Naminapu Maymuru-White is a respected Mangalili clan artist from Yirrkala, North East Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.

Naminapu has won two prestigious awards in the Telstra Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards including the Telstra Work on Paper Award in 1996 for a limited edition - lithoprint triptych titled Nyapilingu and in 2005, she won the Wandjuk Marika 3D Memorial Award for a memorial pole titled Milngiyawuy, Milky Way.