Vanessa Robertson Australian, Ngaanyatjarra, b. 1990

Vanessa Robertson is an artist belonging to the Ngaanyatjarra language and cultural group andlives in theremote community of Warakurna, WA.Vanessa began making Tjanpi in 2019, and shows a natural skill for making strong, colourful,grassy sculptures, in the style she is learning from her mother in law, Winifred Reid. Vanessademonstrates an astute skill forweaving, with an encouraging artistic future ahead.