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Latitude
-22.2619822
Longitude
131.8081527
Start Date
1950-01-01
End Date
1950-01-01

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ID
tb9d17

Extended Data

DAAO URL
https://www.daao.org.au/bio/eunice-napangardi
Birth Place
Yuendumu, Northern Territory, Yuendumu, NT, Australia
Biography
Born at Yuendumu in the early ’50s, Eunice shared many Dreamings with her 'sisters’ and fellow painters Pansy Napangati and Rene Robinson Napangardi . Eunice emerged in the late ’80s as an artist in her own right, painting for Papunya Tula Artists initially and subsequently for the Centre for Aboriginal Artists. She was one of three women selected for a special furniture painting project for Bicentennial Travelling Exhibition. In 1991 she exhibited at the Aboriginal Arts Australia Gallery in Sydney with Maxie Tjampitjinpa , travelling to Sydney for the opening. She completed two major commissions: for the new Alice Springs airport opening in December 1991, and for a travelling exhibition starting in Washington in 1992. She also exhibited in Brisbane with Pansy Napangati in a two women show. Writers: Johnson, Vivien Note: Primary biographer. Some information supplied by Veronica Johnston Centre for Aboriginal Artists and Craftsmen Date written: 1994 Last updated: 2011
Born
b. c.1950
Summary
A Luritja/Warlpiri artist and leading woman artist in the desert painting movement in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Painted mainly for the Centre for Aboriginal Artists. She completed a major commission for the new airport at Alice Springs.
Gender
Female
Died
2005
Age at death
55