Rebecca Nampijinpa Egan b. 8 January 1962

  • Artist (Painter)
Artist originally from Yuendumu who took up painting whilst living in Adelaide in the late 1980s. She won the Kings Canyon Frontier Lodge NT Art Competition and was a resident artist at Corkwood Gallery, Alice Springs (NT).
Name
Rebecca Nampijinpa Egan
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Birth date
8 January 1962
Birth place
Watiyakurlangu, south of Yuendumu, Northern Territory
Death date
Death note
deceased
Active Period
  • 1987-
Residence
  • 1986- Adelaide, South Australia
  • c.1962- Yuendumu, Northern Territory
Indigenous Australian
 
Dreaming
  • Yankirri (Emu)
  • Watiya Kurlangu (Mulga Tree)
  • Warlukurlangu (Fire)
  • Ngapa (Water)
  • Pama (Sandflies)
Indigenous Language Groups
  • Warlpiri
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary