Lily Kelly Napangardi
Lily Kelly Napangardi was born c.1948 in the Haasts Bluff region of Central Australia.
Lily lived with her family at the settlement of Papunya in her earlier years, but later moved to Watiyawanu (Mount Leibig - 325 west of Alice Springs) with her husband Norman Kelly, also a known artist.
Lily is a respected senior law woman of her community of Watiyawanu, and the custodian over the Women Dreaming stories associated with Kunajarrayi. Her depictions refer to her country, in particular sand hills and the effect of wind, rain upon the desert landscape.
Lily Kelly Napangardi paints for the Watiyawanu Artists.
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Collections:
- National Gallery of Queensland, Brisbane
- The Kerry Stokes Collection
- The National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
- Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
- Holmes a Court Collection, Perth
- Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
- Art Bank, Sydney
- The Kelton Foundation, Santa Monica, USA
- Thomas Vroom Collection, Amsterdam
Exhibitions:
- 1999 Desert Mob Show, Alice Springs
- 2000 Graham Marshall Gallery, Adelaide
- 2001 Desert Mob Show, Alice Springs
- 2002 Desert Mob Show, Alice Springs
- 2002 Telstra Awards, Darwin
- 2003 Telstra Awards, Darwin
- 2003 Neil Murphy Indigenous Art Showing, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
- 2003 Graham Marshall Gallery, Sydney
- 2003 Telstra Awards
- 2003 Neil Murphy Indigenous Art Span Galleries, Melbourne
- 2004 Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
- 2004 Graham Marshall Gallery, Adelaide
Awards:
- 1986, Winner of the Northern Territory Art Award
- 2003, Finalist NATSIAA
Source: Kreczmanski, Janusz B & Birnberg, Margo (eds.): Aboriginal Artists: Dictionary of Biographies: Central Desert, Western Desert & Kimberley Region (JB Publishing Australia, Marleston, 2004)
Artist: Lily Kelly Napangardi
Skin Name: Napangardi (Napangarti)
Language: Warlpiri
Region: Watiyawanu (Mount Leibig)
Vendor: Central Art
Dreaming: Women Dreaming stories associated with Kunajarrayi
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