Yukultji Napangati (c1971) was born north of Kiwirrkurra

near Lake Mackay in the Gibson Desert of Western

Australia. Living as a nomad, she spent the early years of

her life learning about her country.

Yukultji is an Aboriginal Australian artist, a painter of the

Papunya Tula group of artists. She is part of a generation of

female painters who followed in the footsteps of the

original male Papunya Tula artists.

Napangati's style is frequently associated with minimal

colors that produce a shimmering effect and her primary

subject is "country". Her painting are symbolic of the harsh

desert conditions, the dots and waves shimmer like the star

and the sand. Her work often references Yunarla, a location

off of the west of Kiwirrkurra where she spent time camping

and collecting roots with other women.