Monica Nakamarra Doolan b. 1956

  • Artist (Painter)
Warlpiri artist who lived in Alice Springs. She often painted in collaboration with relatives from Lajamanu and Yuendumu (NT).

Born in Yuendumu in 1956, Monica Nakamarra Doolan was a Warlpiri speaker. She did her first paintings while attending a teachers’ training course at Batchelor College in 1989. She painted Warna (Snake), Yawakyi (Bloodberry) and Ngurlu (edible seed used for damper) Dreamings from the country round Mission Creek. She occasionally helped her mother, Liddy Napanangka Walker, and her maternal aunties with their paintings. Most of her maternal relatives live at Lajamanu and Yuendumu, though Monica herself lived in Alice Springs. Bertha Nakamarra Dickson was one of her sisters.

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