Eunice was born in 1940 at Lupul in the Sir Frederick Ranges. When Eunice was a little girl, and like so many other Aboriginal families at the time, shortages of food forced her family east towards the ration stations being set up in central Australia. She remembers the travels with her family very vividly and refers to it as when her mother carried her piggy back all the way from Western Australia to Haasts Bluff.
Now an important woman in the community Eunice is well known for her hunting skills, dancing and traditional law knowledge. Eunice started painting with the opening of the Ikuntji Women's Centre in August of 1992. Prior to that during the 1970s she assisted her husband Gideon Tjupurrula Jack who was painting at Papunya Tula. Eunice's paintings are interpretations of her country near Lake Mackay. She uses layers of colour to build up a vision of the bush flowers and grasses. Amongst this landscape Eunice's personal stories are told, either of the travelling of her tjukurrpa - the Bilby - or the people who once lived in the area. Her father was Tutuma Tjapangarti, one of the first men to paint for Papunya Tula. Eunice also paints his country, which includes Tjukurla, Tjila, Kurulto and Lupul. Her mother was from the Walpiri side of Lake Mackay - Winparrku - in Western Australia. A brilliant colourist, Eunice's Hairstring, Tali (sandhill), Mungada (apple) and wildflower paintings display great talent and dedication to her profession and traditions. Her Hairstring works are made up of thousands of varied colour strokes, representing the hair being rolled on women's thighs to make bags and clothing. Her Mungada (apple) works hold myriad dusted mauve circles overlaying the ground of varicoloured-feathered brushwork. Highly collectable, Eunice is represented in leading galleries worldwide.
2025
Three Echoes – Western Desert Art, Charles Darwin University Gallery, NT, 29 October 2025 – 28 February 2026
Three Echoes – Western Desert Art, Yarrila Arts & Museum, Coffs Harbour, NSW, 2 August – 12 October 2025
Three Echoes – Western Desert Art, Murray Bridge Regional Gallery, SA, 24 May – 27 July 2025
Three Echoes – Western Desert Art, Queen Victoria Museum & Gallery, TAS, 1 February – 11 May 2025
2024
Three Echoes – Western Desert Art, Dandenong Ranges Cultural Centre, VIC, 23 November 2024 – 18 January 2025
Tjukurrpa on Fabrics - IOTA 2024, Holmes a Court Gallery, Margaret River WA
Three Echoes – Western Desert Art, Benalla Art Gallery, VIC, 9 August – 27 October 2024
National Indigenous Art Fair, Sydney NSW
Three Echoes – Western Desert Art, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, NSW, 14 June – 29 July 2024
Three Echoes – Western Desert Art, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, NSW, 23 March – 19 May 2024
Shifting Grounds - Kluge-Ruhe, University of Virginia, USA, 9 March 2024 - 2 March 2025
Flying Solo Runway, New York Fashion Week, New York, USA
2023
Three Echoes – Western Desert Art, Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre, NSW, 8 December 2023 – 8 December 2023
Make Award -Biennial Prize for Innovation in Australian Craft and Design, Australian Design Centre, Sydney NSW
Ikuntji Textiles, Central Craft, Alice Springs NT
See My World - QV1 Building, Perth, WA, 1 Aug - 1 Sep 2023
National Indigenous Art Fair, Sydney NSW
Connection - The Lume Art Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, 23 June - 30 June 2023
Three Echoes – Western Desert Art, New England Regional Art Museum, NSW, 2 June – 27 August 2023
Ikuntji Collection, Afterpay Australian Fashion Week, Sydney NSW
Ikuntji Style, Artisan, Brisbane
Ikuntji Style, Artisan, Brisbane
Three Echoes – Western Desert Art, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, QLD, 4 March – 7 May 2023
2022
Three Echoes – Western Desert Art, Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery , QLD, 26 November 2022 – 15 January 2023
Hazelhurst Ikuntji Artists Printmaking 2022, Hazelhurst Arts Centre, Sydney.
Three Echoes – Western Desert Art, Caboolture Regional Art Gallery, QLD, 10 September – 19 November 2022
2022 Tjunguku Tjukurrpa - Paris, voici nos Rêves !, IDAIA, Paris, France
Ikuntji Textiles Exhibition, Central Craft, Alice Springs.
Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin.
‘Nganana Tjungu – This is Us’, Songlines, Darwin.
NAIDOC MCA Store Exhibition and Activation, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney.
London Pacific Fashion Week, Dublin Runway Show, Royal Dublin Society.
Weaving Culture II: Ikuntji Artists, IDAIA, Lyon, France., 9 Jun - 9 July
First Nations Fashion Design - Afterpay Australian Fashion Week, Carriageworks. Sydney.
Couleurs Australie, IDAIA at BHV Marais, Paris, France
Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award 2021, Hazelhurst Arts Centre., 22 Jan 2022 - 27 Mar
2021
Dessin du territoire – Territoire du dessin / Land drawing – Land of drawing, IDAIA, Australian Embassy, Paris, France., 6 October 2021 to 7 January 2022.
Curiosity and the Cloth - IOTA21 - Boola Bardip, WA Museum, WA
The Banyule Award for Works on Paper Award, Banyule ., Finalist Exhibition
Painting Now – Peindre aujourd’hui en terres aborigènes”, IDAIA, Le Havre, France., 10 July – 7th November
Land Drawing – Drawing of the Land, IDAIA, Les Jardins Suspendus, Le Havre, France., 3 July - 3 September
Weaving Culture - Textiles aborigènes contemporains, IDAIA, Lyon, France.
2020
Story Necklace exhibition, South Australian Museum, Australian Aboriginal Cultures Gallery, Adelaide.
Tarnanthi Art Fair 2020, Adelaide, Friday 4 – Sunday 6
Country to Couture 2020, Darwin., Ikuntji X Magpie Goose fashion collaboration
"Haasts Bluff” contemporary art from the Ikuntji Artists, Yaama Ganu Gallery, Moree.
Power and Colour - an Introduction to Aboriginal Art: Celebrating the artists, their communities and culture, presented, 34th Tribal & Textile Art Show, San Francisco, United States., by Yaama Ganu Gallery.
2017
Parrtjima - Festival in Light, Desert Park, Alice Springs.
Desert Mob, Araluen, Alice Springs.
11th Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin.
2017 Salon des Refuses, Charles Darwin University Gallery, Darwin.
Salon des Refuses 2017, Charles Darwin University, Darwin.
Centralian Art Award, Central Australian Art Society, Araluen Arts Centre Alice Springs.
One Country - Many Stories, Colin Biggers & Paisley Foundation, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane.
Ngurra Kutju - Tjukurrpa Tjuta, One Country - Many Stories, Exhibition at Colin Biggers & Paisley, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane.
Calleen Art Award Finalist, Cowra Regional Art Gallery, Cowra.
2016
33rd Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin.
10th Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin.
Kurlkayima Ngatha -Remember Me, Courthouse Gallery, Port Hedland.
Chants du Desert - Art aborigene contemporain, La Chapelle du College dEu, Ville dEu, France.
Malpa Wiru (NAIDOC Celebration), Signal Point Gallery, Goolwa.
‘Artist’s Hand: Collector’s Eye’ National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.
The Blooming Desert, Talapi, Alice Springs.
Kurlkayima Ngatha - Remember Me, FORM, Perth.
Ikuntji Artists – Paintings from Haasts Bluff, Jaktman Australian Contemporary Art Gallery.
2015
Tarnanthi Festival Art Fair, Tandanya Institute, Adelaide.
Tarnanthi Festival, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide.
Desert Mob, Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs.
Ancestral Presence - recent works by Ikuntji Artists, June Marriott Gallery, Central Craft, Araluen Cultural Precinct.
9th Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin.
Colors of Nature, Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul, South Korea.
Power of Place, FORM, State Theatre, Perth.
Art Parade, Whistlewood.
2014
Around the Campfire, Fundraiser Concert, Alice Springs.
Desert Mob, Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs.
8th Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin.
21 Years Ikuntji Artists Festival, Ikuntji Artists, Haasts Bluff.
2013
Desert Mob, Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs.
A Love of Country: The Indigenous Perspective, A Seymour College Art Exhibition.
7th Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin.
SOAF - Seoul Open Art Fair, Seoul, South Korea.
2011
IndigenousArt, International Grammar School, Sydney.
The Nature of Things, CDU Art Gallery, Charles Darwin University, Darwin., featuring work by Carole Wilson, 13 April - 10 June.
2010
Scotch College Exhibition, Melbourne.
Korowa College exhibition, Melbourne.
Ochre Gallery, Melbourne.
Desert Mob, Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs.
Where Creeks Cross: New Australian Aboriginal Paintings from Ikuntji, Booker-Lowe Gallery, Houston, United States.
2009
Artkelch, Germany.
Qdos Gallery, Germany.
ArtMob, Hobart.
Gallery Runfurlie, Melbourne.
Womens Business, Booker-Lowe Gallery, Houston.
Eunice Napanangka Jack and Alice Nampitjinpa, Eva Breuer Art Dealer, Sydney.
2008
Palya Art, Gallows Gallery, Perth.
Ikuntji Artists, QDos Arts, Lorne.
Land and Mythology- Art of the Western Desert, Artequity, Sydney.
Ikuntji Icons, Artmob, Hobart.
Ikuntji Artists, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney.
Mixed Show, Palya Art, Mary Place, Sydney.
Palya Art, Cabinet Malemont, Paris, France.
Aboriginal Art- Window to Culture, Australian Embassy (Australia Day Exhibition), ARTKELCH, Berlin, Germany.
Value of Country, Artkelch, Direct Invest, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Winter Warmers, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney.
Desert Mob, Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs.
Ikuntji meets Brisbane, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane.
2007
25th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin.
Desert Stories, Artitja Fine Art, Perth.
Desert Mob, Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs.
Divas of the Desert, Gondwana Gallery, Alice Springs and Sydney.
Ikuntji Show, QDos Gallery, Lorne.
Group Show, Palya Art, Mary Place, Sydney.
Cultural Connections - Desert Stories, Artitja Fine Art, Perth.
Yungkiya & Kulunypa - Old & New, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney.
Ikuntji Women Painters, Kingsfisher Gallery, Perth.
Ikuntji Now, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane.
Licht in der Wüste. Aboriginal Art aus der Central und Western Desert, ARTKELCH, Galerie im Lichthaus Kirchner, Weinstadt, Germany.
Gruppenausstellung, ArtKelch, Freiburg, Germany.
2006
Yaiti Yamimi, Bandigan Gallery, Sydney.
Best Of The Best, Framed Gallery, Darwin.
Palya Art, Mary Place, Darwin, NT and Sydney.
Group Show, Ochre Gallery, Melbourne.
Womens Business, ArtKelch, Freiburg, Germany.
Group Show, Short St Gallery, Broome.
Desert Mob, Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs.
Group Show, Palya Art, Melbourne.
Group Show, Australia Dreaming Art, Melbourne.
Desert Dreamings: Earth + Water, Artitja Fine Art, Perth.
Tiwi Ngurrara, ARTKELCH, Freiburg, Germany.
Cicada Trading Gallery, Middle East.
The TogArt Contemporary Art Exhibition, Darwin.
2005
Big Country, Gondwana, Alice Springs.
Desert Mob, Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs.
Senior Aboriginal Women Artists of Central Australia, Gadfly Gallery, Perth.
Anangu, ReDot Gallery, Singapore.
Cicada Trading Gallery, Middle East.
2004
Desert Mob, Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs.
Strata: Deserts Past Present and Future, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs.
Elisabeth Baehr, Art Frankfurt, Germany.
Art Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.
Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne.
Desert Divas, Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs.
Ikuntji Desert Belles, ReDot Gallery, Singapore.
Brisbane Art Fair, Susan OConnell Gallery.
Big Country, Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs.
2003
Desert Show, Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs.
Desert Mob, Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs.
Desert Divas, Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs.
ReDot Gallery, Singapore.
Carole Queriye, London, United Kingdom.
Indigenart, Perth.
Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne.
FireWorks Gallery, Brisbane.
Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery, London.
2002
Ikuntji Mob, Framed - The Darwin Gallery, Darwin.
Onshore Gallery, Geelong.
Desert Mob, Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs.
Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne.
Adelaide Fringe Festival, Desart Exhibition.
2000
Our Country - Pintupi Women from Haasts Bluff, RAFT Artspace, Darwin.
