Walangkura Napanangka
Born: 1946
People: Pintupi
Language: Pintupi
Area: Papunya, Walungurru (Kintore) – Northern Territory, Kiwirrkurra- Western Australia
Born at Tjiturulnga, Walangkura Napanangka came to Haasts Bluff and lives now in Walungurru (Kintore).
She commenced painting for Papunya Tula artists in 1996.
In 1994, Walangkura took part in the Walungurru (Kintore) and Ikuntji (Haasts bluff) Manyma Tjukurra painting project.
Her mother, Inyuwa Nampitjina (now deceased), and her sister Pirrmangka Napanangka (now deceased), were also painters.
Married to Johnny Yunggut
Solo Exhibitions:
2003: ‘Recent Paintings ‘ Gabrielle Pizi, Melbourne, Vic
2004: Walangkura Napanangka, Utopia Art Sydney
Exhibitions:
1996 Papunya Tula Artists, Pty Ltd. Alice Springs NT
Museum Art Galleries of the NT Darwin
Utopia Art, Sydney NSW
Alice Springs Foundation Araluen Art Centre Alice Springs
1997: Gabrielle Pizzi Gallery Melbourne Victoria
National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards , Darwin NT
Desert Mob Art Show, Aruluen Art Centre Alice Springs
Chapman Gallery manuka Canberra A.C.T
1998 Desert Mob Art Show, Aruluen Art Centre Alice Springs
Gabrielle Pizzi Gallery Melbourne Victoria
National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards , Darwin NT
1999 Utopia Art Show, Sydney NSW
Flinders University South Australia,
National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards , Darwin NT
Gabrielle Pizzi Gallery Melbourne Victoria
2000: Papunya Tula ‘Genesis & Genius’, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney.
Framed Gallery, Darwin NT
Gabrielle Pizzi Gallery Melbourne Victoria
‘Pintupi Women’ Paupunya Tula Artists Alice Springs
2001: Dreamscapes – Contemporary Desert Art, Mostings Hus, Denmark.
‘Art of The Pintupi’ Tony Bond Art Dealer, Adelaide SA
Papunya Tula 30th Aniversary Exhibitio, Chapman gallery, Canberra ACT
Indigenart, Subiaco, WA
Desert Mob Art Show, Aruluen Art Centre Alice Springs
Pintupi Exhibition Pupunya Tula Artists Alice Springs, NT
Gabrielle Pizzi Gallery Melbourne Victoria. ‘Kintore & Kiwiikura’
‘Museum” Utopia Art Sydney, NSW
Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs 31st Alice Prize
Flinders University South Australia,
2002:’ Piaintings from Our Contry’ Tony Bond Art Dealer, Adelaide SA
Aboriginal Art of 2002’. Scott Liversey Art Dealer, Melbourne
William Mora galleries, Melbourne
Pintupi mens & Womens stories, indigenart, Sbiaco WA
Art Born of the Desert’ Framed Gallery, Darwin NT
2003: Pintupi Art 2003 Tony Bond Art Dealer, Adelaide SA
Gabrielle Pizzi Gallery Melbourne Victoria, ‘Recent paintings by Women Artists of Kintore & Kiwirrkura’
‘Aboriginal Art 2003” Scott Liversey, Melbourne Vic
Pintupi Art from the Western Desert’ Indigenant, Subiaco WA
Master Pieces from the Western Desert, Gavin Graham Gallery, London UK
Papunya Tula Artists – A Gift from the Desert’ Utopia Sydney, NSW
Mythology and Reality at the S.H Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Walangkura had her first solo exhibition at Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi in 2003.
2004:Papunya Tula Artists 2004,Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne.
Heidi of Modern Art, Melbourne;’Mythology & Reality”
21stTelstra National Aboriginal & Torres straight Islander Art Award.
A Closer Look at Aboriginal Art, Aboriginal Art Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Melbourne Art Fair2004, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Depth of Fields – Anamorphosis’ artists explore ‘Absolute Matte’ a new paint from Chroma Australia, Utopia Art Sydney. NSW
Pintupi Art 2004’ Tony Bond Aboriginal Art Dealer, Adelaide SA
‘All about Papunya’ Chapman Gallery, ACT
‘The inner & The Outer’ Stadtgalerie Bamberg, Villa Dessauer, Bamberg Germany
‘Ma Yungu/Pass it on’ Framed Gallery, Darwin NT
‘Pintupi Artists’, Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs NT
2005: ‘Pintupi Show’ Pupunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs NT
‘Papunya Tula Artists- New Work for a new space, Utopia Art Sydney, NSW
Museum 11’, Utopia Art Sydney, NSW
Gabrielle Pizzi Gallery Melbourne Victoria ‘Papunya Tula Artists’
22nd Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres straight Islander Art Award.
‘Aboriginal Art 2005’, Scott Liversey Art Dealer, Melboune Vic
‘Pintupi Art 2005’ Tony Bond Art Dealer, Adelaide SA
2006:
Papunya Tula Artists, Utopia Arts Sydney, Sydney
Luminaries of the Desert, Japinka Gallery, Perth.
Collections:
Papunya Tula Artists
The Art Gallery of New South Wales
The National Gallery of Australia, Canberra;
Artbank, Sydney;
Gabriella Pizzi Collection. Melbourne
The Kelton Foundation, Los Angeles, United States of America.
Aboriginal Art Museum, The Neterlands
Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory