Andrea Adamson Tiger was born in 1973 in Amata, located on the APY Lands of South Australia, 480 km southwest of Alice Springs. Her parents were Tony and Kukika Adamson. Andrea passed away suddenly in 2019 at the age of 46.

During her youth, Andrea lived in Alice Springs, attending Yirara College and spending part of her schooling in Woodville, South Australia. After her schooling, she began working at Uluru (formerly known as Ayers Rock) as a guide. Here, she shared her knowledge about the local flora, fauna, and customs with visitors, taking great pride in her heritage.

Andrea was deeply connected to the traditional customs of the Anangu people. She actively participated in ancient ceremonies where women would create body paint from ground ochre mixed with water or kangaroo oil. This paint was applied for ceremonies that included songs and dances to narrate important ancestral stories.

Her artwork vividly narrates the tale of the seven sisters and their journey across the land, evading the advances of Wati Nyiru. Despite their incompatible 'skin names', Nyiru fell in love with the sisters and pursued them as they sculpted the landscape with rockholes, sandhills, and rocky outcrops to elude him. Eventually, they created a rockhole that allowed them to escape underground and re-emerge to ascend into the sky. Nyiru, following them into the water, emerged too late and continues to chase them across the heavens, visible from the south of the seven sisters.