Vase by Maureen Hudson Nampijinpa “Connections”

Vase by Maureen Hudson Nampijinpa “Connections

Artwork by Maureen Hudson “Connections”
Skin Name: Nampijinpa/ Nampitjinpa
Language: Warlpiri
Region: Yuelamu, Central Australia
​Resides: Adelaide S.A

Maureen Hudson Nampitjinpa was born in 1959 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 cultural art. Maureen’s artworks depict traditional Warlpiri Dreamtime stories. Her paintings 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. Maureen has been an Artist in Residence at the Mulgara Gallery in Yulara (Uluru- Ayers Rock) and featured in many prestigious exhibitions.