Colleen Wallace Nungarrayi

Skin Name: Nungari (also spelled Nungarrayi. A version of the Kngwarreye skin group)

Language Group: Eastern Arrernte (pronounced Ar-an-da)

Country: Arnumarra (near Gem Tree)

Subjects: Arlatyeye (pencil yam) during wet season and during dry season, Awelye (women's ceremony and body paint designs), a variety of bush foods, Spirit Figures

Colleen is a self-taught artist who comes from a strong family of Eastern Arrernte painters, including Kathleen and Gabrielle Wallace.

Colleen was raised by her mother between Santa Teresa and Alice Springs. Married to Colin Bird Jungala (son of Ada Bird Petyarre) Colleen now lives happily in Colin's country in the Utopia Region and Alice Springs.

A popular subject of Colleen's paintings is her Arlatyeye Dreaming which has links to the Atnwelarr Dreaming of Atnangkere and Alhalkere countries in the Utopia Region.

Selected exhibition: 1996 Aboriginal Art Gallery, Melbourne; Cooinda Gallery, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales.