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EILEEN NAPALTJARRI
Tjiturrulpa
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EILEEN NAPALTJARRI
Tjiturrulpa
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EILEEN NAPALTJARRI
Rockhole and Soakage Water Site - Tjiturrulpa
Eileen was born in Haasts Bluff in December 1956.
Her father Charlie Tararu Tjungurrayi was one of the founding members of Papunya Tula Artists, and her mother Tatali Nangala was also a very successful artist with the company from 1996 until her death in 1999.
Eileen grew up in Haasts Bluff and later moved to Kintore with her family when it was first established.
The main site Eileen refers to in her painting is Tjiturrulnga, which is slightly west of Kintore and the birthplace of her father.
She often sat beside both of her parents as they worked and although doing her first painting in 1996 Eileen didn’t start painting regularly until 1999. Eileen first took up a brush in 1996, and began painting for Papunya Tula, of which her father had been one of the founders in the early 1970s.
As an artist, Eileen is "independent and inventive".
She paints sites associated with both her mother's country around Kintore, Northern Territory, and her father's country, Tjitururrnga, to the west of Kintore.
Eileen won the 'emerging artist' category of the Redlands Westac Art Prize in 2005.
Australian Art Collector magazine, in its annual survey of Australian art, included Eileen in its 50 Most Collectable Artists for 2008.
In 2006, the journalist and art writer for The Australian newspaper, Nicholas Rothwell, characterised Eileen as the successor to Papunya Tula's most significant founding women: Makinti Napanangka, Wintjiya Napaltjarri and Tjunkiya Napaltjarri.
Her works are held by the National Gallery of Australia and the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and is also represented by Scott Livesey Galleries in Australia..
Eileen was born in Haasts Bluff in December 1956.
Her father Charlie Tararu Tjungurrayi was one of the founding members of Papunya Tula Artists, and her mother Tatali Nangala was also a very successful artist with the company from 1996 until her death in 1999.
Eileen grew up in Haasts Bluff and later moved to Kintore with her family when it was first established.
The main site Eileen refers to in her painting is Tjiturrulnga, which is slightly west of Kintore and the birthplace of her father.
She often sat beside both of her parents as they worked and although doing her first painting in 1996 Eileen didn’t start painting regularly until 1999. Eileen first took up a brush in 1996, and began painting for Papunya Tula, of which her father had been one of the founders in the early 1970s.
As an artist, Eileen is "independent and inventive".
She paints sites associated with both her mother's country around Kintore, Northern Territory, and her father's country, Tjitururrnga, to the west of Kintore.
Eileen won the 'emerging artist' category of the Redlands Westac Art Prize in 2005.
Australian Art Collector magazine, in its annual survey of Australian art, included Eileen in its 50 Most Collectable Artists for 2008.
In 2006, the journalist and art writer for The Australian newspaper, Nicholas Rothwell, characterised Eileen as the successor to Papunya Tula's most significant founding women: Makinti Napanangka, Wintjiya Napaltjarri and Tjunkiya Napaltjarri.
Her works are held by the National Gallery of Australia and the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and is also represented by Scott Livesey Galleries in Australia..
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