Doreen Reid Nakamarra Pintupi/Ngaanyatjarra language group, circa 1955-2009

Doreen Reid Nakamarra was born in the desert on the east side of the mission settlement of Warburton in West Australia. She was raised in a traditional nomadic lifestyle and lived in many different areas throughout her life, including Utju (Areyonga), Amata, and Docker River. Doreen began painting for Papunya in 1999. Since then, her work has been exhibited in Australia and internationally. In 2007, her work was shown at the National Gallery of Australia’s first Indigenous Triennial, Culture Warriors. Doreen was featured in the documentary Art + Soul and included in the major exhibition Everywhen: The Eternal Present in Indigenous Art from Australia. In 2009, she was included in the Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art and in 2012, she was posthumously included in the Documenta (13) in Kassel, Germany. Her work is held in numerous important institutional collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Australia and the National Gallery of Victoria.

—Fred Myers and Henry Skerritt in Irrititja Kuwarri Tjungu: Past & Present Together: 50 Years of Papunya Tula Artists, Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia