SELINDA DAVIDSON

Language: Pitjantjatjara

Community: Kalka, SA

Art Centre: Ninuku Arts

This is a painting of Tali Tjuta (many sandhills) from my ngurra (country). This is a sacred area where minyma (women) perform inma (women's ceremonies involving dancing and singing).

Selinda Davidson.

Selinda was born in October 1994 in Alice Springs where she went to primary school. As a teenager, she moved to Irruntyju and then Pipalyatjara. After Selinda finished school, she became a member of Ninuku Arts Centre painting regularly as well as serving as an arts worker. Selinda enjoys making design (walka) inspired traditional mark making and tjukurpa. Selinda works alongside her grandparents Mr Donagan and Molly Miller at Ninuku Arts and has learnt from them how to paint tjukurpa and translate story into her design. Her family's country is in Warburton, WA and she speaks both Pitjantjatjara and English.