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Biography
Pauline Nakamarra Woods (born 1949) is an indigenous Australian artist. Her first name is spelled Pauleen in some sources.
Early life
Woods was born in Vaughan Springs, west of Yuendumu, and grew up in Yuendumu. She later lived in Alice Springs. She is a speaker of Pintupi/Warlpiri.
Career
Woods began painting in 1986.
Woods was one of the founders, and later vice-president, of the Jukurrpa aboriginal-led collective of women artists.
In 1988 she won first prize in the National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award for her acrylic painting Yarla Dreaming. She was the first female artist to win this prize.
In 1993 she was the first indigenous Australian to have her work used on an Australian postage stamp; the 45 cent stamp showed her painting Wild Onion Dreaming.
Her painting Desert Dreaming is on the cover of the School Plan 2015-1017 for Harbord Public School in New South Wales.