Artist
Biography
NAPALTJARRI,
Linda Yunkata Syddick
Born:
c.1937
Region:
Alice Springs – N.T, Tarlee – S.A
Language Group:
Pintupi / Pitjantjatjara
Born in the area of Wilkinkarra
(Lake Mackay), Western Australia, Linda is the daughter of Wanala
Nangala and Rintja Tjungurrayi. Llinda sydick’s painting was
influenced, at first, by the work of her stepfather, Shorty
Lunkarta Tjungarayi, (now deceased). She moved away from the
traditional form of rendering the Dreaming stories and merged her
Christian belief and the iconography of Indigenous art into an
inimitable style of painting.
Selected exhibitions:
1990 Santa Fe, USA; 1992, 1995 Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs;
1993 Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney; 1994 11th NATSIAA
Award; 1997 Tandanya, Adelaide; 1998 Adelaide Biennial of
Australian Art, Adelaide; 1999 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco,
USA; 2001 State Library of NSW, Sydney.
Selected Collections:
NGA, Canberra; Art Gallery of SA, Adelaide; MAGNT, Darwin; Art
Gallery of NSW, Sydney; Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs;
Artbank; Auckland City Art Gallery, New Zealand; Wollongong City
Gallery; Berndt Museum of Anthropology, Perth.
Awards: Joint
runner-up, National Indigenous Heritage Award; 1995, Finalist in
12th NATSIAA. Four times finalist in Blake Prize for
Religious Art; 2006, Telstra General Painting Award 23rd
NATSIAA.
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HOA0232/LINN.ROL
Linda Yunkata Syddick Napaltjarri
Spirits at Night (1)
Acrylic on linen
92 x 31cm
$950 |
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HOA0280/LINN.ROL
Linda Yunkata Syddick Napaltjarri
Spirits at Night (2)
Acrylic on linen
92 x 31cm
$950 |
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HOA0278/LINN.ROL
Linda Yunkata Syddick Napaltjarri
Untitled
Acrylic on linen
57 x 61cm
$950 |
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HOA0187/LINN.ROL
Linda Yunkata Syddick Napaltjarri
Rainmaking at Walukurritje rockhole
Acrylic on linen
122 x 77cm
$3,750 |
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