Nancy Gaymala Yunupingu (c.1935–2005;[1] also rendered Yunupiŋu) was a senior Yolngu artist and matriarch, who lived in Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory, Australia.
Two of her brothers were musician Galarrwuy and land rights campaigner Mandawuy Yunupingu.
[6] Yunupingu's strength was in graphic arts, but she also did bark paintings with ochre, wove, created wooden carvings, and employed the printmaking techniques of etching and screenprinting.
[7] The Wan'kurra, or golden bandicoot,[8] which features prominently in song-cycles in Gumatj ceremonies, was a common motif in her work, often running through scrubland.
[7] The National Gallery of Victoria holds Bäru story (1990), painted with earth pigments on the bark of stringybark.