…Read more »

BORN circa 1948 REGION Yumari LANGUAGE Pintupi / Ngaatjatjarra Background Ngoia Pollard is a Warlpiri woman, born in Haasts Bluff in the late 1940's. She was brought up at Haasts Bluff and remembers when people rode on camels to travel anywhere, and also talks of the time when women and young girls…Read more »

BORN circa 1940 REGION Tjiturrulnga LANGUAGE Pintupi Walangkura was born at Tjiturulnga, west of Kintore. She is the daughter of Inyuwa Nampitjinpa and Tutuma Tjapangati and sister of Pirrmangka Napanangka. Her family moved to Haasts Bluff in 1956, along with a group of Pintupi people. The family returned to Kintore in 1981. Walangkura’s career commenced when…Read more »

BORN circa 1940 REGION Kuruuldu LANGUAGE Pintupi Eunice started painting with the opening of the Ikuntji Women’s Centre in 1992. Her father was Tutuma Tkapangarti, one of the first men to paint or Papunya Tula. He was a senior man of the southern-most Winanpa Pintupi Association. Eunice paints her country which includes Tjukurla, Warakuna, Lupul, Punkuipirri, Tutuma’s…Read more »

BORN 1969 STUDIES Master of Fine Arts (by research), Faculty of Art & Design, Monash University, Vic. Bachelor of Fine Arts, Honours, Faculty of Art & Design, Monash University, Vic. The New York Studio School Drawing Marathon, Adelaide Centra School of Art. 1997-98 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Faculty of Art & Design, Monash University, Vic.…Read more »

Kim Nelson was born on the New South Wales south coast into a farming family. He is related on his mother’s side to the Australian traditional landscape painter Leonard Long. From a very early age Nelson showed a precocious talent for drawing and creating and this talent was put to use not only in school…Read more »