Doris Stuart Kngwarreye

Doris Stuart Kngwarreye’s family have lived alongside the Todd River for countless
generations. She is Apmereke artweye for Mparntwe. In 2000 she was a claimant in
Alice Springs being the first an urban area in Australia to gain native title recognition through the high court of Australia. In 2016 Doris won the annual Watch This Space ‘Lofty Award’ for “integrity, generosity, humour and spirit, for her connection to country, inspiration and enabling, and contribution to many artists, art works and projects, for deepening understanding, contributing to and extending the contemporary cultural conversation in Central Australia and beyond.”