Patricia Oldfield Nakamarra

Patricia Nakamarra Oldfield was born in 1982 in Alice Springs Hospital, and grew up in Yuendumu, a remote Aboriginal community 290 km north-west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia. She has lived in Yuendumu most of her life. She is the daughter of two Warlukurlangu painters and is an active painter. Patricia finished Primary School at Yuendumu High School and then left to get married. Both she was actively involved with the Mt Theo Program, in particular the Jaru Pirrjirdi Youth Development, which incorporates the Yuendumu Youth Program. Patricia has been painting with Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation, an Aboriginal owned and governed art centre located in Yuendumu, since 2001. Patricia travels between the Yuendumu and Kalkarindji communities  and while in Kalkarindji she spends much of her time at Karungkarni Art Centre focusing on her painting. She paints stories that are closely associated with her traditional country, Dreamings that have been passed down to her from her father and his father’s father for millennia. Her stories include Milnginymilnginy (Red Winged Parrot), Warna Jukurrpa (Snake Dreaming), and Rock Wallaby.