Linda Junkata Napaljarri Syddick b. c.1940

Also known as Linda Sims Napaltjarri, Linda Syddick
  • Artist (Painter)
Linda Syddick is an innovator and deeply religious woman, whose paintings reflect both her extensive knowledge of the Dreaming and her Christian beliefs. A strong-minded and independent woman, she began painting for Papunya Tula Artists in the early 1980s, after instruction from her adoptive father Shorty Lungkata.
Name
Linda Junkata Napaljarri Syddick
Also known as:
  • Linda Sims Napaltjarri
  • Linda Syddick
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Birth date
c.1940
Residence
  • ( Adealide, SA)
  • ( Alice Springs, NT)
  • c.1960- Papunya, NT
  • 1943- Walungurru (Kintore), NT
Training
  • Papunya school, Papunya, NT
  • c.1986- Shorty Lungkata Tjungurrayi, her adoptive father
Indigenous Australian
 
Dreaming
  • Snake
  • Emu
Indigenous Language Groups
  • Pintupi
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary