Mary Brumby Yankunytjatjara, b. (circa) 1/1/1968
Works
Exhibitions
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Small Works, Big Stories
50 works | 20 years 6 - 28 Jun 2026From a striking painterly landscape by award-winning artist Adrian Jangala Robertson, to sweeps of brilliant colour by founding artists of the Pilbara, Balgo and the NPY Lands, to classic designs...Read more -
Ngura Kuuti (Spirit Country)
New paintings by Rosalind Tjanyari, Priscilla Singer and the women artists of Indulkana, APY Lands 9 Sep - 4 Oct 2021In partnership with Iwantja Arts New paintings by the women artists of Indulkana in the APY Lands. Featured are the works of mid-generation Yankunytjatjara artist Rosalind Tjanyari whose paintings depict...Read more
Biography
Ngura (Country), 2014
Mary Tjapukula Brumby was born in the bush at Shirley Well and grew up in Indulkana, living in a wiltja (hand-built shelter) with her family by the Iwantja creek.
Mary has had a long career as an artist at Iwantja Arts, across jewelry making, batik, printmaking and painting. Mary is also widely regarded as a performer of inma (traditional cultural song/dance) and one of her proudest moments was travelling to Sydney in 2000 to perform inma at Olympic events.
Mary’s painting practice is informed by her dedication to the traditions of inma as a tool for story-telling and passing down important cultural knowledge across generations – her recent paintings are influenced by women’s cultural body paint designs.
