Doreen Chapman was born in Jigalong and has spent her life moving between Western Desert communities in the Pilbara, Western Australia. She is a Manyjilyjarra artist and has spent the majority of her adult life in Warralong, a community 120km south-east of Port Hedland. Chapman started painting with her mother, Maywokka May Chapman, and she first exhibited with Martumili artists in 2010.  In recent years she has spent more time in Port Hedland and began painting at the Spinifex Hill Studios. As a deaf woman, painting is a crucial medium of communication and storytelling for Chapman. 

Presentation at the 24th Biennale of Sydney was made possible with generous support from the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain and generous assistance from the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.