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JEANNIE MINUNGA & KAY FINN (born 1952) & (born 1954) Umoona Collaborative, 2022 acrylic on linen 194 x 186.5 cm inscribed verso: Kay Finn & Jeannie Minunga Collaborative, Umoona Arts PROVENANCE Umoona Arts Centre, SA Cat No. 63-22 Private collection, Vic accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Umoona Art Centre Sisters-in-law Jeannie Minunga and Kay Finn live and work between Umoona, Coober Pedy, and Oodnadatta in far north South Australia. Both senior women of Yankunytjatjara heritage, and with Finn also of Pitjantjatjara descent, the pair paint alongside family members including Jeannie's husband and Kay's brother, Keith Minunga, and Jeannie's daughter, Myra Kumantjara. Together they form part of the emerging Umoona artists' group, established in 2020 to strengthen cultural practice and build creative opportunities for the community. Nganampa Ngura (Our Country) is their first collaborative painting, created under the Umoona Senior Women's Collaborative. The work brings together the ancestral narratives of their respective Countries, Minunga's Wanampi Tjukurpa (Water Serpent Dreaming) near Paradise, and Finn's Kapi Tjukula (waterholes) surrounding Indulkana and Oodnadatta. Painted with rhythmic mark-making and vibrant tonal contrasts, the composition merges their two stories into a single vision of Country, one that celebrates shared memory, kinship, and ancestral continuity. Sisters-in-law Jeannie Minunga and Kay Finn live and work between Umoona, Coober Pedy, and Oodnadatta in far north South Australia. Both senior women of Yankunytjatjara heritage, and with Finn also of Pitjantjatjara descent, the pair paint alongside family members including Jeannie's husband and Kay's brother, Keith Minunga, and Jeannie's daughter, Myra Kumantjara. Together they form part of the emerging Umoona artists' group, established in 2020 to strengthen cultural practice and build creative opportunities for the community. Nganampa Ngura (Our Country) is their first collaborative painting, created under the Umoona Senior Women's Collaborative. The work brings together the ancestral narratives of their respective Countries, Minunga's Wanampi Tjukurpa (Water Serpent Dreaming) near Paradise, and Finn's Kapi Tjukula (waterholes) surrounding Indulkana and Oodnadatta. Painted with rhythmic mark-making and vibrant tonal contrasts, the composition merges their two stories into a single vision of Country, one that celebrates shared memory, kinship, and ancestral continuity. Both artists balance individual practice with collective storytelling, their large-scale collaboration express the interwoven connection of family, culture and place. Their works have featured in sell-out exhibitions at Umoona Art Centre, and in 2022, Minunga, Finn, and Kumantjara were finalists in the Wynne Prize for their joint painting Nganampa Ngura. @ JEANNIE MINUNGA & KAY FINN / Copyright Agency, 2025