LORNA FENCER NAPURRULA b.c 1924, d 2006

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ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

Country

Yartulu Yartulu, Northern Territory

Language

Warlpiri

Area

Lajamanu, NT

Subject(s)

Yarla (Bush Potato/Yam), Marlujarra (Bush Plum), Luju (Caterpillar) and Water Snake

Selected Exhibitions

1988, People, Place and Art, Hilton International Hotel, Adelaide, South Australia
1991, Aboriginal Art, Australian Embassy, Washington USA
1991, Paint Up Big: Warlpiri Women’s Art from Lajamanu, National Gallery of Victoria
1991, Aboriginal Art and Spirituality, High Court of Australia
1994, Yapakurlangu Wirrkardu, Batchelor College, Tennant Creek, Northern Territory
1996, All About Art, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne
1997, Women’s Body Paint, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1997, Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1997, Me Warlpiri, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne
1998, John McCaughey Memorial Art Prize, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1998, Australian Heritage Commission, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
1998, Yulyulu, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne
1998, 6th Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Exhibition Building, Melbourne
1998, Warnayaka Warlpiri, Karen Brown Gallery, Darwin
1998, Wild Warlpiri Women, Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery, Sydney
1999, Yapa, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne
2000, Lajamanu, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle, Western Australia
2000, Opening of Yuwayi Art Centre, Yuwayi Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2001, Little Gems, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle, Western Australia
2002, Lorna Napurrula Fencer, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle, Western Australia
2002, Lorna Napurrula Fencer, The Big Picture, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne
2002, Lorna Fencer - New Works from the Tanami, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
2003, Lorna Napurrula Fencer, Chapman Galleries, Canberra
2003, Lorna Napurrula Fencer, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne
2004, Divas of the Desert, Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs, NT
2004, Yumurlpa, Gow Langsford Gallery, Sydney
2005, Divas of the Desert, Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs, NT
2005, Lorna Napurrula Fencer, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne
2006, Womens Dreaming, NeoGallery, Brisbane
2007, Tjukurrpa, NeoGallery, Brisbane
2008, Spirit Country, NeoGallery, Brisbane
2009, Senior Custodians, NeoGallery, Brisbane

Selected Collections:

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Museum & Art Galleries of the NT, Darwin
Artbank, Sydney
Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast, QLD
Holmes A Court Collection, Perth
Laverty Collection, Sydney
Gantner Myer Collection of Aboriginal Art
Margaret Carnegie Collection, Kerry Stokes Collection, Perth
Leewuin Estate

Selected Awards

1997 - Conrad Jupiters Casino, Gold Coast City Art Award,
1998 - John McCaughey Memorial Art Prize, National Gallery of Victoria