Artist Profile

Liddy Napanangka Walker

Yuendumu, Northern Territory

Artist Profile

Liddy Napanangka Walker

Yuendumu, Northern Territory

Born: c. 1930

Skin Name: Napanangka

Country: Yuendumu, NT Australia

Group: Warlpiri

Liddy was born at Mt Doreen and spent her younger years living with her family in bush camps. She regularly visits her country around Mt Theo and west Yuendumu. She has lived in Yuendumu, a Warlpiri community in the Tanami 300km Niorthwest of Alice Springs, since it was first established and has worked in the community in various pastoral care roles including as a cook. She started painting on canvas not long after Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Association was established and is now one its most senior members.