Gwenda Namatjira was Albert Namatjira’s granddaughter and came from a large family of artists. She was the daughter of artists Oscar and Desma and the sister of Lenie, Regie, Albert Junior and Rosabelle.

Gwenda painted in a naive style with delicate soft colours. She primarily painted her home country of Arreyonga and the surrounding areas.

Special Projects:

• 2011 – 2014 The Namatjira Play, Big hArt production
• 2014 Public Art, Mural at the Alice Plaza, Alice Springs, NT

Group exhibitions

• 2019
  Tjina Nurna-ka, Pmarra Nurn-kanha, Itla Itla Nurn-kanha (Our family, our country, our legacy), Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide SA
• 2017
  Tjuritja Nana Mara to Paris (From the good Tjuritja to Paris), IDAIA , Paris , France
• 2016
  UNALIENABLE, Sullivan + Strumpf Gallery, Sydney, NSW
• 2015
  Desert Mob, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs, NT
• 2014
  Five Generations: The Strength of Namatjiras Legacy, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs, NT
• 2014
  Women Artists of the Hermannsburg School of Art, The Residency, Alice Springs, NT

Collections

• 2017 Queensland Art Gallery Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD
• 2016 National Museum of Australia (NMA), Canberra, ACT
• 2022 Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT