Name: Denise Atkins
Language: Kartujarra, Putijarra
Community: Parnpajinya
Biography:
I was born in Port Hedland but grew up in Jigalong. I have been learning to paint from my mother Miriam. She teaches me about my families country and how to paint it.
Untitled This is Wurta Amy French’s Country- her ‘ngurra’ (home Country, camp). People identify with their ngurra in terms of specific rights and responsibilities, and the possession of intimate knowledge of the physical and cultural Read more…
Untitled Martumili Artists work with over three hundred artists from remote Martu Aboriginal communities, including Punmu, Parnngurr, Kunawarritji, Jigalong, Irrungadji (Nullagine), and Warralong, as well as from the Parnpajinya (Newman) gallery and studio spaces. Known Read more…
Kun Kun (Kuny-Kuny) Kun Kun (Kuny-kuny) is a soak accessing a large body of underground water, located southeast of Kunawarritji (Canning Stock Route Well 33). The site is sacred for its association with the marlu Read more…