Clara Inkamala

Skin name: Nungala
Language: Western Aranda
Date of birth: 1954-11-25
Community: Alice Springs : NT
Artworks

Tjoritja (West MacDonnell Ranges) , NT

Untitled

Untitled

Emus and babies

Tjoritja (West MacDonnell Ranges) , NT

McDonnell Ranges – Lost camel in the ranges

Yaparlpa (Glen Helen)

Tjoritja (West MacDonnell Ranges) , NT

This is west of Glen Helen

Emu Family

Yaparlpa (Glen Helen)

Entrance of Palm Valley

Alice Springs, Mt Gillen, NT

Melamine dinner plates set

Melamine dinner plate – Clara Inkamala
Biography
Clara Inkamala is a Western Aranda women. She grew up at Ntaria (Hermannsburg) Community. She now lives in Alice Springs with her sisters Noreen Hudson and Kathleen France.
Clara has been an acclaimed potter at the Hermannsburg Potters for many year. She is currently painting at Many Hands art centre where she is learning to paint watercolour landscapes, inspired by Albert Namatjira.
Clara’s description of the artists in her family:
Our Uncle is Adolf Inkamala, he was a watercolour artist. Our dad was Gerhard Inkamala. Vanessa’s fathers was Edmund Inkamala. Our young uncle was Russell Inkamala, Sophia’s father was Clifford Inkamala. They all were watercolour artists from the same mother & father. They all learnt how to paint from their uncle Albert. My grandmother was Albert Namatjira’s sister.
Group exhibitions
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2019 Tjina Nurna-ka, Pmarra Nurn-kanha, Itla Itla Nurn-kanha (Our family, our country, our legacy), Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide SA
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2019 Tjina Nurna-ka, Pmarra Nurn-kanha, Itla Itla Nurn-kanha (Our family, our country, our legacy), Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide SA
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2017 What if this photograph is by Albert Namatjira?, Art Gallery of SA, Adelaide SA
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2016 The Namatjira Story on Stage and on Country, 107 Projects, Sydney
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2016 UNALIENABLE, Sullivan + Strumpf Gallery, Sydney, NSW
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2016 Abducted!, Alcaston Gallery, VIC
Collections
- 2019 Art Gallery of NSW (AGNSW), Sydney, NSW
- 2016 National Gallery Victoria (NGV), Melbourne
- 2016 National Museum Australia (NMA), Canberra
- 2018 Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA), Adelaide