ARTIST BIO
(b. 1959, AUSTRALIA)
Born at Mt. Ellen of Anmatyerre / Warlpiri descent of Mt. Wedge and Mt. Ellen (Kerrinyarra) county, Maureen is one of the 9 children of Lena Nampajinpa.
Maureen was educated at Yuendumu Settlement and latter returned to Mt. Allen and worked as a teacher's aid. She began painting in 1981 and turned into a full time artist following the steps of her older sister, JEAN HUDSON Nampajinpa. The demand for her artwork has steadily increased over the years and she has now emerged as a painter in her own right.
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EXHIBITIONS
SOLO EXHIBITION
| 2005 |
Solo Exhibition, Ladner & Fell Gallery, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA |
| 2002 |
Pineriba Gallery, Hanhdorf, South AUSTRALIA |
| 2000 |
Joint show with Lorna Naparula, Art Lounge, Adelaide, AUSTRALIA
Aboriginal Art Galleries of Australia, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA |
| 1998 |
"Songlines", Boulder,Colorado USA |
| 1997 |
"Desert Dreams", The National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide, AUSTRALIA.
"Women Dreaming" , Gallery 47, London , UK
Jeffrey Moose Gallery, Seattle, USA |
| 1995 |
"Dreamings of the Desert" , Uluru Gallery, Ayers Rock, NT. , AUSTRALIA |
| 1994 |
Regional Winery/Gallery in Mt Atkin in Victoria, AUSTRALIA
"Dreamings" , Tribal Art Gallery, Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria., AUSTRALIA (A joint exhibition of Hudson and Clifford Possum paintings. ) |
| 1993 |
"Commitments", Museum of Modern Art in Brisbane Qld, AUSTRALIA |
| 1992 |
“Sand Paintings of the Central Desert “, Centre for Aboriginal Art and Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, AUSTRALIA
"Central Australian Art" , Art Dock in Noumea, AUSTRALIA |
| 1991 |
Tribal Art Gallery, Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Vicotria, AUSTRALIA |
| 1990 |
Art Dock Show, Vanuata, AUSTRALIA |
COLLECTIONS
- Tribal Art Gallery, Melbourne. AUSTRALIA
- Museum of Modern Art Brisbane, AUSTRALIA
- Alice Springs Galleries and private collections, AUSTRALIA
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