Nyapanyapa’s paintings—natural earth pigments on bark—are unique for paintings from the Yirrkala region in their energetic roughness and elemental wildness. They are openly playful even in the use of symmetries.
Exhibition Dates: 18 September – 11 October 2008
Nyapanyapa’s paintings—natural earth pigments on bark—are unique for paintings from the Yirrkala region in their energetic roughness and elemental wildness. They are openly playful even in the use of symmetries. They are unusual in that they depict actual events from the artist’s own life as opposed to the inherited stories of tradition. Scenes include the drama of when, in 1975, Nyapanyapa was mauled by a water buffalo, her subsequent trip to Darwin Hospital by plane as well as more routine happenings from everyday life and depictions of animals and landscapes.
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Nyapanyapa Yunupingu (b. c. 1945) lives in remote North-East Arnhem Land. Once upon a time … is her first solo exhibition of large bark paintings. An exhibition of smaller barks was held at Nomad Art Productions in Darwin in June 2008. In August this year she attracted critical acclaim when she won the Wandjuk Marika 3D Memorial Award at the annual Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards. Once upon a time … is Nyapanyapa’s first exhibition at Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery.
Group Show, The Intelligence of Painting
Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia, 2025
Group Show, The First 40 Years
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2024
Nyapanyapa Yunupiŋu Journey of the Stars
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2022
Nyapanyapa Yunupiŋu The Little Things
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2021
Nyapanyapa Yunupiŋu the moment eternal
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, 2020
Group Show, Workshop
University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, 2019
Nyapanyapa Yunupiŋu Ganyu
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2019
Nyapanyapa Yunupiŋu Encounters, Art Basel | Hong Kong
Art Basel Hong Kong, 2018
Nyapanyapa Yunupiŋu Nyapanyapa Yunupingu
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2017
Nyapanyapa Yunupiŋu Nyapanyapa Yunupingu
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2016
Nyapanyapa Yunupiŋu Lawarra Maypa
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2015
Nyapanyapa Yunupiŋu all our relations
18th Biennale of Sydney, 2012
Nyapanyapa Yunupiŋu Birrka'
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2011
Nyapanyapa Yunupiŋu In Sydney Again
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2010
Nyapanyapa Yunupiŋu Once Upon a Time
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2008
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