Narputta Nangala Jugadai b. 1933 Karrkurutjintja, WA

  • Artist (Painter)
Pintupi artist related to several of the original "painting men" from Papunya. After gaining initial experience working with her husband, Timmy Jugadai, she is now a leading artist for Ikuntji Women's Centre in Haasts Bluff.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1994
Name
Narputta Nangala Jugadai
Birth date
c.1933
Birth place
Karrkurutjintja, WA
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Residence
  • Ikuntji (Haasts Bluff), NT
Active Period
  • c.1975-
Languages
  • English
Training
  • Ikuntji Women's Centre, Ikuntji (Haasts Bluff), NT
  • c.1975- Papunya Tula Artists, Papunya, NT
Is Indigenous
Yes
Heritage Country
  • Karrkurutjintja, WA
Dreaming
  • Snake
  • Jangala, Two Men
  • Two Women
Initial Record Data Source
  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary

Born c.1933 at Karrkurutjintja, her language/tribe is Pintupi and she paints Two Women ('coming from WA’), Jangala (Two Men) and Snake for her country, Karrkurutjintja. She is full sister to painters Riley Major Tjangala and the late George Tjangala , as well as to Dapper Dapper Tjangala. She was sister-in-law to the artist Charlie Tarawa , and renowned painter Uta Uta Tjangala was her cousin. Narputta was married to Timmy Jugadai . Their daughter, Daisy Jugadai Napaltjarri , also paints. Narputta only began painting in her own name in 1992, but learned to paint in the 1970’s, working on her late husband’s canvases for Papunya Tula Artists. Narputta lives in the Haasts Bluff community, and sells her work through the Ikuntji Women’s Centre.

Writers:
Johnson, Vivien Note: primary biographer
Date written:
1994
Last updated:
2011
associate of
Riley Tjangala Major
1945
Artist (Painter)
associate of
George Tjangala
1925
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Charlie Tjungarrayi Tarawa
1925
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Uta Uta Tjangala
1925
associate of
Daisy Napaltjarri Jugadai
1956
Artist (Painter)
sibling of
Riley Tjangala Major
1945
Artist (Painter)
sibling of
George Tjangala
1925
Artist (Painter)
relative of
Charlie Tjungarrayi Tarawa
1925
Artist (Painter)
brother-in-law
relative of
Uta Uta Tjangala
1925
spouse of
Timmy Tjungarrayi Jugadai
1920
Artist (Painter)
child of
Daisy Napaltjarri Jugadai
1956
Artist (Painter)
sibling of
Dapper Dapper Tjangala
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Papunya Tula Artists
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Ikuntji Women's Centre
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator