Marlette Napurrurla Ross

Marlette Napurrurla Ross was born in 1964 and comes from Yuendumu Community approximately 3 hours from Alice Springs in Central Australia.

Marlette has been working with Warlukurlangu – Artists of Yuendumu for a number of years and through them her paintings can be found in several galleries around Australia. Central Art is excited to be one of these and now feature her paintings on our website.

Marlette’s Dreaming stories relate to various bush tucker and animals including; Ngarlajiyi (Bush Carrot), Yarla (Bush Potato), Mininypa (Native Fuchsia) and Jardiwarnpa (Fire Snake).

Her paintings have been exhibited through various galleries around Australia and she was a selected entrant of the 2000 annual National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award which is Australia’s most prestigious art award. Her paintings are held in a collection with the Araluen Arts Centre in Alice Springs and in 1991 she was specially commissioned along with 41 other Yuendumu Artists to paint a canvas which toured through Europe and Germany.