Kathy is a Western Arrarnta woman from the Hermannsburg mission. She now lives in Alice Springs. Kathy is participating in a visual art course at Batchelor institute to obtain a certificate 4 in visual art. She is inspired by native bush flowers and bush tucker in the Northern Territory area.

When Kathy was a child, growing up, she used to look at her father Cliford Inkamala, a successful watercolour painter, paint landscape watercolours. Kathy’s mother was a crafty woman, she sawed, used croshades, and produced placemats from native bean seeds for decoration. Kathy decided when she was younger that she would like to continue this artistic tradition. Kathy’s grandmother is Albert Namatjira’s sister. 

Dellina Inkamala, who also paints at Ngurratjuta Many Hands art centre is Kathy’s niece. Another family member at the centre, Kathy’s sister, is Sophia Inkamala

Kathy is very keen to improve her skills as a watercolourists. When she finishes to paint a watercolour painting she feels very proud about her work. The country she paints is important to her because it’s her father’s country.

Special Projects:

2019 Lumen Prints Workshop with AGNSW, Sydney, NSW

2019 Cicada press etching workshop, Sydney, NSW

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
• 2019
  Pmarra Nurna-Kananhala untha-lapp-urma (Walking through country), Hazelhurst Art centre, Sydney, NSW.
• 2018
  Vivien Anderson Gallery, VIC
• 2016
  Desert Mob, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs
• 2016
  Abducted!, Alcaston Gallery, VIC

Collections

• 2018 Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs, NT
• 2019 Art Gallery of NSW (AGNSW), Sydney
• 2016 National Museum of Australia (NMA)
• 2016 National Gallery of Victoria (NGV)
• 2016 UQ Art Museum, Brisbane
• 2019, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs
• 2018 Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), Brisbane, QLD

Awards

• 2018
  35th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, Museum Art Gallery NT. Winner, Works On Paper