Biddy Napanangka Timms
1950
Biddy Napanangka Timms
REGION: Tanami Desert
COMMUNITY: Lajamanu, NT
OUTSTATION: Kurlurrngalinypa, from the Granites to Jila
LANGUAGE: Warlpiri
ART CENTRE: Warnayaka Art Centre
Biddy Timms, skin name Napanangka, is the daughter of Tiger Jupurrurla Timms, who was from the Warlpiri sub-tribe, Ngaliya. Napanangka moved from Gordon Downs to Lajamanu many years ago after the death of her father, who was working on the station at Gordon Downs.
PROFILE
Biddy Napanangka Timms
1950
REGION: Tanami Desert
COMMUNITY: Lajamanu, NT
OUTSTATION: Kurlurrngalinypa, from the Granites to Jila
LANGUAGE: Warlpiri
ART CENTRE: Warnayaka Art Centre
Biddy Timms, skin name Napanangka, is the daughter of Tiger Jupurrurla Timms, who was from the Warlpiri sub-tribe, Ngaliya. Napanangka moved from Gordon Downs to Lajamanu many years ago after the death of her father, who was working on the station at Gordon Downs.
Napanangka also spent time on Tanami desert stations, where she was employed as a housekeeper. It was during her years of station work that she learnt to speak English. Although using ochre and oils to paint peoples' bodies for ceremony for much of her life, Napanangka only began to paint her Jukurrpa (Dreaming) onto canvas after the Warnayaka Art Centre re-opened in 2007.
In addition to painting her traditional Jukurrpa stories, Napanangka's paintings have also explored her Christian faith.
ARTIST CV
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
AIATSIS Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Studies
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Warlpiri Women
2016 YAAMA GANU Gallery NSW
2014 Western Desert Nganampa Walytja Palyantajaku Tjuta Galerie Yapa, Paris France
2012 GalerieYapa, Paris France
2012 Touch the Ground Brits Art, Germany
2012 Brave Festival, Poland
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