Theresa Numendumah Arinda

BORN: 1960

Clan: Ngarinyin / Worrorra

Theresa was born and attended school in Derby, and now resides in Mowanjum Community. She has previously exhibited her paintings in Broome, Derby and Mowanjum.

Her paintings depict Wandjinas, Unguds (totem), animals, fish, turtles, crocodiles, and gyorns gyorns (gatherers of foods). Her work is distinguished by the use of bright backgrounds infused with iridescent vibrancy, paired with graphic motifs of traditional stories that connect and come alive. Theresa uses her art to express herself and to keep her cultural inheritance alive, depicting stories of both Ngarinyin and Worrorra peoples.