Nora Wompi

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Nora (Nungurrayi) Wompi (* 1935 in Lilbaru , Western Australia ) is an Aboriginal artist.

Life

Nora Wompi had lived in the Great Sand Desert since she was born . To escape the harsh nomadic life of that time, she went with her mother to the Aboriginal mission station near Balgo . She worked there in the bakery and looked after goats.

painting

Nora Wompi has been painting since 1988. At that time she was living in Balgo, where she met her husband, with whom she created works together. This is quite common for Aboriginal artists in Balgo. They lived together at Fitzroy Crossing at times until her husband died . Then Wompi returned permanently to Balgo, where there is a large community of Aboriginal artists. In 1990 her work was shown in the first collective exhibition of the Warlayirti Artists Group and in 1991 in the Baudoin Lebon Gallery in Paris. In 2002 a solo exhibition of her work took place in Darwin .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ngv.vic.gov.au ( Memento of the original from April 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Nora Wompi Nungurrayi , in English, accessed July 28, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ngv.vic.gov.au
  2. ↑ raftartspace.com ( Memento of the original from March 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Nora Wompi , in English, accessed July 28, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.raftartspace.com.au
personal data
SURNAME Wompi, Nora
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wompi, Nungurrayi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Lilbaru , Western Australia