- Artist: Beyula Puntunkga Napanangka
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Artwork Story
Beyula Puntunkga Napanangka has been exhibiting with Papunya Tjupi since the company’s first exhibition at Ivan Dougherty Gallery in 2007. One of her earliest works featured on the invitation and her fellow artists chose her to travel to Sydney with seven other artists for the opening. There Beyula took part in the second Papunya Tjupi print workshop with COFA’s Cicada Press and immediately displayed an affinity with this medium. Beyula’s painting and print-making have developed dramatically over the past three and a half years and she is one of Papunya Tjupi’s most senior and consistent artists.
Beyula’s father Limpi Tjapangati was one of the pioneer Papunya Tula painters and also a distinctive stylist. From him Beyula and her four sisters inherited rights to the country near the Mereenie Range which Beyula often depicts in her paintings. Beyula’s mother Tilly Napaltjarri was Limpi’s second wife. They had five daughters, of whom Beyula (born 1966 Papunya) was the second youngest. Beyula’s younger sister Larabelle (1968-2008) was also a talented, though occasional, painter and her niece Mary Roberts Nakamarra is one of Papunya Tjupi’s rising stars.