Katarra Butler Napaltjarri Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1946 -

Katjara Butler was born close to Kurlkurta and Puurrrungu at Kunn.
Her parents are Iilyiwara Tjungurrayi and Mangkatji Nangala. Katjara often paints dreamings of the site Kuurrmankutja and Marrapirnti.

AWARDS:
2016 - Winner - Wyndham Art Prize



Katarra Butler Napaltjarri has lived a life at the heart of the Desert art movement and the powerful forces that have directed the Aboriginal experience in Central Australia over the last half a century.

As one of the last groups to leave her traditional country to move to the new settlements, Katarra saw the last of the desert nomadic life in the 1950s and 1960s. Her husband Anatjari Tjakamarra was one of the foundation members of the desert art movement that sprang up at Papunya in the 1970s. The family were closely involved in moving back again to traditional lands in the 1980s as part of the outstations movement. And Katarra Butler Napaltjarri has seen the rise of the women desert artists in the 1990s and into 2000s.

Katarra Butler Napaltjarri has also followed in the footsteps of many exiled desert artists who have returned to the traditional stories and important sites of their birthplace, to record the stories that have remained significant throughout their lives. Aboriginal art status – Recognised artist.