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

• 2022
  Clay on Country, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, NT
• 2022
  23rd Biennale of Sydney - Rivus, 12 March - 13 June 2022
• 2021
  Arrkurla nakala kurunga lyaata-ntama (Before and Now), South Australian Museum, Adelaide SA
• 2020
  Homeless on my Homeland, NIRIN 22nd Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
• 2019
  Tjina Nurna-ka, Pmarra Nurn-kanha, Itla Itla Nurn-kanha (Our family, our country, our legacy), Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide SA
• 2019
  Tjina Nurna-ka, Pmarra Nurn-kanha, Itla Itla Nurn-kanha (Our family, our country, our legacy), Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide SA
• 2017
  What if this photograph is by Albert Namatjira?, Art Gallery of SA, Adelaide SA
• 2016
  The Namatjira Story on Stage and on Country, 107 Projects, Sydney
• 2016
  UNALIENABLE, Sullivan + Strumpf Gallery, Sydney, NSW
• 2016
  Abducted!, Alcaston Gallery, VIC

Collections

• 2019 Art Gallery of NSW (AGNSW), Sydney, NSW
• 2016 National Gallery Victoria (NGV), Melbourne, VIC
• 2016 National Museum Australia (NMA), Canberra, ACT
• 2018 Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA), Adelaide, SA
• 2020 Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), Brisbane, QLD
• 2022 Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT