Pansy Napangati b. c.1945

Also known as Pansy Napangardi
  • Artist (Painter)
Luritja/Warlpiri artist who started painting for herself in the early 1970s after observing the older men painting in Papunya in the 1970s. After a long break and a move to Alice Springs, she emerged to become one of Papunya Tula Artist's foremost female artists of the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Name
Pansy Napangati
Also known as Pansy Napangardi
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Birth date
c.1945
Birth place
Haasts Bluff, NT
Active Period
  • c.1983 - c.1992
  • c.1975 -
Residence
  • - Alice Springs, NT
  • - Papunya, NT
Training
  • c.1975 - self-taught after observing older artists like Johnny Warangkula and Kaapa Tjampitjinpa
  • c.1989 - attended literacy classes at the IAD
Indigenous Australian
 
Dreaming
  • Two Women
  • Desert Raisin
  • Hail
  • Seven Sisters
  • Willy Wagtail
  • Bush Mangoes
  • Cockatoo
  • Marlu (Kangaroo)
  • Water Snake
  • Bush Banana
Indigenous Language Groups
  • Luritja
  • Warlpiri
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary