Walka means design or pattern. Artists use this title to describe artworks that are pattern based rather than descriptive or telling a story.
Name: Inawinytji Stanley
Language: Pitjantjatjara
Community: Pukatja
Biography:
Inawinytji is the daughter of renowned artist and one of the founding members of Ernabella Arts, Tjariya Nungalka Stanley. She is the younger sister of Renita and they come from a family that is strong in law and culture. Inawinytji first started working at the art centre alongside her mother in the 1990's, and was involved in several group exhibitions. She then left the community to live in Alice Springs, and after a long absence returned to Ernabella in 2008 and immediately became a very active participant in the art centre and the newly revived ceramics studio.
As well as working on her own artistic development, Inawinytji has also mentored and encouraged her young niece, Janice Stanley, who is now a prominent Ernabella artist.
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