Nabulla Scobie Napurulla
Born:
17 February 1950
Other names: Narpula Scobie Napurulla
Region: Walungurru (Kintore), Yamunturrngu (Mt. Liebig) - NT
Language group: Pintupi
“Born at Haasts Bluff, Narpula Scobie commenced painting for Papunya Tula Artists in the early 1980s, and was one of the first women to do so in Walungurru. She was married to Johnny Scobie Tjapanangka (now deceased), a Pintupi artist who was involved at teh beginning of the art movement in Papunya. Narpula Scobie's art is still evolving and she finds new ways of depicting the traditional stories of her Dreamings."
2003 - Chapel off Chapel Gallery, Melbourne
2000 - Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs
1999 - Flinders Art Museum Flinders University, Adelaide
1998 - Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs
1995 - Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs
1988 - "Australian Art" touring exhibition in China
1987 - "Art and Aboriginality" Portsmouth
2001 - Finalist in 18th Telstra NATSIAA
Australian Museum,
Sydney
South Australian Museum, Adelaide
Holmes a Court Collections
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Artbank, Sydney
Flinders Art Museum, Adelaide
Kelton Collections, USA
Information on page gathered from: Birnber, M. & Kreczmanski, J.B. (2004) Aboriginal Artists: dictionary of bibliographies, J.B. Publishing, Australia.