Fabrianne Nampitjinpa Petersen b. 1965

  • Artist (Painter)
Fabrianne grew up in Papunya and continued her secondary education at Yirara College in Alice Springs before commencing painting in the early 1980s at Mt Liebig, where she also worked as a Teachers Aid. Later she worked with her mother-in-law Narpula Scobie, painting for Papunya Tula Artists at Kintore.

Born in Papunya on 22 July 1965, Fabrianne was living with her mother Maudie Petersen at Mt Liebig when she first started painting after four years at Yirara secondary college in Alice Springs. Fabrianne learned by watching other young women painters at Mt Liebig, Sandra Nampitjinpa and her sisters. In 1982 she worked in the Mt Liebig school as a teachers aid. She married the son of Johnny and Narpula Scobie and moved to Kintore where in the mid 1980s she began painting for Papunya Tula alongside her mother-in-law, who was at the time the only older woman in Kintore painting for the company. Fabrianne’s country is north-west of Mt Liebig. She paints Bush Potato, Witchetty Grub, Honey Ant and Kunatjarrayi Dreamings.

Writers:
Johnson, Vivien Note: primary biographer
Date written:
1994
Last updated:
2011