Madeline Curley

Madeline grew up in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands, a vast region in the north-west of South Australia that encompasses several Indigenous communities. Madeline is a self-taught artist, and has developed a fluid and sweeping style of painting to illustrate the Seven Sisters Dreaming story. Madeline is the daughter of renowned artist, Imitjala Curley, and her sister Meredith Curley is also an acclaimed artist. 

Madeline paints the part of the story where the seven sisters are walking across country trying to escape from the pursuing man, Nyiru. The roundels on the canvas represent the waterholes and rockholes where the sisters camped, and the overlay of finely dotted, wispy lines are the paths walked by the women. Madeline is a widely exhibited artist, and in 2019, her artwork was projected onto the Sydney Opera House sails as part of the 'Badu Gili - Lighting the Sails' project.