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