Nyuwara Tapaya b. 5 August 1971

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer),
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Pitjantjatjara speaker and distinguished print media and textile artist from Ernabella who also worked in acrylic on canvas. She trained at Ernabella Arts and studied dye technique in Indonesia. Her work is in the Art Gallery of South Australia.
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Name
Nyuwara Tapaya
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Birth date
5 August 1971
Birth place
Ernabella, SA
Death date
c.2005
Death note
Information sourced from Debra Myers at Ernabella Arts
Active Period
  • c.1989-
Residence
  • Ernabella, SA
Training
  • c.1990 Tandanya Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, SA
  • 1989 Darwin and Bathurst Island information tour, NT
  • c.1983 - c.1988 Woodville High School, Woodville, SA
  • 1992 Yogyakata, Indonesia
  • 1989- Ernabella Arts, Ernabella, SA
  • c.1976 - c.1982 Ernabella School, Ernabella, SA
Indigenous Australian
 
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary

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References [<ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '95/319/3 Textile length, 'Puti' (Bush), cotton, designed by Nyukana (Daisy) Baker and Nyuwara (Kanngitja) Tapaya, printed by Marie Warren, Ernabella, South Australia, 1989-1995', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum (), '95/319/4 Textile length, 'Mai Putitja' (Bush food), cotton, designed by Nyuwara (Kanngitja) Tapaya, printed by Marie Warren, Ernabella, South Australia, 1989-1995', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>]
Trainings
  • c.1990 Tandanya Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, SA
  • 1989 Darwin and Bathurst Island information tour, NT
  • c.1983 - c.1988 Woodville High School, Woodville, SA
  • 1992 Yogyakata, Indonesia
  • 1989- Ernabella Arts, Ernabella, SA
  • c.1976 - c.1982 Ernabella School, Ernabella, SA
  • c.1990 Tandanya Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, SA
  • 1989 Darwin and Bathurst Island information tour, NT
  • c.1983 - c.1988 Woodville High School, Woodville, SA
  • June 1992 Yogyakata, Indonesia
  • 1989- Ernabella Arts, Ernabella, SA
  • c.1976 - c.1982 Ernabella School, Ernabella, SA
Related people
  • Tapaya, Tjunkaya (child of)
  • Tapaya, Tjunkaya (associate of)
  • Tapaya, Tjunkaya (child of)
  • Tapaya, Tjunkaya (associate of)
Related person groups
  • Ernabella Arts, Ernabella,SA (associate of)
  • Tandanya Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, SA. (associate of)
  • Ernabella Arts, Ernabella,SA (associate of)
  • Tandanya Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, SA. (associate of)
Related works
  • Waru (creator of)
  • 95/319/3 Textile length, 'Puti' (Bush), cotton, designed by Nyukana (Daisy) Baker and Nyuwara (Kanngitja) Tapaya, printed by Marie Warren, Ernabella, South Australia, 1989-1995 (creator of)
  • 95/319/4 Textile length, 'Mai Putitja' (Bush food), cotton, designed by Nyuwara (Kanngitja) Tapaya, printed by Marie Warren, Ernabella, South Australia, 1989-1995 (creator of)
  • (Cap) (creator of)
  • Waru (creator of)
  • (Cap) (creator of)
Related collections
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
Related events
  • Central Australian Aboriginal Art and Craft Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Raiki Tjuta (exhibited at)
  • National Aboriginal Art Award (exhibited at)
  • Central Australian Aboriginal Art and Craft Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Kutjupa-Kutjupa (exhibited at)
  • Central Australian Aboriginal Art and Craft Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Ngura Kutjara (exhibited at)
  • Wirutjuta (exhibited at)
  • Central Australian Aboriginal Art and Craft Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Raiki Tjuta (exhibited at)
  • National Aboriginal Art Award (exhibited at)
  • Central Australian Aboriginal Art and Craft Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Kutjupa-Kutjupa (exhibited at)
  • Central Australian Aboriginal Art and Craft Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Ngura Kutjara (exhibited at)
  • Wirutjuta (exhibited at)
Field Changes
Biography
Contributors
  • 1991
Date modified April 19, 2012, 10:18 a.m. April 10, 2011, 10:50 p.m.