Kershini Napaljarri Collins

Kershini Napaljarri Collins was born on 19 July 1996 in Alice Springs, NT. She currently lives and paints in Yuendumu, a remote Aboriginal community 290 km northwest of Alice Springs. Her mother lives in Yuendumu and her father works at the Granites mines. She has one sister and three brothers.

Kershini attended school in Yuendumu. When she is not painting, she likes to go hunting and watch footy matches. Kershini paints ‘ngatijirri Jukurrpa’ (Budgerigar Dreaming) and ‘marlu Jukurrpa’ (Kangaroo Dreaming). These Dreamings are located at Jila (Chilla Well), a claypan to the west of Yuendumu. These Dreamings were passed on to Kershini from her father.