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.