Gaypalani Waṉambi Wins 2025 Telstra NATSIAA

NATSIAA award winners celebrated in Darwin

Yolŋu artist Gaypalani Wanambi has taken out the top prize in this years Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA) with her innovative work, Burwu. Palawa correspondant, Jillian Mundy was on Larrakia Country (Darwin) for the award presentation and spoke to Ms Wanambi about her winning work, as well as winning artists from the other categories in the prestigious national art award.The post NATSIAA award winners c…

Gaypalani Waṉambi wins 2025 Telstra NATSIAA

Photo: Charlie Bliss Gaypalani Waṉambi has won the 2025 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award (NATSIAA) for her work Burwu, blossom. She will receive a AU$100,000 cash prize. Six other prizes, each worth AU$15,000, were awarded across different categories: general painting, bark painting, work on paper, memorial 3D, multimedia and emerging artist. Gaypalani Waṉambi is a Yolŋu artist and the daughter of the late painter, filmma…