Tjawina Porter Nampitjinpa was born around 1950 and her work is represented by private and corporate collection around the world.  Tjawina Porter Nampitjinpa is a half sister to Nyurapayia Nampitjinpa. Tjawina grew up ‘in the bush’ with her family, after her younger brother died, her family decided to move to the then newly established government settlement of Papunya. Tjawina is now a widow and has returned to live in her country with family members including her sister Esther Giles Nampitjinpa who is also an artist. Tjawina is known for her skill as a traditional basket weaver as well as her prominence as a painter. Tjawina paints her mother’s and father’s dreaming, the sites of Yumari, Punkilpirri, Tjukurla and Tjalili. These sites are important for ceremonies and as sources for water and important bush foods.

BIOGRAPHY

Artist:     Tjawina Porter Nampitjinpa (B.1950-)
Title:       Cat. no. TPN200626-9552
Medium:  Acrylic on Belgian linen
Image Size: 136 x 30 cm
Signed:  on reverse
Price (inc. GST):  $2,500 - stretched
Certificate YANDA Aboriginal Art Gallery, Alice Springs, Australian Northern Territory

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NOTES:
This painting depicts the three main water holes associated with "Tjawina’s Dreamings". The first is "Tjukurrla" situated on the Northern Territory / Western Australia borders. The remaining two are "Tjalili" and "Punkilpirri". The lines that connect these sites are ancestral pathways or son lines. These were established as an indicator for the passage from one site to the next during ceremony. The patterns to the outer edges of the painting represent the surrounding topography consisting of sand dunes and rock escarpments.

Artist:     Tjawina Porter Nampitjinpa (B.1950-)
Title:       Cat. no. TPN200627-9551
Medium:  Acrylic on Belgian linen
Image Size: 136 x 30 cm
Signed:  on reverse
Price (inc. GST):  SOLD

NOTES:
This painting depicts women’s ceremony referred to as “inma”. The “U” shapes represent the women as they conduct initiation ceremony. Body painting is an important part of tribal practices and this is represented by series of short parallel lines. "Tjawina’s homeland of Tjukurrla" is situated on the Northern Territory / Western Australia border and remains as an important site for both men’s and women’s ceremonies.

Artist:     Tjawina Porter Nampitjinpa (B.1950-)
Title:       Cat. no. TPN200628-9536
Medium:  Acrylic on Belgian linen
Image Size: 136 x 30 cm
Signed:  on reverse
Price (inc. GST):  SOLD

Artist:     Tjawina Porter Nampitjinpa (B.1950-)
Title:       Cat. no. TPN200629-9553
Medium:  Acrylic on Belgian linen
Image Size: 136 x 30 cm
Signed:  on reverse
Price (inc. GST):  SOLD

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Biography:
Tjawina Porter Nampitjinpa was born around 1950.

Birthsite: Tjukurrla which is to the north of Docker River in Western Australia.

Language:  Ngaatjatjarra and Pintupi/Luritja.

Historical: Tjawina Porter Nampitjinpa is a half sister to Nyurapayia Nampitjinpa. Tjawina grew up ‘in the bush’ with her family, after her younger brother died, her family decided to move to the then newly established government settlement of Papunya. Tjawina is now a widow and has returned to live in her country with family members including her sister Esther Giles Nampitjinpa who is also an artist. Tjawina is known for her skill as a traditional basket weaver as well as her prominence as a painter.

Painting: Tjawina paints her mother’s and father’s dreaming, the sites of Yumari, Punkilpirri, Tjukurla and Tjalili. These sites are important for ceremonies and as sources for water and important bush foods.

COLLECTIONS: 
Tjawina Porter Nampitjinpa work is represented by private and corporate collection around the world.

Source & FURTHER REFERENCES:
         "Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert - A Biographical Dictionary" by Vivien Johnson, published by Craftsman House 1994,
         "The Oxford Companion to Aboriginal Art and Culture" edited by Sylvia Kleinert and Margo Neale published by OUP 2000,
         “Australian Aboriginal Artist Encyclopedia” – dictionary of biographies” Kreczmanski, Janusz B & Birnberg, Margo (eds.): Aboriginal Artists: Dictionary of Biographies: Central Desert, Western Desert & Kimberley Region (JB Publishing Australia, Marleston, 2004).
        Brody, A. 1989 Utopia women’s Paintings: the First Works on Canvas, A summer Project, 1988-89 exhib. Cat. Heytesbury Holdings, Perth Brody, A. 1990 Utopia, a picture Story, 88 Silk Batiks from the Robert Homes a Court Gallery and gallery Collection, Heytesbury Holdings LTD Perth NATSIVAD database;  Latz, P. 1995, Bushfires & Bushtucker, IAD Press, Alice Springs.