Linda Ngitjanka

Linda Ngitjanka

Linda was born in 1934 at Warapuyu, north of Browns Bore. Her father was born at Lake Mackay, west of Kintore. Her parents passed away when she was a little girl and she was sent to Haasts Bluff mission where she grew up and married Katapana Alan Tjapanangka. His country is Yumari, also west of Kintore. Her tjukurrpa is the bush raisin, small green and black berries known as ngamanpurru. She also paints her father’s tjukurrpa, waru tjangitjarra (firesticks) and kuturru (nulla nulla) tjukurrpa from her own country, Alkipi. Nulla nullas are cut and carved from mulga hardwood and are used in ceremonies with song and dance, for digging, and occasionally for fighting. Linda’s artistic talents, linked with her natural sense of colour and design, allow her to create vibrant, energetic works representing the mountains (puli) and bush raisins of her home country, Alkipi. She first painted at Ikuntji Women’s Centre in 1996 and now divides her time between Haasts Bluff and Areyonga where her daughter, Tarna, is principal of the school. DECEASED IN OCTOBER 2010

Community

Haasts Bluff

Past Exhibitions

Solo

  • 2008
    Two Stories, Artereal Gallery, Sydney.

Group

  • 2022
    Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin.
  • 2022
    National Indigenous Art Fair, Sydney.
  • 2019
    Desert Mob Market Place 2019, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs., 5th, 6th and 7th September,
  • 2019
    Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair 2019, Darwin., 9-11 August
  • 2019
    National Indigenous Art Fair, Overseas Passenger Terminal, The Rocks, Sydney.
  • 2018
    Desert Mob Market Place 2018, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs., 6th, 7th and 8th September.
  • 2018
    3rd Annual Environmental Defenders Office of the Northern Territory Aboriginal Art Auction, Darwin and Sydney.
  • 2018
    Haasts Bluff contemporary art from the Ikuntji Artists, Yaama Ganu Gallery, Moree.
  • 2017
    Desert Mob Marketplace 2017, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs.
  • 2017
    Ngurra Kutju - Tjukurrpa Tjuta, One Country - Many Stories, Exhibition at Colin Biggers & Paisley, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane
  • 2015
    Kaléidoscope millénaire avec les artistes dIkuntji, Aboriginal Signature, Estrangin Fine Art, Brussels, Belgium.
  • 2015
    9th Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin.
  • 2015
    Mystery Sale, Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin.
  • 2014
    Artitja: The Gift Collection - Art + Objects, Artitja Fine Art, Fremantle.
  • 2014
    Around the Campfire - Fundraiser Concert, Alice Springs.
  • 2014
    Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin.
  • 2010
    Qdos Gallery, Melbourne.
  • 2010
    Chalk Horse Gallery, Surrey Hills, Sydney.
  • 2009
    Palya Art at Cabinet Malemont, Paris, France.
  • 2009
    Ikuntji Icons, ArtMob, Hobart.
  • 2009
    Mixed Show, Palya Art at Mary Place, Sydney.
  • 2009
    Ikuntji Artists, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney.
  • 2009
    Ikuntji Artists, QDos Arts, Lorne (Victoria).
  • 2009
    Palya Art at Gallows Gallery, Perth.
  • 2009
    Ikuntji meets Brisbane, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane.
  • 2009
    Ikuntji, Desert Sands Contemporary Aboriginal Art, Mayfair London, United Kingdom.
  • 2008
    Ikuntji, Victoria Carroll and Jennifer Guerrini Maraldi, Battersea London.
  • 2008
    Divas of the Desert, Gondwana Gallery, Alice Springs & Sydney.
  • 2008
    Yungkiya & Kulunypa - Old & New, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney.
  • 2008
    Ikuntji Now, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane.
  • 2008
    Ikuntji Artists, Jennifer Guerrini-Maraldi Contemporary Fine Art, London, England.
  • 2008
    Desert Mob, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs.
  • 2008
    Charity Show, McCulloch Gallery, Melbourne.
  • 2008
    Desert Stories: 2008, Artitja Fine Art, Perth.
  • 2008
    Ikuntji Painters, Footsteps Gallery, Brisbane.
  • 2008
    Ikuntji Women Painters, Kingsfisher Gallery, Perth.
  • 2008
    Ikuntji Show, QDos Gallery, Lorne (Victoria).
  • 2007
    Womens Show, ARTKELCH, Freiburg, Germany.
  • 2007
    Naive Show, Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs.
  • 2007
    Ngankirritja, Indigenart, Perth.
  • 2007
    Yaiti Yamimi, Bandigan Gallery, Sydney.
  • 2007
    Palya Art at Mary Place, Palya Art, Darwin/Sydney.
  • 2007
    Group Show, Booker Lowe Gallery, Texas United States.
  • 2007
    Ikuntji Show, Ochre Gallery, Melbourne.
  • 2007
    Group Show, Australia Dreaming Art, Melbourne.
  • 2007
    Divas of the Desert, Gondwana, Alice Springs
  • 2007
    Group Show, Short St Gallery, Broome.
  • 2007
    Desert Dreamings 2007: Earth + Water, Artitja Fine Art, Perth.
  • 2007
    Where The Wild Flowers Grow, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane.
  • 2007
    Desert Mob, Araluen Galllery, Alice Springs.
  • 2007
    Group Show, Palya Art, Melbourne.
  • 2007
    North meets South - Ikuntji and Tjala Artists Converge, ReDot Gallery, Singapore.
  • 2006
    Desert Mob, Araluen Gallery, Alice Springs.
  • 2006
    Anangu, ReDot Gallery, Singapore.
  • 2005
    Indigenart, Melbourne.
  • 2005
    Palya Art, Darwin.
  • 2005
    Eva Breuer Gallery, Sydney.
  • 2005
    Strata, Araluen Alice Springs.
  • 2005
    Indigenart, Perth.
  • 2004
    Desert Mob, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs.
  • 2004
    Indigenart, Perth.
  • 2004
    ReDot Gallery, Singapore.
  • 2004
    Fireworks, Brisbane.
  • 2004
    Rebecca Hossack, London.
  • 2003
    Framed Gallery, Darwin.
  • 2003
    Ikuntji Mob, OnShore Gallery.
  • 2003
    Desert Mob, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs.
  • 2002
    Desert Mob, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs.
  • 2001
    Our Country - Pintupi Women from Haasts Bluff, Raft Artspace, Darwin.
  • 2001
    Pintupi Women, Desart Gallery, Sydney.
  • 2001
    Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne.
  • 2000
    Ikuntji Artists, Desart Gallery, Sydney.
  • 2000
    Womens Work, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney.
  • 2000
    "New Wave" - Desart Gallery, Alice Springs.
  • 2000
    Desert Mob, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs.

Collections

  • Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Queensland.
  • Helen Read Collection.
  • Colin Biggers & Paisley Foundation, Melbourne.