Watiya Size:160 x 200 cm Utopia is a cattle station

Utopia is a cattle station situated in the Sandover area of Central Australia

Margaret Nangala Gallagher was born in 1967 in Alice Springs Hospital

She paints with her mother and learnt to paint watching her mother and other people in the community painting

Frequently painted on a black ground with fine cream dotting

She has worked across several mediums including painting

Watiya Size:160 x 200 cm Utopia is a cattle stationMitjili was born around 1945 at Haasts Bluff in Central Australia and passed away in 2019. In 1959, she and her family relocated from Haasts Bluff to the new settlement of Papunya. It was at Papunya where she observed men, including her brother Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula (deceased), engaging in painting. Initially, Mitjilis paintings were influenced by the artists from Papunya. Upon returning to Haasts Bluff, she began painting in 1992 for the Ikuntji