Elizabeth Nyumi - Nomad Art

Artist: Elizabeth Nyumi
Art Centre: Warlayirti Artists
Region: Kimberley

Artwork Story

Elizabeth Nyumi was born c. 1947 at Parwalla. Her skin is Nungurrayi and her principal language group is Pintubi. Elizabeth lives at Billiluna, one of Balgo’s outlying communities. Elizabeth grew up along the Canning Stock Route before settling at Balgo with her father (her mother tragically died quite young from a dingo bite). Elizabeth trained in domestic help and worked throughout the region for pastoralists. Together with her husband she remains a strong and active advocate for teaching her culture to the next generation, and at the health clinic. She began painting for Balgo in the late 1980s. Elizabeth has travelled overseas and throughout Australia for her art, which is garnering increasing attention and widespread recognition. Her work is represented in The Holmes a Court Collection and at the Museum and Art Gallery of the NT, among others.