GABRIELLA POSSUM NUNGURRAYI Australian, b. 1967

Born in 1967 at Mt. Allan, Gabriella Possum Nungurrayi is the eldest daughter of renowned artist Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri. Taught by her father, Gabriella began painting at an early age. Gabriella’s colours are inspired by the dramatic colours of her central desert homelands. Her medium is acrylic on canvas. Working with traditional stories Gabriella, like other younger central desert artists, has absorbed the technical skills of her elders while bringing her own inventiveness to her stories in her unique way. Her Dreamings have been handed down through countless generations of ancestors. Her paintings depict stories such as Bush Tucker (Exploding Seed and Black Seed from the Mt. Allan area), Women’s Ceremonies, Serpent, Goanna and Seven Sisters Dreamings. Gabriella’s work is bold and vivid in colour and composition and utilises many different techniques, the «dot» technique in particular. She was the youngest artist to be awarded the prestigious Alice Springs Art Prize whilst still studying at Yirara College at age 16.