Cecelia Yakiti

Cecelia Yakiti is one of Mutitjulu’s emerging artists, whose individual, linear style is building her an international customer base.

“My cousin sister, Kunmanara Taylor, she taught me how to paint well. Tjukurpa wangkapai, I talk story through my canvas, to Anangu and to visitors.”

Today, based with her family at Mutitjulu Community in the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Cecelia paints the culturally significant Tjukurpa stories of Kungkarangkalpa (Seven Sisters), Kuniya and Liru (Python woman and venomous snake man) and Puli Mankurpa (Three Rocks). These stories are connected to the land here and are representative of her identity and her home.

She also dedicates much of her time to guided tours around Uluru and dot-painting workshops facilitated through Maruku Arts and Crafts, teaching visitors the importance of Tjukurpa and the cultural significance of this land to Anangu.