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Mantua Nangala was born around 1959 at Tjulyurunya, near the significant ceremonial site of Marrapinti in Western Australia. As a child, she lived a traditional life with her family, travelling throughout the Jupiter Well region before being encountered by a welfare patrol led by Jeremy Long in 1963. The following year, Mantua and her family moved to Papunya, joining many other Pintupi people who had been relocated to the settlement.

In 1981, Mantua returned to her traditional lands, moving to Kintore before settling at Kiwirrkurra in 1984, the closest Pintupi community to her ancestral country. It was there that she began reconnecting with the landscapes, stories and cultural knowledge that would later inform her art.

Mantua began painting in 1998 for Papunya Tula Artists, continuing the strong artistic legacy of her family. She is the daughter of renowned Pintupi artist Anatjari Tjampitjinpa and the sister of artists Ray James Tjangala and Yinarupa Nangala, as well as half-sister to George Yapa Tjangala.

Her work reflects the deep cultural knowledge inherited through her family, drawing on the stories, sites and ancestral connections of Pintupi Country. Through her paintings, Mantua continues the tradition of recording and sharing the Tjukurrpa (Dreaming) narratives that connect her people to their land.

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