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Paddy Japaljarri Stewart
Paddy Japaljarri Stewart is from Mungapunju, just south of Yuendumu. When he was a young man
he was a station worker at Mt Allen, Mt Dennison and up the top end. He worked as a chef in
Papunya, hence his nickname ‘Cookie’. For a very long time now he has been living in Yuendumu.
Cookie worked at the Yuendumu school teaching young kids, both kardiya and yapa (non aboriginal
and aboriginal). He taught painting, jukurrpa (dreaming), tracking (dingo, kangaroo, goanna etc...),
how to make wax for the sand painting, dancing, making boomerangs and many other important
culture traditions. Each day Paddy drove the school bus that collected the kids. He was also involved
in the council here and in Night Patrol. Night Patrol has been absolutely invaluable as a yapa
(aboriginal) policing body. Cookie has been drawing and painting for a long time, including working on
the Yuendumu School Doors. He is presently the chairman for the Warlukurlangu Artists Committee,
and paints regularly. In 1988 Paddy Stewart was selected by The Power Gallery, Sydney University
to travel to Paris with five other Warlpiri men from Yuendumu to create a ground painting installation
at the exhibition 'Magiciens de la Terre' at the Centre Georges Pompidou. The trip took place in May
1989 and the painting was received with world wide acclaim. Paddy Japaljarri Stewart has been
exhibiting artwork since 1985 throughout Australia & around the world; including exhibitions in
France, USA, Germany, UK, French Polynesia & Amsterdam. Paddy Japaljarri Stewart is featured in
the collections of Major Art Institutions in Australia and around the world.
Ruth Napaljarri Stewart
Resides in Yuendumu, Northern Territory, Australia - Part of the Warlpiri Group Ruth Napaljarri
Stewart has been exhibiting artwork since 1986 throughout Australia and around the world; including
exhibitions in England, USA, New Zealand, Germany & Scotland. Ruth Napaljarri Stewart is featured
in the collections of Major Art Institutions in Australia and around the world.
Judy Napangardi Watson
Judy Watson was born at Yarungkanji, Mt. Doreen Station, at the time when many Warlpiri & other
Central & Western Desert Peoples were living a traditional nomadic life. With her family Judy made
many trips on foot to her country & lived for long periods at Mina Mina & Yingipurlangu, her ancestral
country on the border of the Tanami & Gibson Deserts. Judy was taught painting by her elder sister,
Maggie Napangardi Watson. She painted alongside her at Warlukurlangu artists for a number of
years, developing her own unique style. She is at the forefront of a move towards more abstract
rendering of Jukurrpa by Warlpiri artists, however her work retains strong kurruwarri, the details
which tell of the sacredness of place and song in her culture. Judy Napangardi Watson has been
exhibiting artwork since 1990 througout Australia & around the world including exhibitions in England,
USA, China, Japan & The Netherlands, Her works are featured in several major collections.
Shorty Jangala Robertson
Shorty Jangala Robertson was born at Jila (Chilla Well), a large soakage and claypan north west of
Yuendumu. He lived a nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle with his parents, older brother and extended
Warlpiri family. They travelled vast distances across desert country, passing through Warlukurlangu,
south west of Jila and Ngarlikurlangu, north of Yuendumu, visiting Jangala’s, his skin brothers. He
finally settled at Yuendumu in 1967 after the Australian Citizen Referendum. It is extraordinary in all
his travels and jobs over his whole working life, that he escaped the burgeoning and flourishing
Central Desert art movement of the 1970’s and 1980’s. Thus Shorty’s paintings are fresh, vigorous
and new. His use of colour to paint and interpret his dreamings of Ngapa (Water), Watiyawarnu
(Acacia), Yankirri (Emu) and Pamapardu (Flying Ant) is vital, yet upholding the Warlpiri tradition. This
fledgling artist well in his 70’s is an active member of Warlukurlangu Co-operative. He lives at
Yuendumu with his wife and artist Lady Nungarrayi Robertson. Shorty Jangala Robertson has been
exhibiting artwork since 2002 throughout Australia & around the world. His first solo exhibition at
Alcaston Gallery in 2003 was met with great artistic acclaim and his works are featured in several
major collections.
Liddy Napanangka Walker
Liddy Napanangka Walker was born at Mt Doreen and spent her younger years living with her family
in bush camps. She regularly visits her country around Mt Theo and west of Yuendumu. She has
lived in Yuendumu, a Warlpiri community in the Tanami 300km Northwest of Alice Springs, since it
was first established and has worked in the community in various pastoral care roles including as a
cook.She started painting on canvas not long after Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Association was
established and is now one of its most senior members. Liddy Napanangka Walker has been
exhibiting artwork since 1985 throughout Australia and around the world; including exhibitions in:
England, USA, France, Germany, The Netherlands, South Korea, UAE & Singapore. Liddy’s works
featured in the collections of Major Art Institutions in Australia and around the world.
Paddy Japaljarri Sims
Paddy was born in about 1917 at Kunajarray (Mt Nicker), south-west of Yuendumu at a sitewhere a
number of Dreaming tracks interconnect. Japaljarri's Dreamings are Yiwarra (Milky Way),
ngarlkirdi/warna (witchetty grub/snake), pirntirna (female python), jilwirringki (burrowing skunk),
wanakiji (bush plum) and warlpa (wind). Paddy has been painting for Warlukurlangu for a long time.
In 1988 Paddy Sims was selected by The Power Gallery, Sydney University to travel to Paris with
five other Warlpiri men from Yuendumu to create a ground painting installation at the exhibition
'Magiciens de la Terre' at the Centre Georges Pompidou. The trip took place in May 1989 and the
painting was received with world wide acclaim. Paddy was also one of the senior male artists who
worked on the Yuendumu Doors. He has painted and exhibited regularly with Warlukurlangu Artists
both nationally and internationally since 1985. His work has been included in numerous general
exhibitions of Aboriginal art including Dreaming: The Art of Aboriginal Australia, The Asia Society
Galleries, New York, 1988; The Continuing Tradition, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 1989;
Mythscapes: Aboriginal Art of the Desert, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1989; Lete
Australian Montpellier, Musee Fabre, France, 1990. Paddy Japaljarri Sims is featured in the
collections of Major Art Institutions in Australia and around the world.
Debbie Napaljarri Brown
Debbie lives in Nyirrpi, a remote Aboriginal community 400 kms north-west of Alice Springs in the
Northern Territory of Australia. Debbie grew up in Nyirrpi, and did most of her schooling there,
although she spent several years boarding at Yirara college in Alice Springs. Debbie is married and
has one child, Jarvis. She works helping to care for old people at Nyirrpi, and at the store. In her
paintings, Debbie paints Dreamings which relate directly to her land, its features, plants and animals.
These stories were passed down to her by her father and mother and their parents before them for
millennia.
Bessie Nakamarra Sims
"I like painting cause it's my Dreaming - Bush Carrot, Yam Dreaming…From my father and
grandfather's side. I like to teach kids my Dreaming. I want everyone to know my Dreaming from all
over the world. I know and they can know…" Bessie Sims is the wife of Paddy Japaljarri Sims, they
have 7 children and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Bessie was born in the bush and
lived for many years before coming into contact with white people at Mt. Doreen Station, west of
Yuendumu. She now lives in South Camp in Yuendumu and is an active member of Yuendumu Night
patrol which helps keep Yuendumu a safe community. In her spare time she goes hunting for
wardapi (goanna) and bush tucker such as yarla (bush potato) and yakajirri (bush tomato). Bessie
Nakamarra Sims has been exhibiting artwork since 1986 throughout Australia & around the world;
including exhibitions in: New Zealand, USA, Germany, England, Scotland, French Polynesia,
Belgium, The Netherlands, France and South Korea. Bessie’s works are featured in the collections of
Major Art Institutions in Australia and around the world.
Paddy Japaljarri Stewart is from Mungapunju, just south of Yuendumu. When he was a young man
he was a station worker at Mt Allen, Mt Dennison and up the top end. He worked as a chef in
Papunya, hence his nickname ‘Cookie’. For a very long time now he has been living in Yuendumu.
Cookie worked at the Yuendumu school teaching young kids, both kardiya and yapa (non aboriginal
and aboriginal). He taught painting, jukurrpa (dreaming), tracking (dingo, kangaroo, goanna etc...),
how to make wax for the sand painting, dancing, making boomerangs and many other important
culture traditions. Each day Paddy drove the school bus that collected the kids. He was also involved
in the council here and in Night Patrol. Night Patrol has been absolutely invaluable as a yapa
(aboriginal) policing body. Cookie has been drawing and painting for a long time, including working on
the Yuendumu School Doors. He is presently the chairman for the Warlukurlangu Artists Committee,
and paints regularly. In 1988 Paddy Stewart was selected by The Power Gallery, Sydney University
to travel to Paris with five other Warlpiri men from Yuendumu to create a ground painting installation
at the exhibition 'Magiciens de la Terre' at the Centre Georges Pompidou. The trip took place in May
1989 and the painting was received with world wide acclaim. Paddy Japaljarri Stewart has been
exhibiting artwork since 1985 throughout Australia & around the world; including exhibitions in
France, USA, Germany, UK, French Polynesia & Amsterdam. Paddy Japaljarri Stewart is featured in
the collections of Major Art Institutions in Australia and around the world.
Ruth Napaljarri Stewart
Resides in Yuendumu, Northern Territory, Australia - Part of the Warlpiri Group Ruth Napaljarri
Stewart has been exhibiting artwork since 1986 throughout Australia and around the world; including
exhibitions in England, USA, New Zealand, Germany & Scotland. Ruth Napaljarri Stewart is featured
in the collections of Major Art Institutions in Australia and around the world.
Judy Napangardi Watson
Judy Watson was born at Yarungkanji, Mt. Doreen Station, at the time when many Warlpiri & other
Central & Western Desert Peoples were living a traditional nomadic life. With her family Judy made
many trips on foot to her country & lived for long periods at Mina Mina & Yingipurlangu, her ancestral
country on the border of the Tanami & Gibson Deserts. Judy was taught painting by her elder sister,
Maggie Napangardi Watson. She painted alongside her at Warlukurlangu artists for a number of
years, developing her own unique style. She is at the forefront of a move towards more abstract
rendering of Jukurrpa by Warlpiri artists, however her work retains strong kurruwarri, the details
which tell of the sacredness of place and song in her culture. Judy Napangardi Watson has been
exhibiting artwork since 1990 througout Australia & around the world including exhibitions in England,
USA, China, Japan & The Netherlands, Her works are featured in several major collections.
Shorty Jangala Robertson
Shorty Jangala Robertson was born at Jila (Chilla Well), a large soakage and claypan north west of
Yuendumu. He lived a nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle with his parents, older brother and extended
Warlpiri family. They travelled vast distances across desert country, passing through Warlukurlangu,
south west of Jila and Ngarlikurlangu, north of Yuendumu, visiting Jangala’s, his skin brothers. He
finally settled at Yuendumu in 1967 after the Australian Citizen Referendum. It is extraordinary in all
his travels and jobs over his whole working life, that he escaped the burgeoning and flourishing
Central Desert art movement of the 1970’s and 1980’s. Thus Shorty’s paintings are fresh, vigorous
and new. His use of colour to paint and interpret his dreamings of Ngapa (Water), Watiyawarnu
(Acacia), Yankirri (Emu) and Pamapardu (Flying Ant) is vital, yet upholding the Warlpiri tradition. This
fledgling artist well in his 70’s is an active member of Warlukurlangu Co-operative. He lives at
Yuendumu with his wife and artist Lady Nungarrayi Robertson. Shorty Jangala Robertson has been
exhibiting artwork since 2002 throughout Australia & around the world. His first solo exhibition at
Alcaston Gallery in 2003 was met with great artistic acclaim and his works are featured in several
major collections.
Liddy Napanangka Walker
Liddy Napanangka Walker was born at Mt Doreen and spent her younger years living with her family
in bush camps. She regularly visits her country around Mt Theo and west of Yuendumu. She has
lived in Yuendumu, a Warlpiri community in the Tanami 300km Northwest of Alice Springs, since it
was first established and has worked in the community in various pastoral care roles including as a
cook.She started painting on canvas not long after Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Association was
established and is now one of its most senior members. Liddy Napanangka Walker has been
exhibiting artwork since 1985 throughout Australia and around the world; including exhibitions in:
England, USA, France, Germany, The Netherlands, South Korea, UAE & Singapore. Liddy’s works
featured in the collections of Major Art Institutions in Australia and around the world.
Paddy Japaljarri Sims
Paddy was born in about 1917 at Kunajarray (Mt Nicker), south-west of Yuendumu at a sitewhere a
number of Dreaming tracks interconnect. Japaljarri's Dreamings are Yiwarra (Milky Way),
ngarlkirdi/warna (witchetty grub/snake), pirntirna (female python), jilwirringki (burrowing skunk),
wanakiji (bush plum) and warlpa (wind). Paddy has been painting for Warlukurlangu for a long time.
In 1988 Paddy Sims was selected by The Power Gallery, Sydney University to travel to Paris with
five other Warlpiri men from Yuendumu to create a ground painting installation at the exhibition
'Magiciens de la Terre' at the Centre Georges Pompidou. The trip took place in May 1989 and the
painting was received with world wide acclaim. Paddy was also one of the senior male artists who
worked on the Yuendumu Doors. He has painted and exhibited regularly with Warlukurlangu Artists
both nationally and internationally since 1985. His work has been included in numerous general
exhibitions of Aboriginal art including Dreaming: The Art of Aboriginal Australia, The Asia Society
Galleries, New York, 1988; The Continuing Tradition, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 1989;
Mythscapes: Aboriginal Art of the Desert, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1989; Lete
Australian Montpellier, Musee Fabre, France, 1990. Paddy Japaljarri Sims is featured in the
collections of Major Art Institutions in Australia and around the world.
Debbie Napaljarri Brown
Debbie lives in Nyirrpi, a remote Aboriginal community 400 kms north-west of Alice Springs in the
Northern Territory of Australia. Debbie grew up in Nyirrpi, and did most of her schooling there,
although she spent several years boarding at Yirara college in Alice Springs. Debbie is married and
has one child, Jarvis. She works helping to care for old people at Nyirrpi, and at the store. In her
paintings, Debbie paints Dreamings which relate directly to her land, its features, plants and animals.
These stories were passed down to her by her father and mother and their parents before them for
millennia.
Bessie Nakamarra Sims
"I like painting cause it's my Dreaming - Bush Carrot, Yam Dreaming…From my father and
grandfather's side. I like to teach kids my Dreaming. I want everyone to know my Dreaming from all
over the world. I know and they can know…" Bessie Sims is the wife of Paddy Japaljarri Sims, they
have 7 children and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Bessie was born in the bush and
lived for many years before coming into contact with white people at Mt. Doreen Station, west of
Yuendumu. She now lives in South Camp in Yuendumu and is an active member of Yuendumu Night
patrol which helps keep Yuendumu a safe community. In her spare time she goes hunting for
wardapi (goanna) and bush tucker such as yarla (bush potato) and yakajirri (bush tomato). Bessie
Nakamarra Sims has been exhibiting artwork since 1986 throughout Australia & around the world;
including exhibitions in: New Zealand, USA, Germany, England, Scotland, French Polynesia,
Belgium, The Netherlands, France and South Korea. Bessie’s works are featured in the collections of
Major Art Institutions in Australia and around the world.
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