Kukika Adamson Australian, Pitjantjatjara, b. 1950

My name is Kukika Adamson, I was born in Pukatja Community and now live in Adelaide. I am the daughter of a great artist named Tiger Palpatja and I paint the Wanampi Tjukurpa, an important cultural story I inherited from my father. The first artworks I made at Ernabella Arts were floor rugs and weaving. I started work at Ernabella Arts when I was a school kid, and worked there after school. Today I work beside Yaritji (Mutu Mutu) Heffernan and Wanatjura Lewis at a different centre. We were schoolmates when we were little girls at Pukatja. It's over 50 years later and we are still working together in our art centre.