Australian Art Collective – Art for Everyone | Australian Aboriginal Art Gallery

Pantjiya Nungurrayi

Acrylic on Canvas

107 x 28 cm | 24100

$1100 AUD

Womens Ceremony

Pantjiya Nungurrayi’s Women’s Ceremony is a powerful expression of cultural continuity and ancestral knowledge, conveyed through a refined composition of linear patterning and form. The elongated format and rhythmic linework evoke ceremonial body painting and the movement of women through Country, connecting the physical and spiritual realms.

This work references important women’s business (awelye)—sacred knowledge, songlines, and stories passed down through generations. The minimal palette and graphic repetition are deeply symbolic, speaking to both ritual and Country in the Western Desert traditions.

Nungurrayi is recognised for her ability to balance formal precision with cultural depth. Women’s Ceremony is more than a visual artwork; it is a map of connection, memory, and the enduring strength of matrilineal law.