Lily Kelly Napangardi
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Lily Kelly Napangardi was born in c1948 at Haasts Bluff region, north west of Alice Springs, Northern Territory.
She is a respected senior law woman of the Mt Liebig community imparting knowledge of traditional songs and dancing to the younger generation.
Lily began painting in the early 1980s, winning the Northern Territory Art Award for Excellence in Aboriginal Painting in 1986. Lilly's style is Tali or Sand Hills paintings are made up of fine dots and dashes, their muted tones building up a mysterious, hidden topography of her land. These stories have been passed on to her by her father.
Lily is a highly collectable artist with a strong following. She is represented in major national and international collections as well as corporate and private collections around the world.
AWARDS:
2002/2003 Selected for Telstra Art Award
1986 Northern Territory Art Award
COLLECTIONS:
National Gallery of Queensland Brisbane
The Kerry Stokes Collection, Australia
National Gallery of Australia Canberra
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Holmes A Court Collection Perth
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Darwin
Art bank Sydney; The Kelton Foundation, Santa Monica, USA
Thomas Vroom Collection, Amsterdam
James Erskine Collection
Mollie Gowing Acquisition Fund for Contemporary Aboriginal Art 2003
Thomas Vroom Collection, Amsterdam
EXHIBITIONS:
2004 Neil Murphy Indigenous Art showing at Span Galleries, Melbourne
2004 Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
2004 Graham Marshall Gallery, Adelaide
2003 Telstra Art Awards
2003 Neil Murphy Indigenous Art showing at Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
2003 Graham Marshall Gallery, Adelaide
2003 Telstra Art Awards
2003 Neil Murphy Indigenous Art Span Galleries, Melbourne
2003 Desert Mob Show, Alice Springs
2002 Desert Mob Show, Alice Springs
2002 Telstra Art Awards
2001 Desert Mob Show, Alice Springs
2000 Graham Marshall Gallery, Adelaide
1999 Desert Mob Show, Alice Springs
Lily Kelly Napangardi was born in c1948 at Haasts Bluff region, north west of Alice Springs, Northern Territory.
She is a respected senior law woman of the Mt Liebig community imparting knowledge of traditional songs and dancing to the younger generation.
Lily began painting in the early 1980s, winning the Northern Territory Art Award for Excellence in Aboriginal Painting in 1986. Lilly's style is Tali or Sand Hills paintings are made up of fine dots and dashes, their muted tones building up a mysterious, hidden topography of her land. These stories have been passed on to her by her father.
Lily is a highly collectable artist with a strong following. She is represented in major national and international collections as well as corporate and private collections around the world.
AWARDS:
2002/2003 Selected for Telstra Art Award
1986 Northern Territory Art Award
COLLECTIONS:
National Gallery of Queensland Brisbane
The Kerry Stokes Collection, Australia
National Gallery of Australia Canberra
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Holmes A Court Collection Perth
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Darwin
Art bank Sydney; The Kelton Foundation, Santa Monica, USA
Thomas Vroom Collection, Amsterdam
James Erskine Collection
Mollie Gowing Acquisition Fund for Contemporary Aboriginal Art 2003
Thomas Vroom Collection, Amsterdam
EXHIBITIONS:
2004 Neil Murphy Indigenous Art showing at Span Galleries, Melbourne
2004 Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
2004 Graham Marshall Gallery, Adelaide
2003 Telstra Art Awards
2003 Neil Murphy Indigenous Art showing at Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
2003 Graham Marshall Gallery, Adelaide
2003 Telstra Art Awards
2003 Neil Murphy Indigenous Art Span Galleries, Melbourne
2003 Desert Mob Show, Alice Springs
2002 Desert Mob Show, Alice Springs
2002 Telstra Art Awards
2001 Desert Mob Show, Alice Springs
2000 Graham Marshall Gallery, Adelaide
1999 Desert Mob Show, Alice Springs