Nyapanyapa - Birrka’, 2011
6 October 2011
NYAPANYAPA YUNUPINGU
Gumatj Clan (born c.1945)
Resides Yirrkala
Nyapanyapa has been selected for the 18th Biennale of Sydney: all our relations in 2012 by curators Catherine de Zegher and Gerald McMaster. In 2011 the Art Gallery of Western Australia exhibited several works, including Nyapanyapa’s major ‘light painting’ animation in the Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards. In 2008 she won the 25th National Aboriginal Art Award and was also selected for the prize in 2007 and 2009. Nyapanyapa’s paintings are held in major public collections in Australia, including the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, the Art Gallery of Western Australia and the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin. Birrka’ is Nyapanyapa’s third solo exhibition at Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery.
Exhibitions
2011
Birrka’, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards, Art Gallery of Western Australia
Nyapanyapa – In Sydney Again, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney.
2009
26th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of Northern Territory, Darwin.
2008
Once Upon a Time, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney.
The Other Thing, a survey show, Charles Darwin University, Darwin.
Etched in the Sun Prints made by Indigenous Artists in Collaboration with Basil Hall & Printers, Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University.
25th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of Northern Territory, Darwin – winner 3D prize.
Nyapanyapa – Bark Paintings, Prints and Carvings, Nomad Art Productions, Darwin.
2007
24th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of Northern Territory, Darwin.
Collections
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
Charles Darwin University, Darwin
Exhibition opening: Thursday 6 October, 2011, 6 - 8pmExhibition dates: 6 – 29 October, 2011Gallery hours: Tuesday - Friday 10am - 6pm, Saturday 11am - 6pm