Kathryn Queama is an artist belonging to the Pitjantjatjara cultural and language group. Kathryn was born in Yalata in South Australia, and now lives in the remote community of Kaltukatjara (Docker River) in the Northern Territory, close to the Western Australian border. She grew up in Amata where her mother was based, and moved to Kaltukatjara as an adult.
Katherine learnt to weave from senior weavers and family members Nyinku Kutitja and Martha Protty, both of whom are on the cover of the tjanpi book. She has since been weaving for over 20 years, and has forged her own weaving style, using colour effectively in her basket making.
Tjanpi Desert Weavers (Tjanpi meaning ‘wild grass’) is an award-winning, Indigenous governed and directed social enterprise of the Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara Women’s Council (NPYWC). Tjanpi empowers over 400 women across a 350 000 square km area of the tri-state region of NT, SA and WA to earn an income and remain in their communities on Country.
