Awelye - Women's Ceremony abie-loy-collection the area is sacred to

the area is sacred to Napangardi and Napanangka women

In 2020 she was also a finalist in the Heysen Prize

Aboriginal ceremonies reflect the diversity and complexity of the cultural and spiritual practices that exist within Aboriginal communities across Australia

Yaritji Heffernan: Artist and Cultural Custodian

In this work she displays a cross motif that is peculiar to this work

Awelye - Women's Ceremony abie-loy-collection the area is sacred toGalyas work is distinctive and highly individual. Her early paintings, dating from around 2004, drew on Portulaca oleraceaknown as munyerooa grass once abundant in the Utopia region and an important food source for generations. Its tiny black seed became central to her imagery, with Galya adopting its half circle form as a dominant motif in her paintings. Over fifty years of cattle grazing greatly reduced the abundance of this grass. In her paintings,