Gloria Pannka
- Skin Name:Napurrurla
- Language:Arrernte & Luritja
- Region:Hermannsburg, Central Australia
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Biography
Gloria Pannka was born in 1949 and comes from Hermannsburg Community in Central Australia. She is a senior Western Arrernte women who lives in Thakaperte (near Hamilton Downs).
Gloria is a second generation Hermannsburg School watercolour artist. Her father is Claude Pannka who was one of the original Hermannsburg School watercolour artists. Gloria's father taught her to paint as a young girl using watercolours. She continues to paint in this style of watercolour landscapes which is well known by the Hermannsburg School tradition made famous by Albert Namatjira.
Gloria uses fine detail and subtle tones to capture the West MacDonnell Ranges where she currently lives and paints. Gloria’s work has featured in a number of exhibitions throughout her career. In 2008 she received a Highly Commended award for her painting in the NATSIAA awards which was then acquired by the NT Museum and Art Gallery. Gloria has also had the honour of having her painting ‘West MacDonnell Ranges’ acquired by the Parliament House Art Collection Canberra. Her paintings are exhibited in the Art Gallery of New South Wales and in many private collections. Gloria was again Highly Commended at the NATSIAA awards in 2014 for the collaborative Knara Nunaka Tjurretja – Our big country: the West Mac Donnell Ranges.
Iltja Ntjarra - Many Hands Art Centre.
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Exhibitions
2003 Desert Mob Exhibition, Alice Springs. Painting acquired by Araluen Art Gallery
- 2004 Desert Mob Exhibition, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs.
- 2004 Affordable Art Exhibition, Melbourne. Courtesy Alcaston Gallery
- 2005 NAIDOC Week Exhibition. The Highway Gallery, Mount Waverley, Victoria
- 2005 Desert Mob Exhibition, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs.
- 2006 Hermannsburg School of Art – Watercolour Exhibition, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs
- 2006 Desert Mob Exhibition, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs
- 2007 Desert Mob Exhibition, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs
- 2008 Indigenart, Subiaco WA
- 2008 Highly Commended, NATSIAA, Darwin, NT
- 2008 Desert Mob Exhibition, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs
- 2008 CCAE, A New Beginning Exhibition, Darwin NT
- 2009 Telstra Art Awards, Darwin, Northern Territory
- 2011 Namatjira: Regeneration, Metropolis Gallery, Geelong
- 2012 Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney, NSW
- 2012 The Lockup, Newcastle, NSW
- 2012 Regional Art Gallery, Burnie, TAS
- 2012 Art Mob, Launceston, TAS
- 2012 Art Mob, Hobart, TAS
- 2012 Frankston Arts Centre, Frankston, VIC
- 2012 Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, SA
- 2012 Talapi Gallery, Alice Springs, NT
- 2012 Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, NT Collections
- 2007 Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs NT
- 2008 Parliament House, Canberra
- 2010 Australian National University
- 2012 Shadow and Light, CCAE, Darwin, NT
- 2012 The Beyond Billabong Fundraiser, QLD
- 2013 The Namatjira Legacy, Tali Gallery, Sydney, NSW
- 2013 Customs House Library, NAIDOC week 2013, in collaboration with the City of Sydney and Tali Gallery, Sydney, NSW
- 2013 Contemporary Aboriginal Art From Australia, Château de l’Etang, Paris
- 2013 Living Watercolours, Southbank Centre, London
- 2014 Five Generations: The Strength of Namatjira’s Legacy, Araluen Galleries, NT
- 2014 RightNow, Boomalli, Sydney, NSW
- 2014 Regeneration, Metropolis Gallery, Geelong, VIC
- 2014 Women Artists of the Hermannsburg School of Art, The Residency, Alice Springs, NT
- 2014 Namatjira to Now, Parliament House, Canberra, ACT
- 2014 Country in Colour, AIATSIS, Canberra, ACT
- 2015 Hermannsburg Horizons, Wooloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
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Awards
2014 Knara Nunaka Tjurretja – Our Big Country: The West MacDonnell Ranges, Highly commended at the 31st Telstra Arts Awards
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