Yaritji Young

Yaritji is the eldest of the five sisters with whom she often works collaboratively and the “Ken Sisters Collaborative” as they are known, won the Wynne Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 2016 for their spectacular collaborative painting titled: 'Seven Sisters Tjukurrpa'.  The Ken Sisters Collective also won the the Adelaide Biennale commission in 2018.

As an individual artist, Yaritji is considered established and highly successful.  Her first solo exhibition was in 2017; this was followed by two more significant and sold-out solo exhibitions in 2018 and 2019 respectively. In addition to the accolades received for her collaborative work, Yaritji has been named a finalist in the Wynne Prize for her solo practice four times and in the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA’s) eight times. 

Learn more about Yaritji in her bio.