Selina Numina Napanangka is an Anmatyerre woman from the Utopia region in Central Australia, northeast of Alice Springs. She was born in 1976 at Stirling Station, where she grew up learning traditional culture, bush skills, and Dreaming stories from her mother, Barbara Price Mtjupurrula, and her aunties — renowned artists including Gloria and Kathleen Petyarre.

Selina is one of six talented Numina sisters — artists who have become well known for continuing the Utopia women’s painting movement. After completing school, Selina moved to Darwin to study at Charles Darwin University, where she gained a Diploma in Fine Arts and began to refine her distinctive contemporary style.

Her work reflects deep knowledge of Country and the enduring role of women as custodians of land, ceremony, and medicine. Using rhythmic brushwork and rich colour palettes, Selina’s paintings capture the movement of wind, plants, and songlines across the desert landscape. Her recurring themes include Bush Medicine Leaves, Bush Tucker, Women’s Ceremony, and My Country, each celebrating healing, ancestry, and the balance of life within nature.

Today, Selina’s artworks are held in private and public collections across Australia and internationally. She continues to live and paint in Darwin, maintaining a strong connection to her Utopia homeland and family.