Narputta Nangala

Narputta Nangala Jugadai (1933–2010) was an Aboriginal Australian artist born at Karrkurutinytja, who later lived at Haasts Bluff (Ikuntji) in the Northern Territory. Her language group was Pintupi/Pitjantjatjara,^[2] and her Dreaming was "Snake", "Jangala, Two Men" and "Two Women".^[3] She was a senior artist in her community at Ikuntji and prominent among the Ikuntji Women's Centre (later Ikuntji Artists) painters. She was the wife of the painter, Timmy Tjungurrayi Jugadai,^[2] and mother of Daisy Jugadai Napaltjarri.^[4]

Her work Karrkurutinytja (a depiction of her birthplace) is held in the Art Gallery of New South Wales.^[2]

Seven works are held in the National Gallery of Victoria,^[1] four again entitled Kaakurutinytja (Lake MacDonald), in addition to the works: One Jakamarra, 1995,^[5] Ngurrapalangu, 1994,^[6] and Tjangala kutjarra, kuniya kutjarra, Kaakurutinytja, 1996.^[7] The Art Gallery of South Australia holds an untitled 1996 work.^[8] The Art Gallery of Western Australia also holds a painting entitled Karrkurutinytja.^[9]

She had exhibitions at the Campbelltown Art Centre and at the Museum of Contemporary Aboriginal art.^[10] Her work, Goanna dreaming, sold at Christies in 2005 for $US 2677.^[10] In 1997 she won the Open Painting section of the Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards.^[2][11]

DACS represents Narputta Nangala with respect to copyright licensing.^[12]

See also[]

• Ikuntji artists: Narputta Nangala Jugadai
• Desert Art: Narputta Nangala
• Art sales Digest (Many images of her work)
• Information about sale of the painting, Two carpet snakes

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