Gladys Napangardi Kelly b. c.1940

Also known as Kungarriya, Gladys Napangardi Tasman
  • Artist (Performance Artist)
Warlpiri artist who lives in Lajamanu (NT), where she is also renowned for her dancing. Her work is in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria.
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Place of birth Mamingirri c.1940, Gladys’s language/tribe is Warlpiri and she lives at Lajamanu. Her country is Jarrardajarrayi and her Dreamings are Yarla, Ngayaki and Wardapi (Goanna). She is renowned in Lajamanu as an extraordinary dancer of the goanna ceremony. She started painting in 1986.

Writers:
Johnson, Vivien
Date written:
1994
Last updated:
2011

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