Career
She is a significant contributor to contemporary Indigenous Australian art Born at Yarungkanji, Mount Doreen Station, at a time when many Warlpiri and other Central and Western Desert Peoples were living a traditional nomadic life. With her family Judy made many trips on foot to her country and lived for long periods at Mina Mina and Yingipurlangu, her ancestral country on the border of the Tanami and Gibson Deserts.
Napangardi"s combination of vivid colour, highly detailed works and high-level composition have led to widespread appreciation in the art world.
Two years later, her work was included in the Venice Biennale of 1997. Her paintings often describe the Mina Mina country.
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Aboriginal Art Museum, Utrecht
Gordon Darling Foundation, Canberra
Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
South Australian Museum, Adelaide.
