Kathy Inkamala

Skin name: Nungala
Language: Western Arrarnta
Date of birth: 1968-01-08
From: Hermannsburg
Community: Alice Springs : NT
Outstation: Hermannsburg
Artworks

Mt Razor Back, NT

Tjuritja (West MacDonnell Ranges, NT)

Bush flowers

Christmas Decoration

Mt Hermannsburg – Ljalkaindirma, NT

Merry Christmas

Twin Gums , West MacDonnell Ranges

Wildlife near Mt Hermannsburg

Mt Gillen/Ltarkalibaka, NT

Atila (Mt Connor)

Mt Hermannsburg Mission

Melamine dinner plates set

Melamine dinner plate – Kathy Inkamala
Biography
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
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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 Pmarra Nurna-Kananhala untha-lapp-urma (Walking through country), Hazelhurst Art centre, Sydney, NSW.
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2018 Vivien Anderson Gallery, VIC
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2016 Desert Mob, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs
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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
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2018 35th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, Museum Art Gallery NT. Winner, Works On Paper