Cassaria paints her grandfathers country, Stanley Young’s homeland Mamutjara (Western Australia) and Kunatjara (South Australia). This is where she goes on bush trips with her mother Carol Young and other family for bush foods maku, tjala, tinka and to dig for punu.
Cassaria Young was born in Mparntwe. Her mother is Susan Young, though artists Amanyi and Stanley Young have looked after her since she was a little baby. Cassaria grew up in Kalka community and attended school in Pipalyatjara. An emerging painter, her works tell the stories of bush trips – digging maku and making cups of tea on the homelands of her grandfather Stanley’s country around the Wataru protected area, 100 kms southwest of Pipalyatjara. Cassaria is a very successful emerging artist and won the Kings School Prize in 2022. She is part of a prolific artistic family, including her grandfather Stanley, her father Timo Hogan, and aunt, Carol all of whom exhibit nationally and internationally.
Desert Mob is presented annually in Mparntwe | Alice Springs on Arrernte Country.
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