Awelye Medium:Acrylic on Linen Phyllis Thomas is a Gija

Phyllis Thomas is a Gija woman of Nagarra skin whose bush name

and her mother was Nganyima Napaltjarri

She won the Northern Territory Art Award for Excellence in Aboriginal Painting in 1986 and was a finalist in the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award (NATSIAA) in 2003

when fused together

Her first Australian solo show

Awelye Medium:Acrylic on Linen Phyllis Thomas is a GijaMinnie Pwerle: Life and Artistic Legacy Early Life and Background Minnie Pwerle, also known as Minnie Purla or Minnie Motorcar Apwerl, was born between 1910 and 1922. She was a prominent Australian Aboriginal artist from Utopia, Northern Territory (referred to as Unupurna in her local language). Utopia is a cattle station situated in the Sandover area of Central Australia, approximately 300 kilometres (190 miles) northeast of Alice Springs. Artistic