Simone Namunjdja is part of the next generation of Kuninjku women artists forging dynamic artistic careers. Taught by watching her mother – artist Pamela Namunjdja – from a young age, Simone started creating her own artforms in 2022, initially learning to carve and paint Mimih spirit figures out of thin and delicate branches of Kurrajong, until gaining confidence to move onto bark painting and the larger sculptural forms of the Lorrkon (hollow log) a few years later. Simone uses a striking palette of black and white, much like her relation artist Susan Marawarr, and paints the ancestral dreaming stories that have been passed down through her family line, working from her home in Maningrida and often painting alongside other creative family members.