Jennifer Ingkatji

Jennifer Ingkatji was born in Ernabella and later moved to Amata Community. Jennifer paints her country and her culture. In her paintings she is remembering important stories passed down to her from her father, mother and grandfather. She is thinking about how a long time ago when they used to look after the country, there was plenty of food and families were happy travelling around from place to place. She paints the Seven Sisters Tjukurpa (Creation Story). The Seven Sisters are the constellation of Pleiades and Orion is said to be Wati Nyiru. Nyiru is forever chasing the sisters, who travel again and again from the earth to the sky to escape Nyiru’s unwanted attention. This story has always been an important story for Anangu women. It is a story that celebrates women’s leadership and teaches us to look after on another, especially our young women.