Nancy Long was born in Ali Curung, and went to school in Ali Curung. She started painting around the year 2000, joining her mother J Long Nampijinpa at the Ali Curung Women’s centre.
Nancy says she enjoys painting at the Arlpwe Art Centre, as the company and atmosphere is very relaxed. “My works are mainly seed story and bush medicine. I like to use tonal colours with rhythm and line.”
More recently, Nancy has developed a practice alongside her sister Rene. It develops on the late paintings of their late mother, depicting Pereltye, a native bush lolly. They sometimes work alone and sometimes in collaboration with each other. The collaborative practice has garnered some acclaim, winning the Emerging category in the 2024 Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize and being selected as finalists in the 2024 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards.
