 Eileen Napaltjarri "Women's Ceremony" Cat No. 409150 Size = 126 x 137 cm. Acrylic on Linen Provenance: Papunya Tula |
Eileen Napaltjarri
Born: 1956
State: NT
Region: Western Desert
Community: Kintore
Language: Pintupi
Medium/ Form: Acrylic paint on canvas or linen
Subjects and Themes:
Women's bush tucker, A particular site referred to is Tjitjurrulnga, west of Kintore,
Body paint design.
Awards:
2005 - winner of the Redlands Wespac Art Prize in the Emerging Artist section.
Collections:
Artbank
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Exhibitions:
Individual Exhibitions
2005 - Eileen Napaltjarri - Lines, Utopia Art Sydney, Sydney.
Group Exhibitions:
2007 - Big Paintings from Papunya Tula Artists, Utopia Art Sydney, Sydney.
2007 - Papunya Tula Artists 2007, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne.
2006 - Papunya Tula Artists - across the board, Utopia Arts Sydney, Sydney;
PTA - Papunya Tula Artists, Utopia Arts Sydney, Sydney;
The Togart Contemporary Art Exhibition, Parliament House, Darwin, NT;
Yawulyurru kapalilu palyara nintilpayi - Grandmothers teaching culture
and ceremony, Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs
2005 - Papunya Tula Artists - new work for a new space, Utopia Art Sydney; Rising
Stars Papunya, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne.
Select Bibliography:
Rothwell, Nicholas, 'Decade of sunshine and tears', The Australian, 28 November, 2006.
© Discovery Media, Documentation Pty Ltd, and the Australian
Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
Notes:
Eileen was born in the Haasts Bluff community in December 1956 to Charlie Tararu
Tjungurrayi, one of the founding members of Papunya Tula Artists, and Tatali
Nangala, another very successful Papunya artist. Eileen grew up at Haasts Bluff,
but moved to Kintore with her family, once the outstation there had been established.
The main site that Eileen refers to in her painting is Tjitjurrulnga, which is
slightly west of Kintore and the birthplace of her father. She often sat beside
both of her parents as they painted, and in 1999 began to paint regularly for
Papunya Tula Artists. Eileen's mother is the accomplished artist Tatali Nangala
and her father the late Charlie Tararu.
