KITTY NAPANANGKA SIMON

BIOGRAPHY

Kitty Napanangka Simon (1948)
Kitty Napanangka Simon (1948)

Napanangka works with a variety of traditional and contemporary art mediums including body paintings in ochre and acrylic on linen and canvas. She is a very traditional lady who understands her culture. Her family came from Lake Mackay area. She was born in Yuendumu and arrived in Lajamanu at 10 years of age. Napanangka enjoys painting as it is a social activity in Lajamanu. Her experiences of traveling through the desert and life in Lajamanu coupled with knowledge of culture is now shown in defining colours found throughout the Tanami, in flowers, the sky and the salt bed of Lake Mackay. Kitty’s artistic style is in keeping with Yawulyu – women’s artistic tradition which includes dance, ceremony, art and song.

Solo Exhibitions

2016 March – April Marking Memories, Cooee Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2015 October, Only Women Dance Till Dawn, Pollan Art and Cooee Art, New York City, USA

2013 November, Mina Mina, Cooee Art Gallery Sydney, Australia

Group Exhibitions

2015 June Tunbridge Gallery

2014 September Masterpiece Art Fair, Chelsea, England

Kitty Napanangka Simon (1948)

KITTY NAPANANGKA SIMON

BIOGRAPHY

Napanangka works with a variety of traditional and contemporary art mediums including body paintings in ochre and acrylic on linen and canvas. She is a very traditional lady who understands her culture. Her family came from Lake Mackay area. She was born in Yuendumu and arrived in Lajamanu at 10 years of age. Napanangka enjoys painting as it is a social activity in Lajamanu. Her experiences of traveling through the desert and life in Lajamanu coupled with knowledge of culture is now shown in defining colours found throughout the Tanami, in flowers, the sky and the salt bed of Lake Mackay. Kitty’s artistic style is in keeping with Yawulyu – women’s artistic tradition which includes dance, ceremony, art and song.

Solo Exhibitions

2016 March – April Marking Memories, Cooee Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2015 October, Only Women Dance Till Dawn, Pollan Art and Cooee Art, New York City, USA

2013 November, Mina Mina, Cooee Art Gallery Sydney, Australia

Group Exhibitions

2015 June Tunbridge Gallery

2014 September Masterpiece Art Fair, Chelsea, England