Joy Naden studied at the National Art School and Alexander Mackie College in Sydney between 1966–1969. She was a high school art teacher in NSW, the ACT, Papua New Guinea and the Northern Territory, where she has lived since 1989, primarily on Bathurst Island.
Ngaruwanajirri would like to acknowledge the generous support of the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation whose 2019 donation was vital to our survival.
