BORN: 1981
LANGUAGE GROUP: Pintupi/Luritja
REGION: Kintore
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Esther Bruno Nangala is a Luritja/Pintupi woman and the granddaughter of Naata Nungurrayi, an absolute legend of the desert art movement.
Esther was born in Alice Springs in 1981 and brought up in Christmas Creek, near Fitzroy Crossing, and later in Kintore.
Initially involved in some community collaboratives, Esther started to paint in her own right in 2009.
Since that time, she has made stunning leaps forward in the development of here own style and methodology for relating the stories around the important woman’s site of Marrapinti, which is her grandmother Naata’s country, ceremonies and the laws of her Country.
Esther’s works are vibrant and brightly coloured and often quite textured due to the large quantities of paint she applies to the linen.
The influence of her grandmother Naata’s work is evident in Esther’s paintings, who is known for her representations of Women’s Law and Tingari Cycle.