Janet Tjitayi

Janet Tjitayi is from Ernabella, an Aboriginal community in the Anangu Pitjatjatjara/Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in South Australia. She lives at Five Mile Outstation located approx. 8kms from Papunya, and has lived there with her family and late husband since the 1980s. Her mother, Angkuna is from Nyapari and her father, Kim is from Pukara in the APY lands. Janet paints her mother’s country of Nyapari which is located near Amata in South Australia. Janet is a dedicated painter and has been a Director of Papunya Tjupi Arts since the beginning of 2018.