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Language Group: Pintupi
Date: Born 1955
Rosie Nampitjinpa is the daughter of Tapa Tapa Tjangala. She began painting regularly for Papunya Tula Artists in 2006, after previously dedicating her time to the Kintore Women’s Centre and the Aged Care Program. She now lives in Kintore and is married to active council member for the Walungurru Community and the MacDonnell Shire, Lindsay Corby Tjapaltjarri.

ROSIE NAMPITJINPA, Yilpikarri, 2021
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas. 24 × 21 5/8 in. (61 × 55 cm). Commissioned by Richard Klingler and Jane Slatter for Irriṯitja Kuwarri Tjungu | Past and Present Together.
© estate of the artist licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency Ltd for Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd.

Rosie Nampitjinpa.
© Papunya Tula Artists.