Naata Nungurrayi
Naata Nungurrayi | |
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| Born | 1932 Kumil, Western Australia |
| Died | 21 September 2021 |
| Nationality | Australian |
Naata Nungurrayi (1932 – 24 September 2021) was an Australian Aboriginal artist.[1][2]
Life
[edit]Nungurrayi was born at the site of Kumil, west of the Pollock Hills in Western Australia in 1932. She is from the Pintupi group[3] from Kintore, Northern Territory and is one of the senior elders of the Kintore women artist movement.
Naata is the sister of George Tjungurrayi and Nancy Nungurrayi, and her son is Kenny Williams Tjampitjinpa who are all well-known artists.
One of her paintings appeared on Australia Post stamps in a 2003 special edition of Aboriginal art.[4]
Naata Nungurrayi was named among the Top 50 of Australia’s Most Collectable Artists[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Artists Archive » Aboriginal Art Directory". Aboriginal Art Directory. 31 July 2008. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "Biography" (PDF). SmithDavidson Gallery. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
- ^ "NGV - NAATA NUNGURRAYI". NGV. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ "Stamp: Untitled, Naata Nungurrayi (Australia) (International Post: Art of Papunya Tula Movement) Mi:AU 2232,Sn:AU 2156,Yt:AU 2122,Sg:AU 2306,WAD:AU019.03,Sev:AU 2047". Colnect. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ Australian Art Collector January – March, 2004.
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Categories:
- 1932 births
- Australian Aboriginal artists
- Indigenous Australians from Western Australia
- Artists from the Northern Territory
- Pintupi
- People from Goldfields–Esperance
- 20th-century Australian women artists
- 20th-century Australian painters
- 21st-century Australian women artists
- 21st-century Australian painters
- 2021 deaths