Ngoia Napapltjarri Pollard
selected biography
| Description: | Born: c.1948
Country: Mt. Leibig
Language group: Warlpiri
Ngoia began painting in 1997, painting her father's country, sacred Warlpiri territory associated with narratives relating to the Watersnake. The oval shapes in Ngoia's paintings are iconographic representations of the swamps and lakes near Nyrripi (Talarada) north west of Mt. Liebig. Ngoia depicts the wet and dry characteristics of this country. This region is charged with the spiritual presence of the Watersnake which live beneath the surface.
Collections:
Thomas Vroom Collection
Utrecht, The Netherlands
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Artbank
Aranda Collection
Awards:
2002- Northern Territory Art Award
2003- Northern Territory Art Award
2004- First Prize in the Advocate Central Australian Award
2006- First Prize at the 23rd Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award |
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