Pansy Napangardi facts for kids
Pansy Napangardi (born 1948) is an Australian artist. She is known for her unique dot paintings. Pansy is part of the Jukurrpa group of women artists in Alice Springs, where she lives today.
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Early Life and Art Beginnings
Pansy Napangardi was born in 1948 at Haasts Bluff, Northern Territory, Australia. When she was young, in the early 1960s, her community moved to the Papunya settlement. This happened because Haasts Bluff no longer had enough water. In Papunya, Pansy saw many artists at work. This is where her journey into art began.
Becoming a Professional Artist
Pansy Napangardi became a very important artist. She was one of the first professional female desert painters among the Luritja and Warlpiri communities. She learned a lot from famous Indigenous Australian artists like Johny Warangula and Kaapa.
Pansy developed her own special style using many different coloured dots. Even though she watched the men paint, she was one of the few women from Papunya Tula who didn't have to train with the men. She started working with Papunya Tula Artists in 1983. By the late 1980s, she was known as a leading female artist.
Pansy first sold her paintings on her own in Alice Springs. In 1989, she won the National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award. This is a very important award for Indigenous artists in Australia.
Where You Can See Her Art
Pansy Napangardi's artworks are held in many important art collections around the world. Some of these include:
- Art Gallery of New South Wales
- The Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College in the USA
- Artbank, Sydney
- National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
- The Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Exhibitions
Pansy Napangardi's art has been shown in several special exhibitions:
- 1988, Sydney Opera House
- 1989, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
- 1991, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
