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2000
Language Group:Alyawarre
Country:Ntaria (Hermannsburg), West of Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Medium:Acrylic on Canvas
Subjects:Akatyerre (Desert Raisin), Awelye (Women's Ceremony) for Akarley (Northern Wild Orange), Bush Medicine, Country, Seven Sisters Dreaming, Women Collecting Akatyerre (Desert Raisin), Women Collecting Awele Awele (Wild Tomatoes) and Angkwerrpme (Mistlet
Nikita began painting for Mbantua Gallery in June 2017. Born in Alice Springs in 2000, she grew up in Hermannsburg and Ampilatwatja. Her parents, Joycie Morton and Eric Inkamala, are both artists. Nikita is married to a son of Thelma Dixon, who has been painting for Mbantua since 1998. Nikita's work reflects the distinctive style of her large extended family.
The Milky Way in the southern hemisphere is viewed as a sacred residence for totemic beings. One constellation known as Pleiades has another meaning to the aboriginal people of Central Australia. The Seven Sisters Dreaming tells the journey of seven beautiful sisters who were pursued across the country by a man who wanted to seduce them. Their only escape was to the Milky Way where they became the stars of the Pleiades constellation.
