Doreen
Reid Nakamarra was born in Pintubi country in the Warburton Ranges in
Western Australia around 1950. With her family, she was relocated to a
settlement at Ikuntji (Haasts Bluff) in Warlpiri country as part of a
Government resettlement program.
She
married established Papunya Tula artists George Janpu Tjapaltjarri
and they moved back to Pintupi country to the
settlement of Kintore.
During the nineties the Pintubi women in Kintore and Kiwirrkurra began
acrylic painting, transferring their traditional designs of awelye (body
painting) to canvas.
Doreen’s
work is notable for the intricate linear representation of the terrain
of various women’s ceremonial sites around the community of
Kiwirrkurra where she now lives. This work represents the site at
Ngaminya, south of her country. The undulating lines of this painting
are representative of the tali (sand hills) that surround this site.
Doreen's
eminent reputation is enhanced by her inclusion in the Culture
Warriors exhibition
of the
National Indigenous Art Triennial 07 at
the National
Gallery of Australia
where she is represented by four vast, breathtaking works.
