Albert Tjakamarra Nagomara b. 1925 Lake Wills, Western Australia

  • Artist (Painter)
A Balgo artist with Warlayirti Artists Association whose starkly simple works belie the depth of knowledge of Tingari and Water Dreaming stories for which he was custodian.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1994
Name
Albert Tjakamarra Nagomara
Birth date
c.1925
Birth place
Lake Wills, Western Australia
Death date
1993
Death place
None
Death note
deceased, date supplied by Warlayirti Artists
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Active Period
  • c.1988
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
Yes
Heritage Country
  • Stansmore Ranges, Mangkai, WA
Dreaming
  • Tingari
  • Rain Dreaming
  • Water Dreaming
Initial Record Data Source
  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary
Copyright
  • Warlayirti Artists, Balgo, WA

Born “in the bush” around Lake Wills c. 1925, Nagomara was one of several senior Tjakamarra men in the Balgo community whose work primarily concerned Water Dreaming and rituals associated with rainmaking. His country was in the Stansmore Ranges around Mangkai. He was custodian of various Tingari and Water Dreaming stories for this area. He also painted the area around Nguntalpi, a very sacred place of many rocks and caves, where his father is buried. A Kukatja speaker, Albert Nagomara began painting for Warlayirti Artists in 1988. His works generally use strong, simple motifs, such as roundels and watercourses, but beneath their simplicity lies a great reservoir of Law matters.

Writers:
Johnson, Vivien
Date written:
1994
Last updated:
2011
associate of
Mick Tjakamarra Gill
1920
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Rita Nampitjinpa Kunintji
1932
Artist (Painter)
spouse of
Rita Nampitjinpa Kunintji
1932
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Warlayirti Artists
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
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