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AwelyeGalyas work is distinctive and highly individual. Her early paintings, dating from around 2004, drew on Portulaca oleraceaknown as munyerooa grass once abundant in the Utopia region and an important food source for generations. Its tiny black seed became central to her imagery, with Galya adopting its half circle form as a dominant motif in her paintings. Over fifty years of cattle grazing greatly reduced the abundance of this grass. In her paintings,

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Her bold and vibrant paintings feature fearless brush strokes and invigorating palettes

Joylene was born in 1967 and is the daughter of Tjimpayi Presley (a member of the Mitakiki Women's Collaborative) and the granddaughter of Tjampawa Kawiny

is a respected senior woman

Gallery Gondwana

this grass has been important to Aboriginal people because its small black seeds can be ground into flour

a remote Aboriginal community located 290 km from Alice Springs in the NT of Australia

290 km north/west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia

her works are included in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Australia

Sharon has exhibited extensively in Australia

about 260 km's north/east of Alice Springs in Central Australia

Pantjiya married George Maxwell Tjangala

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