Flora was born in and grew up in Yuendumu. She married Dicky Brown in 1975 and had 4 children. Flora left Yuendumu in 1993 and came to Papunya where she painted for Warumpi Arts for almost 10 years. Flora learnt to paint from her Mother Minnie Napanangka who painted at Balgo. Flora lives with her son Matthew Brown and his wife Makisha Anderson at Three Mile Outstation near Papunya and looks after her grand daughter Imogen. Flora's paintings are highly sought after for their delicate dotting and simple yet fine compositions.

Doris Bush was born in Haasts Bluff/Ikuntji circa 1942 and was married to the late George Bush Tjangala, one of Papunya Tula Artists’ original shareholders. In the mid 1980’s the family went to live on an outstation at Nyunmanu in Doris’ mother’s country out towards the WA/NT border. Doris continues to paint Nyunmanu and the traditional Tjukurrpa (Dreaming) of this place, Dingo Dreaming.

Doris also paints vivid memories, stories and dreams from her life, with her work often telling happy stories from her early days in Ikuntji; eating, hunting and swimming with her friends and family in the bush. Doris’ works embody her nature of a true storyteller with her expressive style, bold use of colour and recognisable motifs. Doris is renowned as one of the most prolific and enthusiastic artists in the community and is usually the first to arrive each morning when - or even before - the doors open.

Finalist in the Wynne Prize at the AGNSW (2023), TELSTRA National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (2020, 2021, 2022), Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize (2019) and shortlisted in the Alice Art Prize (2018), her work is held in the Artbank Collection, Macquarie Bank Collection, University of Western Sydney Collection, The Hassall Collection, The Art Gallery of New South Wales, and private collections internationally. Doris was the winner of the 2023 Sulman Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

Karen was born in Papunya in 1970, and grew up at Blackwater Outstation, about 5km outside of Papunya. She is the younger sister of renown Papunya Tjupi painter, Carbiene McDonald. Karen attended school in Papunya, and later Yirara College in Alice Springs.

Karen paints her grandmothers story, Kungka Tjukurrpa at Ilpilli. At Ilpilli, Karen's ancestors - the Napurrula women - found waterholes, creeks, and an abundance of food. It became a significant site for them, and they remained there for a long time.

Karen is a skilled translator and linguist. She worked at Papunya school as an assistant teacher for many years. Her work has incorporated poems, text and images. She continues to experiment with new materials and grow her practice in exciting directions. Her work was exhibited at the Desert Mob exhibition at Araluen arts centre in 2021. Karen continues to live at Blackwater outstation where she grew up, and now works at the Art Centre.

Carbiene McDonald was born in Papunya in 1961, son of Snowy McDonald. As a young man, Carbiene travelled back to his father's homelands and inherited his Tjukurrpa (Dreaming). This Tjukurrpa is associated with a series of waterholes running between Docker River and Kata Tjuta. Specifically, it includes four important sites: Petermann Ranges, Docker River, Kalaya Murrpu (Blood's Range) and Mulyayti near Kata Tjuta.

Carbiene’s work embodies the quality of innovation steeped within tradition, and his practice of filling the canvas with coloured squares of loose acrylic paint creates work of immense depth and sophistication. Having only taken up painting later in life, in 2018, his passion for painting coupled with his extreme dedication and enthusiasm has led him to quickly make a name for himself.

Winner of the prestigious Hadley’s Art Prize (2019), a finalist in the Vincent Lingiari Art Award (2019), and the Telstra NATSIAA (2023), his work is held in the Art Gallery of NSW Collection, Charles Darwin University Collection and in significant private collections in Australia.

Candy Nelson Nakamarra was born in Yuendumu in 1964, daughter to renowned Papunya Tula artist Johnny Warangkula, who taught his children how to paint whilst passing down family stories. They all paint the Kalipinypa Water Dreaming story, of the rain and hail making ceremony, which Candy continues to explore and reinvent.

Candy has a distinct, evolving style, employing bold contrasting colours and layering of drips, drawing and outlining to create sophisticated, sought after contemporary works, which she says “look as if they are breathing, with the drawing elements popping out of the canvas’”. Candy represents tali (sandhills) and running water in her backgrounds, and uses dotting to represent hail storms and rain. Through drawing shapes and motifs, she represents the waterholes, running water, bush tucker, water birds and flowers present after a big storm and the wanampi (water snake) which lives under the waterhole.

Candy is fast becoming a highly sought after contemporary artist. Candy had her first solo show in Sydney in 2021, a three person show in Brisbane in 2022, and had her second solo show in 2023 at Vivien Anderson Gallery in Melbourne. Winner of the Interrelate Acquisitive Prize as part of the Wollotuka Acquisitive Art Prize (2012), her work is held in the Macquarie Bank Collection, Parliament House Canberra Collection, the Hassall Collection, Fondation Burkhardt-Felder Arts et Culture, Switzerland and The University of New South Wales Galleries, Sydney.

Patricia comes from an important painting family. She is the daughter of the artist Long Jack Phillipus and the younger sister of the artist Charlotte Phillipus Napurrula. She was born at Papunya and has remained living there all her life. She attended school at Papunya and Yirara College in Alice Springs. Patricia said she started watching her father paint before she tried it herself. Her mother's country is Katjutarri Ngamana Yawalurra while her father's dreaming is Kalipinypa - water dreaming.

After a long break from painting in order to care for her husband, Patricia returned in 2017 and is proving herself to be a strong emerging talent. Patricia is a first time director of Papunya Tjupi this year, and also works at the art centre.

Beylua Puntungka Napanangka was born in Papunya in 1966, daughter of pioneer Papunya Tula Artist Limpi Tjapangati. From her father, Beyula inherited rights to the country near the Murini Range which Beyula often depicted in her early paintings. She also inherited a bushfire story, Kali Karringpa, from her grandmother which was her first story to paint. Her mother’s Dreaming place was the Dingo Dreaming site of Nyumanu near Kintore. These days Beyula paints her own dramatic version of the Honey Grevillea Dreaming story inherited from her grandfather. The works’ strength lies in the abstracted organic lines that forms an immersive space where the viewer can feel and see the grevillea all at once.

Beyula is one of Papunya Tjupi’s most senior and consistent artists. Finalist of the Telstra NATSIAA (2016), John Fries Award (2018) and Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize (2019), her work is held in the National Gallery of Australia Collection, Artbank Collection, RMIT University Art Collection, Knoblauch Collection and University of Queensland International Education Services Collection.