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The artist Tanya Nungarrayi Collins was born in 1975 in Yuendumu, a remote Aboriginal community 290 km northwest of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. She has one sister, Nancy, and one brother, Alan. Her grandparents lived in Mount Doreen, but moved to the Yuendumu community where her parents grew up.

Tanya attended Yirara College in Alice Springs. She enjoyed doing reading and maths in college. After school, she worked for a number of different organisations in Yuendumu. These included the child care centre, the Yuendumu school kitchen, and as a School Attendance Officer (”yellow shirt”). When she is not painting, Tanya likes to hunt for kangaroo, perentie, witchetty grubs, and honey ants.

Tanya started painting a long time ago with her mother, who has since passed away. She painted ‘ngurlu Jukurrpa’ (Seed Dreaming) with her mother. Today Tanya paints ‘watiyawarnu Jukurrpa’ (Seed Dreaming). Her other Dreamings include ‘marlu Jukurrpa’ (Kangaroo Dreaming) and ‘witi Jukurrpa’ (Ceremonial Pole Dreaming). Both of these Dreamings are located at Jila (Chilla Well), a claypan to the west of Yuendumu. These Dreamings were passed on to Tanya from her father.

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