Yukultji Napangati | |
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Born | early 1970s Marruwa, Western Australia |
Nationality | Australian |
Other names | Yikultji[1] |
Occupation | Painter |
Years active | early 1990s – present |
Organization | Papunya Tula |
Style | Western Desert art |
Spouse | Charlie Ward Tjakamarra[2] |
Children | Derek Ward Lisa Ward Napurrula Cynthia Ward Napurrula |
Parent(s) | Lanti, or "Joshua" (father) Nanu Nangala (mother) |
Relatives | Thomas Tjapangati Yalti Napangati Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri Walala Tjapangati Topsy Napaltjarri Takariya Napaltjarri |
Awards | Wynne Prize (2018) |
Yukultji Napangati is an Aboriginal Australian artist. She is 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.[3]