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Date of Birth: 17 February 1950
Area: Walungurru (Kintore), Yamunturrngu (Mt Liebig) - Northern Territory
Language: Pintupi
Born at Haasts Bluff, Narpula Scobie commenced painting for Papunya Tula Artists in the early 1980's and was one of the first women to do so in Walungurru. She was married to Johnny Scobie Tjapanangka (now deceased), a Pintupi artist who was involved at the beginning of the art movement in Papunya. Narpula Scobie's art is still evolving and she finds new ways of depicting the traditional stories of her Dreamings.
Exhibitions:
1987 "Art and Aboriginality", Portsmouth; 1988 "Australian Art", touring exhibition in China; 1995, 1998, 2000 Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs; 1999 Flinders Art Museum Flinders University, Adelaide; 2003 Chapel off Chapel Gallery (Watiyawamnu Artists), Melbourne.
Collections:
Australian Museum, Sydney; South Australian Museum, Adelaide; Homes a Court Collection; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane; Artbank; Flinders Art Museum, Adelaide, Kelton Collection, USA.
Awards:
2001 finalist in 18th Telstra NATSIAA.
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Source: Kreczmanski, Janusz B & Birnberg, Margo (eds.): Aboriginal Artists: Dictionary of Biographies: Central Desert, Western Desert & Kimberley Region (JB Publishing Australia, Marleston, 2004)
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