Vibrant Aboriginal Art for Sale by Christine Nakamarra Curtis.

Christine is an Indigenous painter with the Aboriginal owned Art Centre Warlukurlangu. The Art Centre is in the two remote Aboriginal communities of Yuendumu and Nyirripi. As well as providing artists with a safe and comfortable place to come together to paint and share their knowledge the art centre works closely with the artists to market and distribute the artworks. 

Christine was born in Alice Springs Hospital, the closest hospital to Yuendumu, a remote Aboriginal community 290 km north-west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. She was born into a family of artists, which include Kelly Napanangka Michaels, her mother, Roy Jupurrurla Curtis, her father, and Alice Nampijinpa Henwood Michaels, her Aunty. She is the eldest of 7 sisters and spent most of her childhood at Nyirripi, a remote Aboriginal community located 150 km north-west of Yuendumu. Christine attended her local school. Shen then went on to Yirara College, an Aboriginal boarding college in Alice Springs, and continued her studies at Kormilda College, an Aboriginal boarding college in Darwin. After finishing schooling she returned to Nyirripi, where she worked in the store.

Add character to your home with this stunning Aboriginal artwork. Visit the Bits of Australia souvenir shop in Balmain to view the artwork or purchase it online.