Aboriginal Fine Art

Tribe: Pintupi

Area: Kintore, Northern Territory

Born: circa 1946

Biography:

Walangkura Napanangka was born Tjiturulnga, west of Kintore. She is the daughter of Inyuwa Nampitjinpa and Tutuma Tjapangati, and sister of Pirrmangka Napanangka. Her family moved to Haasts Bluff in 1956, along with a group of Pintupi people. The family returned to Kintore in 1981.
Walangkura Napanangka’s career commenced when she participated in the Kintore-Haasts Bluff canvas project ‘Minyma Tjukurrpa’ in 1995. She began painting for the Papunya Tula Artists in 1996. Walangkura Napanangka now lives at Kiwirrkura with her husband.

Collections:

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Art Gallery of N.S.W., Sydney
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Artbank, Sydney
The Kelton Foundation, Los Angeles, U.S.A.