Walungkura Napanangka was born in 1946 at Tjiturulnga, west of Walungurru (Kintore) in the Western Australian desert. Her family was amongst a group of Pintupi people who made their way to the Ikuntji settlement (Haasts Bluff) in 1956. Walungkura began her career through participating in the historic Kintore-Haasts Bluff collaborative canvas project ‘Minyma Tjukurrpa’ in 1995.
