Leah Brady
Piltati tjukurpa
2021
acrylic on linen
200.00 x 200.00 cm
APY Studio cat. 20-21AS
Leah was a Finalist in the 2021 Wynne Prize at the AGNSW with this work.
Leah Brady was born in 1962 in Pukatja, a community in the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in South Australia. She comes from a line of important regional leaders. Her mother was a founding director of the Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (NPY) Women’s Council, and her family has been involved in cultural tourism initiatives for the APY Lands.
Piltati is the well-known tjukurpa of two snake brothers and their wives, who are sisters, who lived near Piltati, west of Amata.