Paddy Jupurrurla Nelson b. 1919

  • Artist (Painter)
A senior ceremonial and religious leader in the Yuendumu community, Paddy Nelson had been at the forefront of the Warlukurlangu art movement since its inception and with other senior men painted the famous Yuendumu Doors of the school (now in the South Australian Museum) in 1983.
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Name
Paddy Jupurrurla Nelson
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Birth date
1919
Birth place
Napanangkajarra, NT
Birth note
Warlukurlangu Artists records his DOB as c.1920
Death date
1999
Active Period
  • c.1983-
Residence
  • Yuendumu, Northern Territory, Yuendumu, NT
Indigenous Australian
 
Heritage Country
  • Yumurrpa to Watikinpirri, NT
Dreaming
  • Watijarra (Two Men)
  • Karnta (Women's)
  • Mukaki (Bush Plum)
  • Janganpa (Possum)
  • Karrku (Mt Stanley ochre mines)
  • Ngapa (Water)
  • Warna (Snake)
  • Ngarlajiyi (Small Yam)
  • Yarla (Big Yam)
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary
Copyright
  • Warlukurlangu Artists, Yuendumu, NT

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Related stub person groups
  • Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Association (associate of)
Related people
  • Sims, Paddy Japaljarri (associate of)
  • Spencer, Larry Jungarrayi (associate of)
  • Jungarrayi, Jimija (associate of)
  • Nelson, Michael Jagamara (associate of)
  • Nelson, Frank Bronson Jakamarra (associate of)
  • Nelson, Daisy Napanangka (spouse of)
Related works
  • Star Dreaming (creator of)
Related collections
  • Private collections. (collected in)
  • Christensen Fund Collection (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
Related events
  • Magiciens de la Terre (exhibited at)
  • Dreamings: The Art of Aboriginal Australia (exhibited at)
  • Art and Aboriginality (exhibited at)
  • Art and Aboriginality (exhibited at)