Walangkura Napanangka

Walangkura Napanangka was born c.1946 at Tjiturulnga, west of Walungkurru - Kintore, Aboriginal Art Regions of Central Australia.

Walangkura is the daughter of known artists Inyuwa Nampitjinpa and Tutuma Tjapangati (both deceased). Her sister Pirrmangka Napanangka, also an accomplished artist, passed away in 2001.

In 1956 Walangkura Napanangka, her family along with other Pintupi Aboriginal people walked hundreds of kilometres from Karrkurutinjinya (Lake Macdonald) to Ikuntji (Haasts Bluff) to access food and water supplies. In 1981 they returned to their homeland of Walungkurru (Kintore).

In 1995 Walangkura participated in the historic Kintore - Haasts Bluff collaborative canvas project ' ' Minyma Tjukurrpa', and then began painting for Papunya Tula Artists in 1996 - Papunya Tula Aboriginal Art Movement.

Walangkura Napanangka lives with her husband, well known Papunya Tula artist Johnny Yungut Tjupurrula at Kiwirrkurra, Kintore and Kiwirrkurra Aboriginal Art from the Western Desert.

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