Natalie Nungarrayi Corby b. 1967

Also known as Natalie Corby
  • Artist (Painter)
Instructed by her father, pioneer Papunya Tula artist Charlie Egalie Tjapaltjarri, Natalie Corby was one of the first young women in Papunya to paint for the company.

Born in Papunya in 1967, Natalie Corby is the daughter of Charlie Egalie , who joined Papunya Tula Artists in the early 1970s and taught her to paint in the early ’80s. She was one of the first women in Papunya to begin painting in her own right. She belongs to the Warlpiri language group and usually painted her father’s stories and sometimes stories involving women’s corroborees and dancing.

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