Yinarupa Nangala
2009 NATSIAA Telstra Award General Painting Winner
2009 WA Indigenous Art Award Finalist
Yinarupa Nangala is a Pintupi woman who was born "bush" at Mukula, across the WA border in the region of today's settlement of Kiwirrkurra. She is variously reported to have been born around 1948 and 1961, birthing records not being available. Yinarupa is more likely to have been born in the early 1960s and is the daughter of one of Papunya Tula Artists greats, Anatjari Tjampitjinpa.
Yinarupa Nangala was a co-wife with, amongst others, Ningura Napurrula of another Papunya Tula great, Yala Yala Gibbs. Thus, she is also related by marriage into George Ward Tjungurrayi's and Willy Tjungurrayi's families.
Yinarupa started to paint in 1996, her motherhood duties being substantially complete. For some time she gained only moderate recognition for her works. It has only been in recent times that she has leapt into the public eye. In particular, 2009 saw her austere style finally be recognized for what it is, classic Pintupi art at its best.
Yinarupa Nangala, a mother of 5, spends her time between her community of Kiwirrkurra and in Alice Springs.
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