Jeannie Egan Nungarrayi

Jeannie Egan Nungarrayi was born c.1948 and commenced painting in 1987 for Warlukurlangu Artists in Yuendumu, Aboriginal Art Regions of Central Australia.

Jeannie Egan Nungarrayi depicts in her paintings such traditional stories as the Bush Plum, Native Fuchsia, White Ochre and the story of two giants (kinki).

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Collections:

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
Art Gallery and Museum of Northern Territory, Darwin
Akademie Der Kunst, Berlin, Germany
Musee des Arts Africains et Oceaniens, Paris, France
Holmes a Court Collection, Perth

Exhibitions:

1988-89 " Images of Religion in Australian Art", National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1989 "Yuendumu and Ramingining ", Melbourne
1989 " Mythscapes", National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1991, 1992, 1998 Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs
1992 Women's Gallery, Melbourne
1993 "Aratjara - Australian Aboriginal Art", touring exhibition
1993 Haven Gallery, Melbourne
2002 Parliament House, Canberra

Awards:

1987 Winner, National Aboriginal Art Award
1987 Rothmans Foundation Award

Source: Kreczmanski, Janusz B & Birnberg, Margo (eds.): Aboriginal Artists: Dictionary of Biographies: Central Desert, Western Desert & Kimberley Region (JB Publishing Australia, Marleston, 2004)

Artist: Jeannie Egan Nungarrayi

Skin Name: Nungarrayi

Language: Warlpiri

Region: Yuendumu

Vendor: Central Art

Dreaming: Bush Plum, Native Fushsia, White Orche, Story of two giants (kinki)

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