Nyuwara Tapaya b. 5 August 1971

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer),
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Pitjantjatjara speaker and distinguished print media and textile artist from Ernabella who also worked in acrylic on canvas. She trained at Ernabella Arts and studied dye technique in Indonesia. Her work is in the Art Gallery of South Australia.

Citations

  • Powerhouse Museum, ’95/319/3 Textile length, 'Puti’ (Bush), cotton, designed by Nyukana (Daisy) Baker and Nyuwara (Kanngitja) Tapaya, printed by Marie Warren, Ernabella, South Australia, 1989-1995’, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.

    http://from.ph/147773

  • Powerhouse Museum (), ’95/319/4 Textile length, 'Mai Putitja’ (Bush food), cotton, designed by Nyuwara (Kanngitja) Tapaya, printed by Marie Warren, Ernabella, South Australia, 1989-1995’, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.

    http://from.ph/147774

Initial data sources

  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary