Wentja Napaltjarri
Wentja Morgan Napaltjarri; Wentja Napaltjarri 2
BIOGRAPHY
Awards
2007 - 23rd Telstra NATSIAA Australian National Art Award
2006 - Alice Springs Prize
2005 - 25th Telstra NATSIAA Australian National Art Award, selected, Museum and Art Gallery of Northern Territory
2002 - 20th Telstra NATSIAA Australian National Art Award Finalist, Museum and Art Gallery of Northern Territory
2006 - Alice Springs Prize
2005 - 25th Telstra NATSIAA Australian National Art Award, selected, Museum and Art Gallery of Northern Territory
2002 - 20th Telstra NATSIAA Australian National Art Award Finalist, Museum and Art Gallery of Northern Territory
Exhibitions
2013 - Art Paris Art Fair 2013, Arts d'Australie, Stephane Jacob, Paris, Wentja Napaltjarri, Art Equity, Sydney, NSW
2006 - Wentja Napaltjarri, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle, WA
2005 - Wentja Napaljarri First Solo Exhibition, Cooee Aboriginal Art, Sydney, NSW
2004 - Ngapa Dreaming, Cooee Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2006 - Wentja Napaltjarri, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle, WA
2005 - Wentja Napaljarri First Solo Exhibition, Cooee Aboriginal Art, Sydney, NSW
2004 - Ngapa Dreaming, Cooee Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Group Exhibitions
2021 - Guardian Spirit, Nanda Hobbs, Chippendale, NSW
2021 - Place, Nanda Hobbs, Chippendale, NSW
2017/2018 - Marking the Infinite: Contemporary Women Artists from Aboriginal Australia, Booker-Lowe Gallery, Houston, USA
2017/2018 - Marking the Infinite: Contemporary Women Artists from Aboriginal Australia, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA), Scottsdale, USA
2017/2018 - Marking the Infinite: Contemporary Women Artists from Aboriginal Australia, Patricia and Robert Frost Art Museum, Miami, USA
2017/2018 - Marking the Infinite: Contemporary Women Artists from Aboriginal Australia, The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C., USA
2017/2018 - Marking the Infinite: Contemporary Women Artists from Aboriginal Australia, Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University, New Orleans, USA
2017 - December: Christmas Exhibition, Tangentyere Artists Gallery, Alice Springs, NT
2017 - November: Minister's Exhibition, NESA Conference, Double Tree Hilton, Alice Springs, NT
2017 - October: Tarnanthi Festival Art Fair, Tandanya Cultural Centre, Adelaide, SA
2017 - September: Desert Mob, Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs, NT
2017 - August: Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin, NT
2014 - March: Dot Code: Desert Artists, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle, WA
2010 - Parcours des Mondes, Arts d'Australie – Stéphane Jacob, Paris, France
2010 - Art Élysées, Arts d'Australie – Stéphane Jacob, Paris, France
2008 - Aboriginal Art 2008, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
2008 - Desert Mob, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT
2008 - Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
2008 - Watiyawanu Artists, Japingka Indigenous Fine Art Gallery, Fremantle, WA
2008 - Watiyawanu Artists of Amunturrngu, Peta Appleyard Gallery, Alice Springs, NT
2008 - Masterpieces from the Western Desert, Peta O'Brien Contemporary Art, London, UK
2007 - Amunturrungu, Cross Cultural Art Exchange, Darwin, NT
2007 - Four Painters, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
2007 - The Queens and Kings of Dots, Redot Gallery, Singapore
2007 - Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
2007 - Watiyawanu Artists of Amunturrngu, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle, WA
2007 - 200 Miles West: an exhibition of recent works from Watiyawanu Artists of Mt Liebig, Bond Aboriginal Art, Adelaide, SA
2006 - Australian Aboriginal Art, John Gordon Gallery, Coffs Harbour, NSW
2006 - Towards Black and White, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle, WA
2006 - Colliding Worlds, Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, SA
2006 - Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
2006 - 34th Alice Prize, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT
2006 - Watiyawanu Artists Mt Liebig, Bond Aboriginal Art, Adelaide, SA
2006 - Knud Grothe Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2006 - Luminaries of the Desert, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle, WA
2005 - Wentja Napaltjarri, Cooee Aboriginal Art, Sydney, NSW
2005 - Desert Mob, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT
2005 - Divas of the Desert, Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs, NT
2005 - Watiyawanu Artists, Japingka Indigenous Fine Art Gallery, Fremantle, WA
2005 - Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
2004 - Advocate Art Award, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT
2004 - 33rd Alice Prize, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT
2004 - Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
2003 - Watiyawanu Artists of Amunturrngu, Chapel Off Chapel, Prahran, VIC
2003 - Masterpieces from the Western Desert, Gavin Graham Gallery, London, UK
2003 - Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
2002 - Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
2001 - Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
2000 - Chapel on Chapel, Melbourne, VIC
2017/2018 - Marking the Infinite: Contemporary Women Artists from Aboriginal Australia, Booker-Lowe Gallery, Houston, USA
2017/2018 - Marking the Infinite: Contemporary Women Artists from Aboriginal Australia, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA), Scottsdale, USA
2017/2018 - Marking the Infinite: Contemporary Women Artists from Aboriginal Australia, Patricia and Robert Frost Art Museum, Miami, USA
2017/2018 - Marking the Infinite: Contemporary Women Artists from Aboriginal Australia, The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C., USA
2017/2018 - Marking the Infinite: Contemporary Women Artists from Aboriginal Australia, Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University, New Orleans, USA
2017 - December: Christmas Exhibition, Tangentyere Artists Gallery, Alice Springs, NT
2017 - November: Minister's Exhibition, NESA Conference, Double Tree Hilton, Alice Springs, NT
2017 - October: Tarnanthi Festival Art Fair, Tandanya Cultural Centre, Adelaide, SA
2017 - September: Desert Mob, Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs, NT
2017 - August: Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin, NT
2014 - March: Dot Code: Desert Artists, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle, WA
2010 - Parcours des Mondes, Arts d'Australie – Stéphane Jacob, Paris, France
2010 - Art Élysées, Arts d'Australie – Stéphane Jacob, Paris, France
2008 - Aboriginal Art 2008, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
2008 - Desert Mob, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT
2008 - Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
2008 - Watiyawanu Artists, Japingka Indigenous Fine Art Gallery, Fremantle, WA
2008 - Watiyawanu Artists of Amunturrngu, Peta Appleyard Gallery, Alice Springs, NT
2008 - Masterpieces from the Western Desert, Peta O'Brien Contemporary Art, London, UK
2007 - Amunturrungu, Cross Cultural Art Exchange, Darwin, NT
2007 - Four Painters, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
2007 - The Queens and Kings of Dots, Redot Gallery, Singapore
2007 - Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
2007 - Watiyawanu Artists of Amunturrngu, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle, WA
2007 - 200 Miles West: an exhibition of recent works from Watiyawanu Artists of Mt Liebig, Bond Aboriginal Art, Adelaide, SA
2006 - Australian Aboriginal Art, John Gordon Gallery, Coffs Harbour, NSW
2006 - Towards Black and White, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle, WA
2006 - Colliding Worlds, Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, SA
2006 - Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
2006 - 34th Alice Prize, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT
2006 - Watiyawanu Artists Mt Liebig, Bond Aboriginal Art, Adelaide, SA
2006 - Knud Grothe Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2006 - Luminaries of the Desert, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle, WA
2005 - Wentja Napaltjarri, Cooee Aboriginal Art, Sydney, NSW
2005 - Desert Mob, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT
2005 - Divas of the Desert, Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs, NT
2005 - Watiyawanu Artists, Japingka Indigenous Fine Art Gallery, Fremantle, WA
2005 - Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
2004 - Advocate Art Award, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT
2004 - 33rd Alice Prize, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT
2004 - Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
2003 - Watiyawanu Artists of Amunturrngu, Chapel Off Chapel, Prahran, VIC
2003 - Masterpieces from the Western Desert, Gavin Graham Gallery, London, UK
2003 - Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
2002 - Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
2001 - Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
2000 - Chapel on Chapel, Melbourne, VIC
Collections
Thomas Vroom Collection
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Tandanya National Aboriginal Art & Cultural Institute
Flinders University Museum
Kerry Stokes Collection, Perth
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Tandanya National Aboriginal Art & Cultural Institute
Flinders University Museum
Kerry Stokes Collection, Perth
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane