Rachel Napaljarri Jurra b. 1960

  • Artist (Painter)
Warlpiri artist and member of the women's collective, Jukurrpa Artists. She lives between Yuendumu and Alice Springs (NT).
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Born in 1960 at Yuendumu and a Warlpiri speaker, she began painting in 1985. Her country is Jila Well, west of Yuendumu, and she paints Kangaroo, Pirki (Cave), Prickle and Green Parrot Dreamings. She was married to the late Isaac Yama. She lives sometimes at Yuendumu and sometimes at Hidden Valley, a town camp on the edge of Alice Springs, where she works with other painters like Rosie Fleming Nangala and Polly Napangardi Watson . Her cousin, Eunice Napangardi , taught her to paint her Dreamings. She usually works with the Jukurrpa group. She has sold her work to the Centre for Aboriginal Artists, but is primarily associated with the Jukurrpa group. 'Living at my little sister’s camp and watching Eunice Napangardi ; my aunty told me my Dreamings.’

Writers:
Johnson, Vivien
Date written:
1994
Last updated:
2011

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