Narputta Nangala

Narputta Nangala Jugadai (1933–2010) was an Aboriginal Australian artist born at Karrkurutinytja, who later lived at Haasts Bluff (Ikuntji) in the Northern Territory. Her language group was Pintupi/Pitjantjatjara,[2] and her Dreaming was "Snake", "Jangala, Two Men" and "Two Women".[3] She was a senior artist in her community at Ikuntji and prominent among the Ikuntji Women's Centre (later Ikuntji Artists) painters. She was the wife of the painter, Timmy Tjungurrayi Jugadai,[2] and mother of Daisy Jugadai Napaltjarri.[4]

Her work Karrkurutinytja (a depiction of her birthplace) is held in the Art Gallery of New South Wales.[2]

Seven works are held in the National Gallery of Victoria,[1] four again entitled Kaakurutinytja (Lake MacDonald), in addition to the works: One Jakamarra, 1995,[5] Ngurrapalangu, 1994,[6] and Tjangala kutjarra, kuniya kutjarra, Kaakurutinytja, 1996.[7] The Art Gallery of South Australia holds an untitled 1996 work.[8] The Art Gallery of Western Australia also holds a painting entitled Karrkurutinytja.[9]

She had exhibitions at the Campbelltown Art Centre and at the Museum of Contemporary Aboriginal art.[10] Her work, Goanna dreaming, sold at Christies in 2005 for $US 2677.[10] In 1997 she won the Open Painting section of the Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards.[2][11]

DACS represents Narputta Nangala with respect to copyright licensing.[12]