Nyurpaya Kaika Burton
Nyurpaya Kaika Burton OAM is an artist and educator from the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands of Central Australia.
Life[edit]
Nyurpaya Kaika Burton was born in 1949 at Atila near Mount Connor and grew up at Pukutja/Ernabella.[1]
Burton's multidisciplinary practice spans painting, weaving and installation. She was also a teacher for 15 years and has been a Director of Amata Council, NPY Women's Council and a long-standing Director of Tjala Arts.[2] She is also an advocate against unethical and unscrupulous art dealers.[3] She continues to work at Tjala Arts in Amata community and is represented by the APY Art Centre Collective and Tjanpi Desert Weavers.
Burton was honoured with a Medal of the Order of Australia in 2020.[4] She also won a First Nations Media award for her radio documentary Ngayulu manta pampura in 2020[5] and has been a finalist multiple times in the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award.[6][7][8]
Burton's work is held the collections of the National Gallery of Victoria and the Museum of Contemporary Art.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ "When I Touched The Ground – Radio Atlas". Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "Nyurpaya Kaika". APY ART CENTRE COLLECTIVE. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "Remote Indigenous artists open up own gallery to stop 'dodgy' art dealers". www.abc.net.au. 24 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "More than 60 South Australians receive Queen's Birthday awards". www.abc.net.au. 7 June 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "First Nations Media Awards 2020 | First Nations Media Australia". firstnationsmedia.org.au. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards NATSIAA". MAGNT. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards NATSIAA". MAGNT. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "Telstra NATSIAA". MAGNT. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "Nyurpaya Kaika-Burton | MCA Australia". www.mca.com.au. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
