Rene Kulitja of the Uti Kulinjaku collective [NPY Women’s Council] is a prominent Anangu artist, well known for her sculptural woven work as well as her paintings — including a painting of Uluru on a Qantas jet. She has led collaborations on virtual reality projects based on traditional and contemporary Anangu stories, and has represented Australia at the Venice Biennale in 2015.

Uti Kulintjaku is an innovative, Anangu or Aboriginal-led mental health project that takes its name from a Pitjantjatjara phrase that means ‘to listen, think and understand clearly’. Formed from the Ngangkari traditional healers and artists of the NPY Women’s Council, Uti Kulintjaku collaborate with UNSW fEEL Lab on original VR projects using Anangu stories to address trauma and wellbeing.