Norma Bryant

Norma Bryant (b.1958) Born in Ernabella on the APY Lands of South Australia, Bryant paints the Minyma Kutjara tjukurrpa (Two Sisters creation story), passed on by her aunt Kunytjil Cooper, a founding member of Irrunytju Arts. Bryant grew up watching her family painting and telling stories.“My aunty, Mrs Cooper told me these stories. She was a great painter too. I have a lot of stories in my head that my aunty gave me of the Minyma Kutjara tjukurpa. I have to pass them on to my two sisters, my nieces, my daughter and grandchildren. It is very important to me that they know these stories.”Bryant also works as a skilled Pitjantjatjara interpreter and translator. She is a powerful speaker and a great advocate of Minyma Kutjara Arts Project.