Judy Watson Napangardi

Judy Watson Napangardi uses very vibrant colours and textured surfaces which is characteristic of her paintings.

Judy Napangardi Watson is an Indigenous Australian, senior female painter from the Yuendumu community in central Australia. Judy Watson Napangardi is well known for the distinctive style of painting that she developed alongside her sister Maggie Watson who taught her painting skills. She is a significant contributor to contemporary Indigenous Australian art.

Judy Watson Napangardi was born in c.1935 at Yarungkanji (Mount Doreen Station), at a time when many Warlpiri and other Central and Western Desert peoples were living a traditional nomadic life. With her family Judy made many trips on foot to her country and lived for long periods at Mina Mina and Yingipurlangu, her ancestral country on the border of the Tanami and Gibson Deserts.

Judy Watson Napangardi's combination of vivid colour, highly detailed works and high-level composition have led to widespread appreciation in the art world. Her paintings often describe the Mina Mina country.

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Collections:

Artbank, Sydney

Exhibitions:

1990 Darwin Performing Arts Centre, Darwin.
1990 'Women's Exhibition'. The Women's Gallery, Melbourne.
1991 Darwin Performing Arts Centre, Darwin.
1992 Hogarth Gallery of Dreams, Sydney.
1993 Bellas Gallery, Brisbane.
1993 Northern Territory Art Award, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs.
1993 CINAFE (Chicago International New Art Forms Exposition), U.S.A.
1994 Armstrong Gallery, Florida.
1994 "Echoes of the Dreamtime", Osaka, Japan.
1995 SOFA, Miami, U.S.A.
1995 SOFA, Chicago, U.S.A.
1997 Hogarth Gallery, Sydney.
1998 Art Gallery "Culture Store" Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
1998 'Kurrawarri - Kirli', Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne.
1998 Framed Gallery, Darwin.
1998 Japingka Gallery, Perth.
1999 Desert Mob Show, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs.
1999 'Mina Mina', Hogarth Galleries, Sydney.
2000 Beaver Galleries, Canberra.
2000 Kurawari, Desart Gallery, Sydney.
2000 Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne.
2000 'Journey to the North West', Palya Art, Sydney.
2002 'Warlukurlangu Artists of Yuendumu', Jeffrey Moose Gallery, Seattle USA.
2002 'Warlukurlangu Artists of Yuendumu' ,One Union Square Lobby, Seattle, USA.
2002 'New Paintings from Yuendumu' Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
2002 'Warlukurlangu Collection' Parliament House, Canberra.
2002 Bellas Gallery, Brisbane.
2004 Yilpinji - Love Magic and Ceremony, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle
2005 "Karnta Jukurrpa", Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne
2005 "Warlukurlangu Artists of Yuendumu", Japingka Gallery, Fremantle

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Source: Kreczmanski, Janusz B & Birnberg, Margo (eds.): Aboriginal Artists: Dictionary of Biographies: Central Desert, Western Desert & Kimberley Region (JB Publishing Australia, Marleston, 2004) © Artist Image phtographed by Sabine Haider , Central Art 2009

Artist: Judy Watson Napangardi

Skin Name: Napangardi

Language: Warlpiri

Region: Yuendumu

Vendor: Central Art

Dreaming: Honey ant, Women's Kanakurlangu (digging stick), Snake vine & Majardi (hair-string belt), mina mina country,

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