Biography

Warlpiri, b. 1996 Saraeva Napangardi Marshall grew up in Yuendumu in the Northern Territory. Born in Adelaide, she is the daughter of artist Julie Nangala Robertson and granddaughter of acclaimed artist Dorothy Napangardi. She learnt to paint alongside her mother and grandmother from an early age and has painted through Warlukurlangu Artists, an Aboriginal-owned and governed Art Centre, since 2013. Country: Mina Mina Saraeva paints Mina Mina Jukurrpa, an important women’s Dreaming passed to her by her grandmother. It tells of ancestral women travelling across Country, dancing, performing ceremonies and shaping the landscape through their journeys. Her paintings continue this transmission of cultural knowledge between generations. Style and Technique Saraeva combines traditional Warlpiri iconography with a developing contemporary approach. Her compositions interpret inherited stories through repeated marks and patterns, connecting her individual expression with the knowledge shared by her family. Saraeva’s Palette Saraeva works with a broad range of colours, exploring varied combinations within her interpretations of Mina Mina. Colour contributes to the rhythm and character of each composition. For the Collector Saraeva’s work offers a connection to an intergenerational painting tradition at Yuendumu. Her practice carries forward her grandmother’s Mina Mina stories while allowing her own visual language to develop.