Nanyuma Napangati Australian, Pintupi, b. 1944

Nanyuma was born in the vicinity of Kiwirrkura in approximately 1944 and is the sister of Charlie Tjapangati. Their father had three wives and was the older brother of the well-known Papunya Tula Artist Pinta Pinta Tjapanangka. She is also closely related to Kanya Tjapangati, who passed away in 2006, through the same father but different mothers.

In 1999 Nanyuma contributed to the Kiwirrkura Women’s painting as part of the Western Desert Dialysis Appeal.