MAUREEN HUDSON

Maureen Hudson Nampitjinpa

Maureen was born in 1959 in the bush at Mt Allan cattle station near Yuendumu. She went to school at Yuendumu settlement in the sixties and later returned to Mt.Allan and worked as a teachers assistant for three years.  She is an accomplished artist and has been painting for a career since 1981.  Maureen is fully aware of her intangible cultural history and is able to communicate this through her paintings in both traditional styles and modern acrylic means. Her paintings or Dreamings originate from Warlukalongu, her father's and grandfather's country.  These nvolve Emu and Fire from her fathers side and Women's Ceremony from her mothers side.

Maureen's first love is painting which she refers to as ‘culture art’. In 1990 she travelled to Vanuatu for the Art Dock show, the first international art exhibition to be held in Vanuatu. She has since moved between Alice Springs and Adelaide, she paints regularly for local and interstate galleries. Maureen paints in a strong and innovative style, and is equally at ease working with other artists on collaborative pieces. Her joint piece 'Seven Sisters Dreaming' with Alice Springs artist Maggie Urban was exhibited and toured with the 'Commitments' exhibition in 1993 through the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane.

In recent years Maureen has been working as artist in residence at Mulgara Gallery,Yulara (Ayers Rock, NT) for differing periods. She now resides in Adelaide, S.A. butfrequently visits her family and friends back in Mount Allen and Alice Springs N.T.

Maureens’ works hang in many national and international collections and her works are sought after by art collectors from around the world.