Pansy Napangardi facts for kids
Pansy Napangardi (born 1948) is an amazing Australian artist. She is known for her beautiful paintings and is part of the Jukurrpa group of women artists. She lives in Alice Springs, Australia, today.
Pansy's Early Life
Pansy was born in a place called Haasts Bluff, Northern Territory, Australia. In the early 1960s, her community moved to a new settlement called Papunya. This happened because there wasn't enough water at Haasts Bluff. At Papunya, Pansy watched many artists create their works. She became one of the most important artists connected to the Papunya Tula art movement.
Her Artistic Journey
Pansy Napangardi was a pioneer! She was one of the very first professional female desert painters among the Luritija and Warlpiri communities. She learned painting techniques from the artists who started this unique desert art style.
She learned from famous Indigenous Australian artists like Johny Warangula and Kaapa. Pansy then started to create her own special way of painting. She used many different coloured dots to make her artworks. Even though she saw the men painting, Pansy was one of the few women from Papunya Tula who didn't need to train with the men.
In 1983, Pansy began working with the Papunya Tula Artists group. By the late 1980s, she was recognized as a leading female artist. She first sold her paintings on her own in Alice Springs. In 1989, she won a big award called the National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award. This showed how talented and important her art was.
Where You Can See Her Art
Pansy Napangardi's artworks are so special that they are kept in many important collections around the world. Here are some places where her art can be found:
- Art Gallery of New South Wales
- The Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College
- 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
Exhibitions of Her Work
Pansy's art has been shown in special exhibitions where people could come and admire her paintings.
- 1988, Sydney Opera House
- 1989, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
- 1991, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
