Marlene Young Nungurrayi / Women’s Ceremony

A Pintupi artist painting important women’s Dreamings and ceremonial body-paint designs. Thick, layered paint is a hallmark of her distinctive Western Desert style. Marlene’s main Dreaming narratives include significant women’s dreamings and the body paint designs associated with them. Her extended family is connected to several well-known artists, including Nosepeg Tjupurrula, Fred Ward Tjungurrayi, Turkey Tolson and many others.

Her father is Tommy Lowry Tjapaltjarri and her adopted father is the famous Doctor George Tjapaltjarri. Marlene has been included in national exhibitions around Australia and her artworks are held in collections both in Australia and overseas. Her area is Central & Western desert and her tribe is Pintupi.