Petra Nampitjinpa b. 1966

Also known as Petra Turner Nampitjinpa
  • Artist (Painter)
Mt Liebig painter Petra Nampitjinpa was taught to paint on canvas in the early '80s by her sister Sandra, who was instructed by their father Paddy Tjangala. They were some of the first young women to begin painting for Papunya Tula.
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Citations

  • Johnson, V. (2008), 'Lives of the Papunya Tula Artists’, IAD Press, Alice Springs, NT ISBN 978 1 86465 090 7url:, .

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Initial data sources

  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary

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Related stub people
  • Tjangala, Paddy (child of)
  • Nungurrayi, Betty (child of)
Related stub person groups
  • Papunya Tula Artists (associate of)
Related people
  • Nampitjinpa, Sandra (sibling of)
Related collections
  • Museums & Art Galleries of Northern Territory, Darwin, NT (collected in)
  • Holmes a Court Collection, Perth, WA (collected in)
Related events
  • Moet and Chandon Touring Exhibition (exhibited at)