Maureen Hudson Nampijinpa
Skin Name: Nampijinpa/ Nampitjinpa
Language: Warlpiri
Region: Yuelamu, Central Australia
Resides: Adelaide S.A.
Language: Warlpiri
Region: Yuelamu, Central Australia
Resides: Adelaide S.A.
Maureen Hudson Nampitjinpa was born in1959 in the bush at Mount Allen cattle station. Today, the cattle station is called Yuelamu and is Aboriginal owned. Maureen attended school at the Yuendumu settlement in the 1960's and returned to Mount Allan and worked as a school teacher's assistant. She has four children.
Maureen began painting in 1981. She is an accomplished artist and is a respected member of her community. Her first love is painting in which she refers to this, as culture art. Maureen's artworks depict traditional Warlpiri Dreamtime stories. Her painting's originate from Warlukulongu - her father's and grandfather's country. Her ancestral Dreaming's include emu, fire, and women's ceremonies, which have been passed down from her mother's involvement in traditional ceremony. Maureen has been an Artist in Residence at the Mulgara Gallery in Yulara (Uluru- Ayers Rock) and featured in many prestigious exhibitions.
Maureen began painting in 1981. She is an accomplished artist and is a respected member of her community. Her first love is painting in which she refers to this, as culture art. Maureen's artworks depict traditional Warlpiri Dreamtime stories. Her painting's originate from Warlukulongu - her father's and grandfather's country. Her ancestral Dreaming's include emu, fire, and women's ceremonies, which have been passed down from her mother's involvement in traditional ceremony. Maureen has been an Artist in Residence at the Mulgara Gallery in Yulara (Uluru- Ayers Rock) and featured in many prestigious exhibitions.