Annie Nelson Napangardi / Bush Seeds

An Anmatyerre artist who learned cultural knowledge from her mother, senior artist Polly Nelson Nungala. Her finely dotted artworks evoke bush foods, women’s ceremony and the seasonal abundance of Central Australian Country. Annie started her artistic career creating wood carvings and handcrafted jewellery before turning to art-making in the early 2000s. Annie is an Anmatyerre artist born in 1968 at Ti Tree, a small community approximately two hours north of Alice Springs in Central Australia.

She is the daughter of respected senior elder and artist Polly Nelson Nungala and spent formative years surrounded by the cultural knowledge, narratives and traditions of her family and Country. Her works draw upon important women’s narratives and bush tucker themes from Central Australia, including Bush Plum, Bush Bean, Bush Berries and Women’s Ceremony, also recognised as Awelye. Annie is recognised for her finely detailed fields of fine dots, which flow across the canvas in layered, organic patterns.