Ruth Napaljarri Oldfield

  • Artist (Painter)
Ruth Oldfield has been exhibiting with Warlukurlangu Artists of Yuendumu since 1986. Her work was shown in 'Dreamings : Art of Aboriginal Australia' and is held in the British Museum and many private collections.
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A Warlpiri speaker, Ruth Napaljarri Oldfield lives in Yuendumu and has been exhibiting with Warlukurlangu Artists since the 1986 show at the Editions Gallery in Perth which marked the first major critical and commercial success of the Yuendumu painters. Her work was reproduced in the catalogue of the Dreamings – Art of Aboriginal Australia exhibition which toured North America in 1988-9 and shown in Portsmouth, England in 1987, and Seattle and Los Angeles, USA in 1988. In Australia she has shown with Warlukurlangu Artists in Perth, Alice Springs, Adelaide, the Gold Coast, Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney. She was one of 42 Yuendumu artists who worked on a 7 × 3 m canvas which toured European cities in 1993 as part of Aratjara – Australian Aboriginal Art .

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Johnson, Vivien
Date written:
1994
Last updated:
2011

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Copyright agents
  • Warlukurlangu Artists, Yuendumu, NT
  • Warlukurlangu Artists, Yuendumu, NT
Related person groups
  • Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Association (associate of)
  • Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Association (associate of)
Related collections
  • private collections (collected in)
  • Musee des Arts Africain et Oceaniens, Paris, France (collected in)
  • Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • The British Museum, London, England, UK (collected in)
  • private collections (collected in)
  • Musee des Arts Africain et Oceaniens, Paris, France (collected in)
  • Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • The British Museum, London, England, UK (collected in)
Related events
  • Aratjara - Art of the First Australians (None)
  • Dreamings - Art of Aboriginal Australia (exhibited at)
  • Art and Aboriginality (None)
  • Editions Gallery (None)
  • Aratjara - Art of the First Australians (None)
  • Dreamings - Art of Aboriginal Australia (exhibited at)
  • Art and Aboriginality (None)
  • Editions Gallery (None)
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Biography
Date modified April 10, 2011, 10:09 p.m. April 10, 2011, 10:09 p.m.
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