Leah Brady
Leah Brady
Two Snake Brothers and their wives
2021
acrylic on Belgian linen
243.00 x 197.50 cm
APY Art Centre cat. 547-21AS
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.
Leah Brady
Wanampi Tjukurpa (Piltati)
2020
acrylic on linen
243.00 x 198.00 cm
APY Studio cat. 215-20AS Leah was a Finalist in the 2020 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Awards (NAATSIA) with this work.
Leah Brady
Piltarti tjukurpa
2020
acrylic on linen
198.00 x 244.00 cm
APY Studio cat. 306-20AS Leah was a Finalist in the 2020 Wynne Prize at the AGNSW with this work. "I am painting a really important place located between Amata and Nyapari communities on the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in South Australia – the Piltarti tjukurpa and rock hole. My grandmother was pregnant with my mother at the top of the hill overlooking this rock hole. My mother, Nganyinytja, was an important leader who started the NPY Women’s Council. I have my own commitment to leadership now, having helped senior women start the APY Gallery and Studio for Aṉangu in Adelaide last year; this is where I paint every day I can. I celebrate my culture and work beside other women who have moved to Adelaide. It’s a piece of the APY Lands in the city."
