Kelly was born in the Haasts Bluff region of the Northern Territory of Australia. In her earlier years, Kelly lived with her family at the settlement of Papunya, but later moved to Watiyawanu (Mount Liebig – 325 km west of Alice Springs) (with her husband Norman Kelly, also an artist). Kelly is a respected senior law woman of her community of Watiyawanu, and the custodian over the Women's Dreamtime stories associated with Kunajarrayi.
Lily Kelly Napangardi began painting in the early 1980s. She won the Northern Territory Art Award for Excellence in Aboriginal Painting in 1986 and was a finalist in the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award in 2003. In January 2006, she was named as one of Australia's 50 most collectable artists by Australian Art Collector magazine.
Kelly's paintings are of her country, especially of the sand hills (Tali) around Mount Liebig. They are usually done in white (sometimes, red or yellow) dots on black background, presenting an almost three-dimensional illusion of space and depth. Some rarer examples of her work are painted in two colours (mainly white and red) on black background. Today Lily Kelly Napangardi's art is recognised as some of the most innovative in the contemporary Aboriginal art scene. It is highly sought-after by museums and private collectors worldwide.
Her name is sometimes incorrectly spelt 'Lilly', with double L, but the artist signs her work as 'LILY Kelly'.
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lily, kelly, napangardi, born, 1948, distinguished, contemporary, aboriginal, australian, artist, from, watiyawanu, northern, territory, whose, paintings, country, bornc, 1948, haasts, bluff, region, northern, territory, australiaknown, forpaintingmovementcont. Lily Kelly Napangardi born c 1948 is a distinguished contemporary Aboriginal Australian artist from Watiyawanu in the Northern Territory whose paintings are of her country Lily Kelly NapangardiBornc 1948 Haasts Bluff region Northern Territory AustraliaKnown forPaintingMovementContemporary Aboriginal Australian artKelly was born in the Haasts Bluff region of the Northern Territory of Australia In her earlier years Kelly lived with her family at the settlement of Papunya but later moved to Watiyawanu Mount Liebig 325 km west of Alice Springs with her husband Norman Kelly also an artist Kelly is a respected senior law woman of her community of Watiyawanu and the custodian over the Women s Dreamtime stories associated with Kunajarrayi Lily Kelly Napangardi began painting in the early 1980s She won the Northern Territory Art Award for Excellence in Aboriginal Painting in 1986 and was a finalist in the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award in 2003 In January 2006 she was named as one of Australia s 50 most collectable artists by Australian Art Collector magazine Kelly s paintings are of her country especially of the sand hills Tali around Mount Liebig They are usually done in white sometimes red or yellow dots on black background presenting an almost three dimensional illusion of space and depth Some rarer examples of her work are painted in two colours mainly white and red on black background Today Lily Kelly Napangardi s art is recognised as some of the most innovative in the contemporary Aboriginal art scene It is highly sought after by museums and private collectors worldwide Her name is sometimes incorrectly spelt Lilly with double L but the artist signs her work as LILY Kelly Collections editMusee du quai Branly Paris The Kelton Foundation Santa Monica USA Gallery Anthony Curtis Cambridge MA USA 1 The Thomas Vroom Collection Amsterdam NL Groninger Museum The Netherlands The National Gallery of Australia Canberra Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney Queensland Art Gallery Brisbane 2 Art Gallery of South Australia Adelaide National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Darwin The Kerry Stokes Collection The Holmes a Court Collection Perth Artbank Sydney The Herbert F Johnson Museum of Art Ithaca NY USA 3 References edit Profile at Gallery Anthony Curtis Profile at QAG Archived from the original on 16 December 2009 Untitled from the series Tali Sand Hills emuseum cornell edu Retrieved 2 January 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lily Kelly Napangardi amp oldid 1152198972, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
