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| Ngoia Pollard
Napaltjarri was born in Haast’s Bluff around 1948. Ngoia paints
her father’s country, which is a sacred Walpiri territory. The oval
shapes in her paintings are iconographic representation of the swamps
and lakes near Nyrripi (Talarada) north west of Mount Liebig where Ngoia
lives. The dots represent the water drying up and the cracks in the ground
forming. In 2004 Ngoia was the winner of the Advocate Central Australian Award, and in 2006 was outright winner of the highly prestigious NATSIAA Telstra prize. Ngoia’s work is included in the National Australian Art Gallery, the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, and Artbank Sydney, amongst others. She paints her father country, which is a sacred Walpiri territory associated with narratives to the 'water snake'. The oval shapes in her paintings are iconographic representation of the swamps and lakes near Nyrripi (Talarada) North West of Mount Liebig where Ngoia lives. She depicts the wet and dry characteristics of the country. This region is changed with the spiritual presence of the 'water snake' which lives beneath the surface. This is the area where her father was hunting in the past. AWARDS:
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