Artist | ALMA NUNGARRAYI GRANITES (dec)

Artist | ALMA NUNGARRAYI GRANITES (dec)


Alma Nungarrayi Granites lives in Yuendumu, an Aboriginal community located Northwest of Alice Springs.

She is the daughter of Paddy Japaljarri Sims and Bessie Nakamarra Sims both founding artists of Warlukurlangu Artists.

She paints a large array of stories all of which have been passed down to her from her father and generations before him, but her most recognised pieces are undoubtedly the ones depicting the ‘Star’ and ‘Seven Sisters Dreaming’.

All her paintings tell creation stories that relate to the artists traditional country.

Alma is married and has 4 children.

She has many, many grandchildren and spends a lot of time helping to take care of them.

Alma attended the local school and then continued her studies at Kormilda College in Darwin.

She then finished a Teachers assistant diploma through Batchelor College and worked teaching at Yuendumu school for many years.

She has been painting with Warlukurlangu Artists since 1987.

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Alma Nungarrayi Granites lives in Yuendumu, an Aboriginal community located Northwest of Alice Springs.

She is the daughter of Paddy Japaljarri Sims and Bessie Nakamarra Sims both founding artists of Warlukurlangu Artists.

She paints a large array of stories all of which have been passed down to her from her father and generations before him, but her most recognised pieces are undoubtedly the ones depicting the ‘Star’ and ‘Seven Sisters Dreaming’.

All her paintings tell creation stories that relate to the artists traditional country.

Alma is married and has 4 children.

She has many, many grandchildren and spends a lot of time helping to take care of them.

Alma attended the local school and then continued her studies at Kormilda College in Darwin.

She then finished a Teachers assistant diploma through Batchelor College and worked teaching at Yuendumu school for many years.

She has been painting with Warlukurlangu Artists since 1987.

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