Kayi Kayi Nampitjinpa
D.O.B
c.1946
Birthsite
Kiwirrkurra, W.A.
Language
Pintupi
Historical
Kayi Kayi ‘s country is Kiwirrkura where she has custodial rights to paint her dreamings. Her distinctive style gives a unique perspective to her dreamings. The design elements in her paintings refer to the designs that the women paint for ceremonies. The secret or sacred “Tingari” cycle provides the mythology underpinning her works. It is the “Tingari” men and women’s travels and adventures that are enshrined in a number of song lines through initiation ceremony that Kayi Kayi has permission to paint. Kayi Kayi was married to Billy Nolan Tjapangati (deceased).
Painting
Kayi Kayi is part of the ‘second generation’ of artists who started painting in the 1980’s with their early experience being centred around assisting the male artists. The woman are now regarded as having their own unique and sophisticated styles. Kayi Kayi commenced painting around 1996.
