Lorna Fencer Napurrula History and Collections

History


Selected Solo Exhibitions

2013 The Incomparable Lorna Fencer, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney
2009 The Genius of Lorna Fencer Napurrula, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney
2005 Lorna Napurrula Fencer: Recent Paintings, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney
2001 A Tribute To Lorna Napurrula Fencer, Original & Authentic Aboriginal Art Gallery, Melbourne
1997 Me Warlpiri, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023 Celebrating Country | Women Artists of Art Mob, Art Mob, Hobart
2022 Indigenous Art from the NGV Collection, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
2022 Connection, National Museum of Australia, Canberra
2022 The Women's Show 2022, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne
2022 Art Mob's 20th Birthday Exhibition, Art Mob, Hobart
2021 Voyage across Aboriginal Australia - Founders' Favourites, Fondation Burkhardt-Felder Arts et Culture, Moitiers, Switzerland
2020 Colours of Spring, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney
2020 Still in the Desert, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane
2020 Kitty Simon and the Ladies of Lajamanu, Cooee Gallery, Sydney
2019 Defining Tradition | the colurists, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney
2017 Gems of the Stockroom, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney
2016 O Tempo Dos Sonhos, Arte Aborigene Contemporanea da Australia, Caixa Cultural, Sao Paolo
2012 The Colourists: Kudditji Kngwarreye and Lorna Napurrula Fencer, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle
2012 The Colourists: Kudditji Kngwarreye & Lorna Napurrula Fencer, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle
2012 Heirs and Successors, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle
2010 Tradition to Modernity, Central Art - Aboriginal Art Store, Tasmania Art Fair, Launceston
2010 Stories from the Centre, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney
2009 Size Matters, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney
2008 11 Amazing Women Artists From the Central and Western Desert, Central Art - Aboriginal Art Store, Alice Springs
2008 Women's Law, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle
2008 The Genius of Lorna Fencer Napurrula, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney
2006 Luminaries of the Desert, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle
2005 Decouvrir Rever, Investir, Australian Embassy, Paris
2005 Lorna Napurrula Fencer: Recent Paintings, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney
2005 All About Yumarrpa, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne
2004 The Dancers - Warlpiri Women, Art Mob, Hobart
2004 Colour Power, The Ian Potter Centre, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
2003 Lorna Napurrula Fencer: New Paintings, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle
2002 Lorna Napurrula Fencer - The Big Picture, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne.
2002 Lorna Napurrula Fencer - Paintings from the Tanami Desert, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle
2002 Lorna Fencer - Inner Spring - New Works from the Tanami, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
2001 A Tribute to Lorna Napurrula Fencer, Original & Authentic Aboriginal Art Gallery, Melbourne
2001 Tandanya Cultural Institute, Adelaide
2001 Icons of Australian Aboriginal Art, Singapore
2001 Little Gems, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle
2000 Aboriginal Art Galleries of Australia, Melbourne
2000 Artists from Lajamanu - Tanami Desert, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle
2000 Opening of Yuwayi Art Centre, Perth
1999 St Valentine's Exhibition, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane
1999 Tracks Across the Landscape, Land Rover Showroom, Sydney
1999 Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery, Sydney
1999 Aboriginal Art Galleries of Australia, Melbourne
1999 United Nations Building, New York, USA
1999 Yapa, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne
1999 Embassy of Australia, Washington, USA
1999 Paintings from Lajamanu Community, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle
1998 Australian Heritage Commission, Canberra
1998 Yulyulu, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne
1998 Warnayaka Warlpiri, Karen Brown Gallery, Darwin
1998 Wild Warlpiri Women, Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery, Sydney
1998 John McCaughey Memorial Art Prize, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1998 6th Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Exhibition Building, Melbourne
1997 Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1997 Women's Body Paint, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1997 Me Warlpiri, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne
1996 All About Art, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne
1994 Gabriel Gallery, Melbourne
1991 Yapakurlangu Wirrkardu, Batchelor College, Tennant Creek
1991 Aboriginal Art, Australia Embassy, Washington, USA
1991 Paint Up Big: Warlpiri Women's Art from Lajamanu, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1991 Aboriginal Art and Spirituality, High Court, Canberra
1990 S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
1990 Paint Up Big, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1990 Robert Holmes a Court Collection (touring USA), USA
1988 People, Place & Art, Hilton International Hotel, Adelaide

Awards and Recognition

2022 Connection | Songlines from Australia's First Peoples in a spectacular immersive experience, National Museum of Australia, Canberra
2007 Top 50 Collectable Artists, Australian Art Collector Magazine
2004 21st NATSIAA, Darwin - Finalist
2000 17th NATSIAA, Darwin - Finalist
1998 John McCaughey Memorial Art Prize, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1997 Gold Coast City Art Award, Conrad Jupiters Casino, Gold Coast

Collections

  • Hank Ebes Collection, Melbourne
  • Aboriginal Art Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands
  • Artbank, Sydney
  • Australian Heritage Commission Collection, Canberra
  • Christensen Collection, held by Museum of Victoria, Melbourne
  • Gantner Myer Collection of Aboriginal Art
  • Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast
  • Holmes a Court Collection, Perth
  • Kerry Stokes Collection, Perth
  • Laverty Collection, Sydney
  • Leewuin Estate, Perth
  • Margaret Carnegie Collection
  • Museum and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin
  • Museum of Victoria, Melbourne
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
  • Jacqui McPhee Collection, Perth
  • Shepparton Art Museum, Shepparton VIC
  • Fondation Burkhardt-Felder Arts et Culture, Motiers, Switzerland