Yalti Napangati

Yalti Napangati (born c. 1970) is an Australian Pintupi artist. She is a painter of the Western Desert style of art, and paints with the Papunya Tula artist cooperative.^[4] She is one of the Pintupi Nine, the last group of Aborigines living a traditional way of life in Australia. Her ex husband, Warlimpirrnga, is also a well-known artist and member of the Pintupi Nine. ^[5][6]

Yalti Napangati
Born	c. 1970[1] Marruwa, Western Australia
Other names	Yardi, Yalti Napaltjarri [3]
Occupation	Painter
Years active	late 1980s – present
Organization	Papunya Tula
Style	Western Desert art
Spouse	Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri
Children	4
Parent(s)	Lanti, or "Joshua" (father) Nanu Nangala (mother)
Relatives	Thomas Tjapangati Yukultji Napangati Walala Tjapangati Topsy Napaltjarri Takariya Napaltjarri

Life

Yalti was born in the Great Sandy Desert, sometime around 1970. She and her family, the Pintupi Nine, lived as nomads in the desert, travelling along the western side of Lake Mackay.^[5] Most other Pintupi families had moved into settlements during the 1950s, but Yalti's father kept the family away from these. Her parents were Lanti (or "Joshua") and Nanu.^[4] She has an older brother, Tamayinya, and a younger sister, Yukultji. She married Warlimpirrnga sometime during the early 1980s, possibly when she was as young as 12.^[1]

She and her family came out of the desert in 1984. She now lives at Kiwirrkurra, and has two sons and two daughters.^[4]

Artistic career

Yalti finished her first paintings as part of the Papunya Tula artist cooperative in June 1996. She makes acrylic paintings of landscapes associated with Pintupi dreaming stories. Her paintings are of important places in her country, around Marruwa, Laurryi, Wirrulnga and Patjarr.^[4]