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Pansy Napangardi

Pansy Napangardi (1949 - 2006) was active/lived in Australia.  Pansy Napangardi is known for Aboriginal dot painting.

Artist Pansy Napangardi was born at Haasts Bluff in the late 1940s, where she avoided school and enjoyed the company of the mission's horses. She was moved with the settlement to Papunya in the early 1960s where she observed the work of many artists.

The artists that Pansy and her sister, Eunice Napangardi, acquired knowledge from include Johhny Warangkula Tjupurrula and Kaapa Tjampitjinpa. She is a major painter in what is today known as the Papunya Tula movement. She is from the Warlpiri language group.

Although she observed the men's painting business there, she is one of the rare women associated with Papunya Tula who did not serve an apprenticeship with the men. In 1983, Pansy commenced her work with Papunya Tula Artists and by the late 1980’s had established herself as a leading female artist.

She sold her works independently in Alice Springs at first, but during the 1980s she won the National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award (NATSIAA) in 1   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1606 characters.]  Artist bio

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Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Pansy Napangardi available:    William Sandy,  Tjunkiya Napaltjarri,  Lily Mindildil Karedada,  Liddy Walker Napanangka,  Linda Namiyal Bopirri,  Malcolm Maloney Jagamarra,  Lorna Fencer Napurrula,  Lindsay Bird Mpetyane,  Madigan Thomas,  Nancy Nungurrayi,  Gabriella Possum Nungurrayi,  Nanyuma Napangati,  Greeny Purvis Petyarre,  Kathleen Ngale,  Maxie Tjampitjinpa,  Dorothy Robinson Napangardi,  Barbara Weir,  Billy Stockman Tjapaltjarri,  Michael Nelson Jagamara,  Beerbee Mungnari,  Paddy Fordham Wainburranga,  Emily Pwerle,  Jack Dale,  Dini Campbell Tjampitjinpa