Janie Nakamarra Peters b. c.1955

Also known as Kumunjayi
  • Artist (Painter)
Started painting in 1987 and worked as an assistant teacher at the Lajamanu school.

Place of birth Yuendumu c.1955, her language/tribe was Warlpiri and her country was Yarturlu-yarturlu and her Dreamings, Yawakiyi, Ngurlu, Janganjpa (Possum), Lakijirri (Sticky Grass) and Wampana. She started painting in 1987 and sometimes painted with her husband, Joe Marshall . She lived at Lajamanu, where she worked as an assistant teacher at Lajamanu school.

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