Eileen Napaltjarri
Eileen Napaltjarri | |
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Born | 1956 Haasts Bluff, Northern Territory, Australia |
Nationality | Australian |
Known for | Painting |
Eileen Napaltjarri (born 1956) is a
Life
Born at Haasts Bluff, Northern Territory in 1956,[1] daughter of Charlie Tarawa Tjungurrayi (aka Charlie Tararu Tjungurayi),[2] one of the founding members of Papunya Tula Artists, and Tatali Nangala, Eileen was the only one of seven siblings to follow her parents' advice and take up painting. She was reportedly the only one still alive by 2008.[3][notes 1]
Marriage discrepancies
In 2008, researcher Vivien Johnson reported that she married Puuna Tjakamarra, and had two children, William Tjupurrula and Sharon Napurrula, as well as an adopted son, Jeffrey.[3] However, journalist Nicolas Rothwell in 2006 stated that Napaltjarri's husband was named Kenny Williams Tjampitjinpa.[6]
Art
Background
Contemporary indigenous art of the western desert began in 1971 when indigenous men at Papunya created murals and canvases using western art materials, assisted by teacher
Career
She first began painting in 1996, aged 40, for Papunya Tula, of which her father had been one of the founders in the early 1970s.[3] Sources differ on when her work for Papunya Tula became regular, with Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi placing this at 1999,[11] while Vivien Johnson, in her survey Lives of the Papunya Tula Artists, suggests 2002.[3] As of 2010, Napaltjarri had held two solo exhibitions, the second at Utopia Art Sydney.[2]
Napaltjarri won the "emerging artist" category of the
Napaltjarri paints sites associated with both her mother's country around Kintore, Northern Territory, and her father's country, Tjitururrnga (or Tjiturrulpa),[2] to the west of Kintore.[3]
Collections
Notes
- Thus 'Eileen' is the element of the artist's name that is specifically hers.
References
- ^ a b "Eileen Napaltjarri – Untitled (Tjiturrulpa)". Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art: Paintings. Art Gallery of New South Wales. 1995. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
- ^ a b c "Papunya Tula Artists – News". Papunya Tula Artists. 2010. Archived from the original on 4 February 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Johnson, Vivien (2008). Lives of the Papunya Tula Artists. Alice Springs, NT: IAD Press. p. 297.
- ^ "Kinship and skin names". People and culture. Central Land Council. Archived from the original on 10 November 2010. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
- ISBN 978-0-85575-234-7.
- ^ a b Rothwell, Nicolas (28 November 2006). "Decade of sunshine and tears". The Australian. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
- ^ Bardon, Geoffrey; James Bardon (2006). Papunya – A place made after the story: The beginnings of the Western Desert painting movement. University of Melbourne: Miegunyah Press.
- ^ Dussart, Francoise (2006). "Canvassing identities: reflecting on the acrylic art movement in an Australian Aboriginal settlement". Aboriginal History. 30: 156–168.
- ^ a b Morphy, Howard (1999). Aboriginal Art. London: Phaidon. pp. 261–316.
- Artlink Magazine. 26 (4).
- ^ "Artists: Eileen Napaltjarri". Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi. Archived from the original on 14 September 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
- ^ "50 of Australia's Most Collectable Artists". Australian Art Collector (43). January–March 2008. Archived from the original on 24 September 2009.