Isobel Major Nampitjinpa b. 1975

  • Artist (Painter)
Isobel Major Nampitjinpa paints and works for the Papunya Tjupi art centre in Papunya (NT). She is the daughter of Punata Stockman, 2008-09 Chairperson of Papunya Tjupi Arts and the granddaughter of founder Billy Stockman Tjapaltjarri.
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Name
Isobel Major Nampitjinpa
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Art Centre Worker
Birth date
1975
Birth note
Alice Springs Hospital, Alice Springs (NT)
Active Period
  • 2007-
Residence
  • Illili Outstation (with her grandparents Billy Stockman and Yintinika )
  • Papunya, NT
Training
  • Women's Development Course, Batchelor College, NT
  • [taught to paint by her grandfather Billy Stockman]
  • to Year 9, Yirara College, Alice Springs, NT
  • Papunya School, NT
  • [taught to paint by her mother Punata Stockman]
Indigenous Australian
 
Heritage Country
  • Yumari
  • Mt Denison
Indigenous Language Groups
  • Luritja
Languages
  • English
Copyright
  • Papunya Tjupi Arts

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