Born c1952
Died 2013
Region Mina Mina,Lake Mackay, Tanami Desert NTVale Dorothy Napangardi
Language Warlpiri
The artist was in Brisbane in April launching a new painting exhibition as well as her fabulous commissioned carpet design at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre. Dorothy’s work had also been recently pre-selected for a forthcoming major survey exhibition of Australian art at the Royal Academy in London.
Living for the greater part of her life in Alice Springs, Dorothy began painting in 1987 with generic ‘bush tucker’ designs. Dorothy’s recent paintings depict elaborate and elegant interpretations of country, including concentrations of finely veiled grids over predominantly white or black grounds. In 2001, Dorothy won the coveted Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award for a black and white work, Salt on Mina Mina. In 2002, Dorothy held a major survey of her work at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney. Her works feature in private and public collections, such as those in the National Gallery of Australia and National Gallery of Victoria, as well as in international collections in Germany, USA and the Netherlands |
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EXHIBITIONS-SOLO |
2013 |
Mina Mina FireWorks Gallery Brisbane |
2007 |
Country in Mind: Dorothy Napangardi – stories from mina mina & Yvonne Mills-Stanley – stories from the long paddock Fire-Works gallery Brisbane AustraliaDorothy Napangardi: etchings and screenprints |
2001-6 |
Northern Editions Printmaking StudioCharles Darwin University Darwin Australia |
2006 |
Karnta-kurlangu Jukurrpa Gallery Gondwana Sydney Australia |
2005 |
Dorothy Napangardi Hosfelt Gallery San Francisco USA |
2004-5 |
Mina Mina – My Country Gallery Gondwana Sydney Australia |
2004 |
Mina Mina – My Country Crown Point Press San Francisco USADorothy Napangardi: New Work Gallery Gondwana at the Depot Gallery Sydney Australia |
2002 |
Kana-kurlangu Dorothy Napangardi Gallery Gondwana at The Depot Gallery Sydney Australia |
2002-3 |
Dancing Up Country: the work of Dorothy Napangardi Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney Australia |
2001 |
Dorothy Napangardi: New Paintings Vivien Anderson Gallery Victoria AustraliaMina Mina: Dorothy Napangardi Gallery Gondwana Alice Springs Australia |
2000 |
Recent Paintings by Dorothy Napangardi Vivien Anderson Gallery Melbourne AustraliaDorothy Napangardi Hogarth Gallery Sydney Australia |
1999 |
Recent works by Dorothy Napangardi Chapman Gallery Canberra Australia |
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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS-GROUP |
2013 |
Australia Royal Academy London United Kingdom |
2011 |
Blue August FireWorks Gallery BrisbaneEclectica 1 FireWorks Gallery Brisbane |
2011 |
Almanac: The Gift of Ann Lewis AO MCA touring exhibition |
2011 |
Wet Paint Flinders Lane Gallery Melbourne |
2010-11 |
Spirit in the Land NETS Victoria touring exhibition |
2010 |
All is Calm FireWorks Gallery Brisbane |
2009 |
Sculpture + Works on Paper fireworks gallery Brisbane |
2008 |
From the air fireworks gallery Brisbane |
2007 |
Divas of the Desert Gallery Gondwana Sydney & Alice Springs Australia |
2006 |
Journey to Mina Mina Gallery Gondwana Sydney AustraliaDreaming Their Way – Australian Aboriginal Women Painters National Museum of Women in the Arts Washington USAGroup Show Hosfelt Gallery New York USA |
2005 |
Imagined Worlds – Willful Invention and the Printed Image 1470-2005 AXA Gallery New York USA |
2004 |
Mina Mina & Pirlinyanu Holmes a Court Gallery Perth Australia Ngati Jinta – One Mother Gallery Gondwana at the Depot Gallery Sydney AustraliaOur Country, Our Art PASCO Art Museum Korea |
2003 |
Collectors Show Gallery Gondwana at the Depot Gallery Sydney Australia |
2002 |
Native Title Business – Contemporary Indigenous Art National Travelling Exhibition Gurang Land Council (Aboriginal Corporation) Queensland AustraliaOne Mother: Dorothy Napangardi and Sabrina Nangala Gallery Gondwana Alice Springs Australia |
2001 |
Masterwork Vivien Anderson Gallery Victoria Australia18th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award Darwin AustraliaDreamtime: The Light and the Dark Sammlung Essl Klosterneuburg Vienna Austria |
2000-1 |
The Art of Place Exhibition Australian Heritage Commission Old Parliament House Canberra Australia |
2000 |
Songlines: Walala Tjapaltjarri & Dorothy Napangardi Rebecca Hossack Gallery London UKDorothy Napangardi and Walala Tjapaltjarri Adelaide Festival Gallery Australis Adelaide Australia17th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award Darwin Australia |
1999 |
16th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Award Darwin AustraliaRecent works by Dorothy Napangardi and Walala Tjapaltjarri Vivien Anderson Gallery Melbourne |
1998 |
Warlpiri Women Gallery Gondwana Alice Springs AustraliaNapangardi Dreaming – Ceremony and Song Hogarth Gallery Sydney Australia15th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award Darwin Northern Territory |
1991 |
8th National Aboriginal Art Award Darwin, N.T Australia |
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AWARDS |
2001 |
First Prize, 18th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award Darwin Australia |
1999 |
Highly Commended – 16th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award Darwin Australia . |
1998 |
Northern Territory Art Award Alice Springs NT |
1991 |
Best Painting in European Media – 8th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award Darwin NT |
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PUBLICATIONS |
2007 |
Country in Mind: Dorothy Napangardi – stories from mina mina & Yvonne Mills-Stanley – stories from the long paddock Fire-Works gallery Brisbane Australia (Catalogue) |
2006 |
Dreaming Their Way – Australian Aboriginal Women Painters, National Museum of Women in the Arts. Washington, USA Published by Scarla Publishers Ltd, Northburgh House, London |
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Kathan Brown Magical Secrets about Thinking Creatively – The Art of Etching and the Truth of Life Crown Point Press New York, USA |
2005 |
Imagined Worlds – Willful Invention and the Printed Image |
2004 |
Our Country, Our Art – Welcome to the Art of Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Artists |
2002 |
Dancing up Country – The art of Dorothy Napangardi Published by Museum of Contemporary Art, Circular Quay Sydney Australia Bibliography |
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COLLECTIONS
18th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards Darwin
National Gallery of Australia
National Gallery of Victoria
Art Gallery of South Australia
Museum and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory
Queensland Museum
Linden Museum Stuttgart Germany
The Kelton Foundation Santa Monica LA USA
The Kaplan-Levi Collection Seattle USA
The Vroom Collection, the Netherlands
The Erskine Collection, NSW, Australia
The Kerry Stokes Collection, Perth, WA, Australia
The Australia Council Collection, Sydney, Australia
South Australian Festival Centre Foundation, Adelaide, Australia
The Homesglen Institute of TAFE Collection, Victoria, Australia
The Holmes a’ Court Collection, Perth, WA
The LeWitt Collection, Chester, Connecticut, USA |