Nancy Ross Nungurrayi

Nancy Ross Nungurrayi


Born: 1935
People: Pintupi
Language: Pintupi
Area: Walungurru (Kintore)- Northern Territory

Nancy Nungurrayi was born in the Pollock Hills area, circa 1935. As a small child she lived with her parents at Wala Wala, west of the Kiwirrkura Community. She lived in this area after she was married and when her husband passed away she walked to Mt. Liebig carrying her first child, Marlene Nampitjinpa.
Comencing painting for Papunya Tula artists in 1996, Nancy and her older sister, Naata Nungurrayi, with eight other women from Walungurru, took part in a collaborative painting, which was exhitibted at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 1999

Collections:
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Art Gallery of N.S.W, Sydney
Papunya Tula Artists
 

Group Exhibitions:
Decouvrir, Rever, Investir, Australian Embassy, Paris France.2005
Peintres Pintupi, Galerie DAD, Mantes-la-Jolie, France, 2004