LEAH BRADY
Born: 1962
Language: Pitjantjatjara
Community: Amata : SA
Leah Brady was born in Pukatja in 1962, she moved to Amata Community where she went to school and became bilingual in Pitjantjatjara and English. She was also married here and raised her kids in Amata Community. Leah's family has been involved in cultural tourism initiatives in the APY Lands, she comes from a line of important regional leaders - her mother being a founding Director of NPY Women's Council. Leah is committed to her painting practice and holds a leadership role in the APY Adelaide studio, she has been a driver for this initiative, lobbing government for several years in order to progress her plans.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Sydney Contemporary, APY Art Centre Collective, September
2022 APY Gallery, Sydney Uwankaraku Inmaku Pakala- Everybody Dance, May
2022 APY Gallery Melbourne Art Fair, February
2021 APY Gallery, Adelaide Ngayulu Kulinu Ngayuku Kami-Ku Inma (I hear my Grandmothers song), June
2021 APY Gallery, Adelaide Uwankara - All of Us, March
2020 Musee des Beaux-Arts (Museum of Fine Arts), Brittany France Kulata Tjuta, October
2020 APY Gallery, Adelaide Watarkurinytja Wiya - Don’t Forget, July
2019 APY Gallery, Adelaide Nganampa Waltja Tjungu, December
2019 APY Gallery, Adelaide Tjintu Kuwaritja / A New Day, July
COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Australia France Foundation
AWARDS
2021 Finalist, Wynne Prize
2020 Finalist, Telstra NATSIAA
2020 Finalist, Wynne Prize
