Born: c1928
Community: Alhalkere, Utopia
Language: Eastern Anmatyerre

Kudditji Kngwarreye, was born circa 1928 at Boundary Bore, Utopia, north-east of Alice Springs. An Anmatyerre elder actively painted since 1986, he is the younger brother of the late Emily Kame Kngwarreye. In the mid 1990’s Kudditji took a radical path with his painting style moving away from the common pointillist style. Whilst some of these paintings may well be reminiscent of his famous sister Emily’s astonishing works from her last series, Kudditji is quick to point out that he was independently painting such works himself! Using a heavily loaded brush and an usually brighter palette, Kudditji’s forms sweep broadly across the canvas. With progressive blocks of stippled colour sectioned alongside each other, the artist has uniquely managed to create a remarkable sense of space. His most recent paintings amplify a bold architectural style, fusing the borders of earth, water and sky, resulting in a dramatic restaging of the colour and form of the desert landscape. His subjects are mostly powerful and bright expressions of Emu Dreaming and Men’s Ceremonial Dreamings.