Aboriginal Fine Art

Tribe: Warlpiri

Area: Haasts Bluff, Northern Territory

Born: circa 1948

Biography:

Lily Kelly Napangardi is a senior law woman of the Watiyawanu community at Haasts Bluff, Northern Territory. Lily began painting for Papunya Tula Artists in 1986.  Lily’s works are in many major private as well as public collections throughout the world. In 1986 Lily won the Northern Territory Art Award. Her stories are Women’s Dreaming and are associated with Kunayarri.  Her work is an innovative interpretation of these stories depicting her country and the sand hills.

Awards:

1986, Winner of the Northern Territory Art Award
2003, Finalist NATSIAA

Collections:

The Kelton Foundation, Santa Monica, U.S.A.
Holmes A Court Collection, Perth
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Thomas Vroom Collection, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
James Erskine Collection
Araluen Trust Collection