Pantjiya was born in the bush near Haasts Bluff circa 1936, prior to the mission being established.
Her first contact with Europeans was as a young girl, when she and her family met with men who were travelling by camel and distributing rations.
During the latter part of the seventies, Pantjiya lived with her family between Kungkiyunti Outstation, west of Haasts Bluff, and Papunya, before settling in Kintore soon after the community was established in the early eighties. She is the widow of George Tjangala, who was also an artist and an early shareholder of Papunya Tula Artists.
Pantjiya has five sons and three daughters, one of her sons being Raymond Maxwell Tjampitjinpa, who also paints for the company. Pantjiya has been painting since 1996 and has featured in many group exhibitions since then.
Her work is represented in the collections of Artbank and the Aboriginal Art Museum, Netherlands..
Pantjiya was born in the bush near Haasts Bluff circa 1936, prior to the mission being established.
Her first contact with Europeans was as a young girl, when she and her family met with men who were travelling by camel and distributing rations.
During the latter part of the seventies, Pantjiya lived with her family between Kungkiyunti Outstation, west of Haasts Bluff, and Papunya, before settling in Kintore soon after the community was established in the early eighties. She is the widow of George Tjangala, who was also an artist and an early shareholder of Papunya Tula Artists.
Pantjiya has five sons and three daughters, one of her sons being Raymond Maxwell Tjampitjinpa, who also paints for the company. Pantjiya has been painting since 1996 and has featured in many group exhibitions since then.
Her work is represented in the collections of Artbank and the Aboriginal Art Museum, Netherlands..