Pansy Napangardi (born 1948) is an Australian artist. She is associated with the Jukurrpa group of women artists in

Alice Springs Alice Springs () is a town in the Northern Territory, Australia; it is the third-largest settlement after Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin and Palmerston, Northern Territory, Palmerston. The name Alice Springs was given by surveyor William ...

where she lives today.

Early life

She was born at Haasts Bluff, Northern Territory, Australia. She remains one of the leading artists of

Papunya Tula Papunya Tula, registered as Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, is an artist cooperative formed in 1972 in Papunya, Northern Territory, owned and operated by Aboriginal people from the Western Desert of Australia. The group is known for its innovativ ...

, after she was moved to the settlement of Papunya in the early 1960s after Haasts Bluff became abandoned due to lack of suitable water; it was here where she observed the work of many artists.

Career

Napangardi was the first professional female desert painter amidst the Luritija and Warlpiri people, learning techniques from the desert art founders. Learning from the renowned Indigenous Australian artists, Johny Warangula and Kaapa, she began to develop her own technique through the application of multi-coloured dots. Although she observed the men's painting business there, she is one of the rare women associated with Papunya Tula who did not serve an apprenticeship with the men. In 1983, Napangardi commenced her work with Papunya Tula Artists and by the late 1980s, had established herself as a leading female artist. She sold her works independently in

at first and in 1989 she won the

National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award The National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award (NATSIAA) is Australia's longest running Indigenous art award. Established in 1984 as the National Aboriginal Art Award by the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory in Darw ...

Collections

Art Gallery of New South Wales The Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW), founded as the New South Wales Academy of Art in 1872 and known as the National Art Gallery of New South Wales between 1883 and 1958, is located in The Domain, Sydney, Australia. It is the most import ...

*the Hood Museum of Art at

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, *Artbank, Sydney. *Central Collection, Australian National University, Canberra. *Donald Kahn collection, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami. *Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin. *National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. *National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. *The Kelton Foundation, Santa Monica, U.S.A *The Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane. *The Robert Holmes a Court Collection, Perth.

Individual exhibitions

*1988,

Sydney Opera House The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue Performing arts center, performing arts centre in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Located on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour, it is widely regarded as one of the world's most famous and distinctive b ...

*1989, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne *1991, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Napangardi, Pansy 1948 births Living people Australian Aboriginal artists Artists from the Northern Territory 20th-century Australian women artists 20th-century Australian painters 21st-century Australian women artists 21st-century Australian painters