Martha McDonald b. c.1940

Also known as Martha Napaltjarri McDonald, Tjulata
  • Artist (Weaver),
  • Maker (Jewellery Designer),
  • Artist (Painter)
Martha McDonald Napaltjarri, daughter of founding Papunya Tula Artist Shorty Lungkata Tjungurrayi, paints for Papunya Tjupi Art Centre in Papunya.
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Name
Martha McDonald
Also known as:
  • Martha Napaltjarri McDonald
  • Tjulata (Bush name)
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Weaver)
  • Maker (Jewellery Designer)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Language Informant (Language Informant To Ken Hansen, Pintupi Luritja Dictionary)
  • Education Assistant (Education Assistant to John Heffernan Papunya Literature Production Centre)
  • 'house girl' ('house girl' Papunya School)
Birth date
c.1940
Active Period
  • c.2008-
Residence
  • 1940 - 1960 Haasts Bluff, NT
  • 1960 - 1980 Papunya, NT
  • c.1981- Blackwater Outstation, Papunya, NT
Training
  • Self-taught,
Indigenous Australian
 
Heritage Country
  • Warlukiditj, west of Sandy Blight Junction NT
Dreaming
  • Warlukiditj
Languages
  • English
Copyright
  • Papunya Tjupi Arts

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Related people
  • Lungkarda, Shorty Tjungarrayi (child of)
  • Napaltjarri, Linda Syddick Tjunkaya (sibling of)
  • Napaltjarri, Wintjiya Morgan (sibling of)
  • Heffernan, John (associate of)
  • Hansen, Ken (associate of)
  • Tjakamarra, John Scott Rowe (grandparent of)
  • Lungkarda, Shorty Tjungarrayi (child of)
  • Napaltjarri, Linda Syddick Tjunkaya (sibling of)
  • Napaltjarri, Wintjiya Morgan (sibling of)
  • Heffernan, John (associate of)
  • Hansen, Ken (associate of)