Minyma Tingari 2000 by Ningura Napurrula 123x60cm 4214NN

Ningura Napurrula, a distinguished Pintupi-speaking Indigenous Australian artist, is celebrated for her unique style that captures her birthplace near Tjukurla in the Gibson Desert, Western Australia. This area holds cultural significance due to its connection with the Tingari Cycle from the Jukurrpa (Creation Era). Born in 1938 in the Kiwirrkurra Community and passing in 2013, Ningura’s dynamic and richly linear compositions have earned international acclaim.

Ningura’s artistic journey began in 1996 when she, along with other elderly women from Kintore and Kiwirrkurra, started painting for Papunya Tula Artists. Her first solo exhibition took place in 2000 with William Mora Aboriginal Art, and she participated in numerous group shows thereafter. Her works are renowned for their heavy layers of acrylic paint and vibrant, dynamic designs.

"Minyma Tingari," translating to "Women's Dreaming," depicts the journeys of the Tingari Ancestors who shaped the landscape during the Creative Era. This painting exemplifies her distinctive use of grid-like patterns to represent sandhills (tali) and red ochre circles to symbolize rockholes (puli). The site is Wirrulnga, a rockhole east of Kiwikurra.