Mary Napangardi Brown b. 1950 Mt Doreen, NT

Also known as Mary Brown
  • Artist (Painter)
Pintupi artist and member of the Nyirrpi community. Her principal painting subject is Bush Tomato Dreaming from her country east of Lake Mackay (NT).
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1994
Name
Mary Napangardi Brown
Also known as Mary Brown
Birth date
c.1950
Birth place
Mt Doreen, NT
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Residence
  • Nyirrpi, NT
Active Period
  • c.1989-
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
Yes
Heritage Country
  • Lake Mackay, NT
Dreaming
  • Bush Tomato
Initial Record Data Source
  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary

Born near Mt Doreen c. 1950, Mary Brown is a Pintupi/Warlpiri speaker who lived at Nyirrpi before moving to Kintore. She paints Bush Tomato Dreaming for her country, which is east of Lake Mackay. She has been painting since the late ’80s, when she joined other Nyirrpi artists in 1989 in doing a painting on the school wall.

Writers:
Johnson, Vivien Note: primary biographer
Date written:
1994
Last updated:
2011
associate of
Pauline Napanagardi Gallagher
1950
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Papunya Tula Artists
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
Date
1989
collaborative work on Nyirrpi school wall
Citations:
  • Johnson, V., (2008), Lives of the Papunya Tula Artists, (Place: IAD Press, Alice Springs, NT ISBN 978 1 86465 090 7url: www.iadpress.com)