Details of Ningura Napurrula
About
Ningura Napurrula was born at Watulka, south of the Kiwirrkura Community, circa 1938. She married Yala Yala Gibbs Tjungurrayi and together with their young son Morris they went in to the Papunya Community after meeting up with Jeremy Long during one of his Welfare Patrols. Ningura contributed to the Kintore women's painting as part of the Western Desert Dialysis Appeal. Later in 2003 she was chosen along with four other Papunya Tula Artists to have one of her paintings represented on an Australian Post international stamp. In 2004 Ningura was one of eight Aboriginal artists selected to have an example of their work incorporated into the architecture of the Musee du Quai Branly in Paris. This museum opened in June 2006, and houses the French collection of art from Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2000 William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1996 Papunya Tula Artists Pty.Ltd. Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.
1999 Utopia Art Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
1999 Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, New Horizons 2000, Melbourne, Vic. Australia.
1999 Raintree Aboriginal Art Gallery, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
1999 The Desert Mob Art Show, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.
2000 Aboriginal Art 2000, Scott Livesey Art Dealer, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2000 Spring Exhibition, Scott Livesey Art Dealer, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2000 17th National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
2000 Framed Gallery, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
2000 Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2000 Pintupi Women, Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.
2000 Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2001 Musee des Beaux Arts et d'Archeologie de Vienne, France.
2001 Art House Gallery, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
2001 Papunya Tula 2001, William Mora Galleries, Melbpurne, Victoria, Australia.
2001 Art of the Pintupi, Tony Bond Aboriginal Art Dealer, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
2001 Papunya Tula Women', William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2001 Aboriginal Art 2001, Scott Livesey Art Dealer, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2001 Six Painters From Papunya Tula Artists, Utopia Art, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
2001 Papunya Tula 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Chapman Gallery, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
2001 Indigenart, Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia.
2001 The Desert Mob Art Show, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.
2001 The White Show 2, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2001 Pintupi Exhibition, Papunya Tula Artists. Alice Springs. Northern Territory, Australia.
2001 Contemporary Australian and Aboriginal Art, Thornquest Gallery, Southport, Queensland, Australia.
2001 18th National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
2001 Kintore and Kiwirrkura, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2001 Thornquest Gallery, Southport, Queensland, Australia.
2001 Museum, Utopia Art Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
2001 Size Doesn't Matter, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2001 Aborigena, Palazzo Bricherasio, Turin, Italy.
2001 Beyond Wings, Flinders University Art Museum, Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia. Australia.
2002 Next Generation- Aboriginal Art 2002. Art House Gallery, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
2002 Paintings Fom Our Country, Tony Bond Aboriginal Art Dealer, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
2002 Aboriginal Art 2002, Scott Livesey Art Dealer, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2002 William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2002 Pintupi Mens' and Womens' Stories, Indigenart, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
2002 Art Born Of The Western Desert, Framed Gallery, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
2002 Saluting Papunya, Chapman Gallery, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
2002 The Redlands Westpac Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, New South Wales, Australia.
2002 Pintupi Artists, Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.
2002 32nd Alice Prize, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.
2002 Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2003 Recent Paintings By The Women Artists Of Kintore And Kiwirrkura, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Victoria, Aust.
2003 Australia Contemporary Aboriginal Art in Prague, Toskansky Palace, Praha 1, Czech Republic.
2003 Pintupi Art From The Western Desert, Indigenart, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
2003 Masterpieces From The Western Desert, Gavin Graham Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
2003 Pintupi Artists, Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.
2003 Christmas Gift Exhibition, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2004 Papunya Tula- Selected Paintings, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2004 Pintupi Art 2004, Tony Bond Aboriginal Art Dealer, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
2004 Depth Of Field- Anamorphosis, Utopia Art Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
2004 Works from Kintore and Kiwirrkura, Alison Kelly Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2004 Papunya Tula Artists- 2004, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Australia.
2004 Ma Yungu/ Pass It On, Framed Gallery, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
2004 Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2004 Pintupi Artists, Papunya tula Artists, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.
2004 Mythology & Reality, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2005 Pintupi Women, Indigenart, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
2005 Papunya Tula Artists, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2005 Translation, Palais de Tokyo. Paris, France.
2005 Museum II, Utopia Art Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
2005 Aboriginal Art 2005, Scott Livesey Art Dealer, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2005 The Desert Mob Art Show, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.
2005 Pintupi Art 2005, Tony Bond Aboriginal Art Dealer, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
2005 New Work For A New Space, Utopia Art Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
2005 Pintupi Artists, Papunya Tula Artists. Alice Springs, Northern Territory.
2005 New Works From The Western Desert, Indigenart, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
2006 Contemporary Aboriginal Art, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
2006 Across The Board, Utopia Art Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
2006 Papunya Tula Artists 2006, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2006 Land Marks, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2006 Aboriginal Art 2006, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2006 PTA, Utopia Art Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
2006 Dreaming Their Way, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC,USA.
2006 Pintupi, Hamiltons Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
2006 Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2006 Papunya Tula Artists- Recent Paintings, Harriet Place, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
2006 Pintupi Art 2006, Tony Bond Aboriginal Art Dealer, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
2006 A Particular Collection, Utopia Art Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
2006 Pintupi Dreamtime, Red Dot Gallery, Singapore.
2006 Paintings By Papunya Tula Artists, Suzanne O'Connell Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
2006 Yawulyurru kapalilu palyara nintilpayi, Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.
2006 Australian Aboriginal Art 2006/2007 John Gordon Gallery, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.
2007 Papunya Tula 2007, Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2007 TogArt Contemporary Art Awards, Parliament House, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
2007 Group Show, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
2007 Big Paintings, Utopia Art Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
2007 Aboriginal Art 2007, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2007 Recent Paintings 2007, Cross Cultural Art Exchange, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
2007 The Black And White Show, Red Dot Gallery, Singapore.
2007 Wonderful World, Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art, University of South Australia, Australia.
2007 Pintupi Art 2007, Tony Bond Aboriginal Art Dealer, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
2007 Pintupi- Mixed Exhibition, Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.
2008 'New Paintings from papunya Tula Artists', Chapman Galleries, Canberra ACT, Australia
2008 'Papunya Tula Artists 2008', Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2008 'Papunya Tula - Recnt Works', Short St Gallery, Broome, Western Australia, Australia
2008 'Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair', Darwin Convention Centre, Northern Territory, Australia
2008 'Ngurra yurru kulintjaku - Always Remembering Country', Cross Cultural Art Exchange, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
2008 Aboriginal Art 2008, Scott Livesey Art Dealer, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2008 'The Other Thing - a survey show', Charles darwin University Art Collection, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
2008 '20 Years of Papunya Tula Artists', Utopia Art Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
2008 'Kintore to Kiwirrkura - Papunya Tua Artists', Red Dot Gallery, SIngapore
2008 'Marrkangku Yara Palyantjaki Ngurrangka - Making Strong Paintings at Home', Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
2009 Wynne 2009 'Stockroom Show', Scott Livesey Art Dealer, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2009 'Papunya 2009, Senior Pintupi Artists', Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2009 Landscape Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
2009 Darwin Aborginal Art Fair, The Chan Building, Bennett Park, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
2009 'Painting the Country', Cross Cultural Art Exchange, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
2009 TogArt Contemporary Art Award, Darwin Convention Centre, Northern Territory, AUstralia
2009 - 'Nganana Tjungurringanyi Tjukurrpa Ninnintjakitja - We Are Here Sharing Our Dreaming', 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York, USA
2009 - 'Community - The Heart of Papunya Tula Artists', Utopia Art Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2009 - 'Nganampatju Kanpatja Winki, Nganampatju Wara Winkii - All our Paintings, All our Stories', Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
2009 - 'Tjukurrpa Palurukutu, Kutjupawana Palyantjanya - Same Stories, A New Way', Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
2010 'Emerging Elders', National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT, Australia
2010 'White', Short St Gallery, Broome, Western Australia, Australia
2010 'Summer Show 2010', Gallery Gabriella Pizzi, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2010 'Small Paintings', Gallery Gabriella Pizzi, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2010 'Tradition & Innovation - Papunya Tula 2010', Gallery Gabriella Pizzi, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2010 'Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair', Darwin Convention Centre', Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
2010 'Wilkinkarralakutu - Journeys to Lake Mackay', Cross Cultural Art Exchange', Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
2010 'Ngurra Kutju Ngurrara - Belonging to One Country', ReDot Gallery, Singapore
2010 'Ngurra Kutu - Going Home', Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
2010 'Nyakula Kanyini Piintapalyalpayi Kamu Walytja Tjanampa Lurrtju - Caring for Artists and Their Families', Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
2010 'Recent Paintings', Chapman Gallery, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
2010 'Community', Utopia Art, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2010 'Papunya Tula Women's Art', Maitland Regional Gallery, New South Wales, Australia
2011 'Papunya Tula Artists: Painting from the Western Desert', Metropolis Gallery', Geelong, Victoria, Australia
COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory.
National Gallery of Australia.
Artbank.
Musee du quai Branly
Griffith University Art Collection
SELECTED
Bibliography
Scott Livesey Art Dealer, Aboriginal Art 2000, exhibition catalogue, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Scott Livesey Art Dealer, Spring Exhibition 2000, exhibition catalogue, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Scott Livesey Art Dealer, Aboriginal Art 2001, exhibition catalogue, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Achille Bonito Oliva, Aborigena, exhibition catalogue, Palazzo Bricherasio, Turin, Italy 2001.
Scott Livesey Art Dealer, Aboriginal Art 2002, exhibition catalogue, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Scott Livesey Art Dealer. Masterpieces From The Western Desert, exhibition catalogue, London, United Kingdom, 2003.
Mythology & Reality, exhibition catalogue, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2004.
Scott Livesey Art Dealer, Aboriginal Art 2005, exhibition catalogue, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Ryan J. Land Marks, exhibition catalogue, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2006.
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Dreaming Their Way, exhibition catalogue, Washington, DC, USA 2006.
Scott Livesey Galleries, Aboriginal Art 2006, exhibition catalogue, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Hamiltons Gallery, Pintupi, exhibition catalogue, London, United Kingdom, 2006.
John Gordon Gallery, Aboriginal Art 2006/2007, exhibition catalogue, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia 2006.
TogArt Contemporary Art Awards, exhibition catalogue, Parliament House, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia 2007.
Scott Livesey Galleries, Aboriginal Art 2007, exhibition catalogue, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art, Wonderful World, exhibition catalogue, University of South Australia, Australia 2007
Scott Livesey Galleries, Aboriginal Art 2008, exhibition catalogue, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cross Cultural Art Exchange, 'Ngurra yurru kulintjaka - Always Remembering Country', exhibition catalogue, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, 2009
Papunya Tula Artists, 'Nganana Tjungurringanyi Tjukurrpa Nintintjakitja - We Are Here Sharing Our Dreaming', exhibition catalogue, New York, USA, 2009
Cross Cultural Art Exchange, 'Wilkinkarralakutu - Journeys to Lake Mackay', Cross Cultural Art Exchange', exhibition catalogue, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, 2010
ReDot Gallery, Ngurra Kutju Ngurrara - Belonging to One Country', exhibition catalogue, Singapore
