Patsy Marfura was born in 1942 at Daly River Mission, Northern Territory, and belongs to the Ngen’giwumirri language group. In the late 1960s Marfura moved her family, including six children, to Peppimenarti. She began painting in 2001, alongside her sisters and cousins (artists Regina Pilawuk Wilson and Margaret Kundu). Today she is one of Durrmu Arts’ most dedicated artists.
Patsy makes large painted canvases with bold stripes and dotted markings that reflect ceremonial body painting and three-dimensional woven forms. She is also an accomplished warrgadi (dilly bag) weaver.
In 2008, Patsy was selected as a finalist, one of nine, in the Xstrata Coal Emerging Indigenous Art Award, Gallery of Modern Art, Queensland Art Gallery.
See video of Patsy’s show at Michael Reid Gallery, 2010, here:
Patsy Marfura and Tjanpi Weavers
