Lorna Fencer Napurrula

Born:       	    	c.1920, or 1927
Region:	        	Tanami Desert
Community Centre:   	Lajamanu
Art Centre or Agency:	Warnayaka Art Centre
Outstation or Country:	Yumurrpa, near Yuendumu
Language Bloc:  		Ngarrkic
Language:       		Warlpiri
Social Affiliations:	Napurrurla subsection

Medium/ Form:	
Chromacryl students acrylic, Reeves Liquicryl on pre-primed 
unstretched cotton duck, on canvas pre-primed art board, 
acrylic paint on Coolamons, Kudurru [fighting stick], acrylic 
paint on quartz rock chunks and slate, bean tree wood acrylic 
paint on canvas.

Subjects and Themes:   
Yarla, Wapirti and Marlujarra. 
paints: Sweet potato,"ngalatji" little white flower, bush tomato, bush yam. 



Awards:
1997 Lorna was granted the Gold Coast City Art Award.



Collections Held: 
Christensen Collection, held by Museum of Victoria, Melbourne.
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Australian Heritage Commission Collection, Canberra
Holmes a Court Collection of Western Australia;


Exhibitions:
1988, People, Place and Art, Hilton International Hotel, Adelaide, SA
1991, Aboriginal Art, Australian Embassy, Washington, USA
1991, Canberra, ACT
1994, Yapakurlangu Wirrkardu, Batchelor College, Tennant Creek, NT
1999, Australian Embassy in Washington D.C
1999, United Nations Building New York, USA


Selected Bibliography: 
Glowczewski, B., 1991, Yapa, Peintres Aborigenes de Balgo et Lajamanu, 
Lebon Gallery, Paris 

Johnson, V., 1994, The Dictionary of Western Desert Artists, Craftsman 
House, East Roseville, New South Wales. (C)

Lorna Fencer "Water Snake" Cat No. 7226 Size = 116 x 171 cm. Acrylic on Linen

Lorna Fencer "Kangaroo Food" Cat No. 8322 Size = 100 x 146 cm. Acrylic on Linen

Lorna Fencer "Yam Dreaming" Cat No. A8290 Size = 99 x 146 cm. Acrylic on Linen

Lorna Fencer "Yam Dreaming" Cat No. A7233 Size = 120 x 170 cm. Acrylic on Linen

Lorna Fencer "Yam Dreaming" Cat No. A1262 Size = 123 x 173 cm. Acrylic on Linen

Lorna Fencer "Kangaroo Food" Cat No. A8323 Size = 100 x 146 cm. Acrylic on Linen

Lorna Fencer "Yam Dreaming" Cat No. A7225 Size = 120 x 170 cm. Acrylic on Linen

Lorna Fencer "Kangaroo Food" Cat No. A1233 Size = 120 x 170 cm. Acrylic on Linen

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