We acknowledge the Gadigal of the Eora Nation, the traditional custodians of the Country on which the Art Gallery of NSW stands.

Leah Brady Piltati tjukurpa

acrylic on linen

200 x 200 cm

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.

APY Gallery, Adelaide, 2021