Dorothy Napangardi - 50th Most Collectable Artist
Dorothy's paintings are highly sought after by both collectors and curators worldwide.
In 1991 she won the Best Painting in European Media, 8th National Aboriginal Art Award; in 1998 the Northern Territory Art Award; and she was "Highly Commended" for the 16th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Award in 1999. In 2001 Dorothy won the 18th National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award ,presented by Telstra, with her spectacular black and white painting titled, "Salt on Mina Mina".
EXHIBITIONS
| 2004 | Ngati Jinta (One Mother) | Gallery Gondwana at the Depot Gallery, Sydney, Australia |
| 2003 | 'Mina Mina' - My Country | Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne, Australia |
| 2003 | 'Indecorous Abstraction 2' | New Contemporaries Gallery, QVB, Sydney, Australia |
| 2003 | 'Collectors Show' | Gallery Gondwana at The Depot Gallery, Sydney, Australia |
| 2003 | 'Dancing Up Country; the work of Dorothy Napangardi' | Asia Tour. Asialink in partnership with the Museum of Contemporary Art tour to Vietnam Fine Art Museum in Hanoi and the National Art Gallery, Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur |
| 2003 | 'Collectors Show' | Gallery Gondwana at The Depot Gallery, Sydney, Australia |
| 2002 | 'Kana-kurlangu' Dorothy Napangardi | Gallery Gondwana at The Depot Gallery, Sydney, Australia |
| 2002-03 | 'Dancing Up Country; the work of Dorothy Napangardi' | Museum of Contemporary Art, MCA, Sydney, Australia |
| 2002 | Melbourne ArtFair 2002 | Melbourne, Australia |
| 2002 | Indecorous Abstraction - Contemporary Women Painters | Light Sq. Gallery AIT ARTS, Adelaide, Australia |
| 2002 | 'Native Title Business - Contemporary Indigenous Art' | National Travelling Exhibition, Gurang Land Council (Aboriginal Corporation), Queensland, Australia |
| 2002 | 'One Mother', Dorothy Napangardi and Sabrina Nangala | Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia |
| 2001 | 'Dorothy Napangardi', New Paintings | Vivien Anderson Gallery, Victoria, Australia |
| 2001 | 31st Alice Prize | Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia |
| 2001 | 'Masterwork' | Vivien Anderson Gallery, Victoria, Australia |
| 2001 | '18th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award', Darwin, Australia 2001 'Mina Mina', Solo, Dorothy Napangardi | Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia |
| 2001 | 'Dreamtime-The Light and the Dark' | Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg, Vienna, Austria |
| 2001 | 'Country After Rain', Framed | The Darwin Gallery, Darwin, Australia |
| 2001 | 'alice.fitzroy@af' | Alliance Francaise de Canberra and French Embassy, Canberra, Australia |
| 2000-01 | 'The Art of Place Exhibition' | Australian Heritage Commission, Old Parliament House, Canberra, Australia |
| 2000 | 'Melbourne Art Fair 2000' | Melbourne, Australia |
| 2000 | 'Songlines: Walala Tjapaltjarri & Dorothy Napangardi' | Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, UK |
| 2000 | 'Dorothy Napangardi and Walala Tjapaltjarri' | Adelaide Festival, Gallery Australis, SA, Australia |
| 2000 | '17th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award' | Darwin, Australia |
| 2000 | 'Recent Paintings by Dorothy Napangardi' | Vivian Anderson Gallery, Melbourne, Australia |
| 2000 | 'Dorothy Napangardi' | Hogarth Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| 2000 | '5th National Indigenous Heritage Art Award' | Australian Heritage Commission, Canberra, Australia |
| 1999 | 'Painting the Desert' | Alliance Francaise de Canberra and French Embassy, Canberra, Australia |
| 1999 | 'The Redlands Westpac Art Prize' | Mosman Art Gallery NSW, Australia |
| 1999 | 'My Country - Journey of our Ancestors' | Ancient Earth Indigenous Art, Cairns, Queensland, Australia |
| 1999 | '16th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Award' | Darwin, Australia |
| 1999 | Recent works by Dorothy Napangardi' | Chapman Gallery, Canberra, A.C.T., Australia |
| 1999 | 'Recent works by Dorothy Napangardi and Walala Tjapaltjarri' | Vivien Anderson Gallery, Victoria, Australia |
| 1999 | 'Treading Softly' | Chapman Gallery, Canberra, A.C.T., Australia |
| 1998 | Northern Territory Art Award | Alice Springs, N.T., Australia |
| 1998 | 'Warlpiri Women' | Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs, N.T., Australia |
| 1998 | 'Napangardi Dreaming - Ceremony and Song' | Hogarth Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| 1998 | '15th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award' | Darwin, N.T., Australia |
| 1991 | '8th National Aboriginal Art Award' | Darwin, N.T., Australia |
COLLECTIONS
| National 118th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards | Darwin, Australia | National Gallery of Australia | Canberra, Australia |
| National Gallery of Victoria | Victoria, Australia | Art Gallery of South Australia | South Australia, Australia |
| Museum and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory | Darwin, Australia | Queensland Museum | Queensland, Australia |
| Linden Museum | Stuttgart, Germany | The Kelton Foundation | Santa Monica, LA, USA |
| The Kaplan-Levi Collection | Seattle, USA | The Vroom Collection | The Netherlands |
| The Erskine Collection | NSW, Australia | The Kerry Stokes Collection | Perth, Australia |
| The Australia Council Collection | Sydney, Australia | South Australian Festival Centre Foundation | Adelaide, Australia |
| The Homesglen Institute of TAFE Collection | Victoria, Australia |
AWARDS
| 2001 | First Prize, '18th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award' | Darwin, N.T., Australia |
| 1999 | Highly Commended, 16th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award | Darwin, N.T., Australia |
| 1998 | Northern Territory Art Award | Alice Springs, N.T., Australia |
| 1991 | Best Painting in European Media, 8th National Aboriginal Art Award | Darwin, N.T., Australia |
