Tuppy Ngintja Goodwin Explained

Tuppy Ngintja Goodwin (born 1952) is an Aboriginal Australian artist from South Australia. She is a painter, and director of Mimili Maku Arts.

Early life

Goodwin is a Pitjantjatjara woman from Mimili in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands in the remote north-west of South Australia.^[1] She was born in Bumbali Creek (her father's Country) and she came to Mimili as a baby, when it was still a cattle station called Everard Park. A number of her siblings are also artists, including Robin Kankapankatja and Margaret Dodd.^[2]

Career

Goodwin spent much of her life working at the Mimili Anangu School as a pre-school teacher and retired in 2009.^[3]

Art practice

Goodwin is a painter working with Mimili Maku Arts where she is a director and, through her work and dance, is committed to fostering traditional law and culture.^[1]

She has been painting with Mimili Maku Arts since 2010 and, like many others at the centre, paints her Tjukurrpa (Dreaming). Her work has a particular focus on Antara, a sacred rockhole at Bumbali Creek and a site where the women of the area perform inmaku pakani; a dance ceremony where the women would paint their bodies in red ochre. Goodwin also paints Tjala (Honey Ant) Dreaming^[4]

Goodwin's paintings have a distinct style that has resulted in great success, with fluid brushstrokes overlaying solid masses of colour that bring texture to the canvas.^[5]

Recognition

Goodwin was a finalist in the 2010 Telstra Aboriginal and Torres Strait Art Awards held in Darwin, Northern Territory.

In 2020 her acrylic painting on linen, Antara (2018), was a finalist in the John Leslie Art Prize at Gippsland Art Gallery in Sale, Victoria.^[6]

In 2023, Antara (2022), a large painting using synthetic polymer on linen, won the Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize at Bendigo Art Gallery.^[7]

Collections

Goodwin's work is held in many important collections including: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria and the Art Gallery of New South Wales.^[8]

Personal life

Goodwin's late husband was Kunmanara (Mumu Mike) Williams (1952–2019).^{[9] [10]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tuppy Ngintja Goodwin. HARVEY ART PROJECTS. en-US. 2020-03-25.
2. Web site: Tuppy Ngintja Goodwin biography. Short St Gallery. en. 2020-03-25.
3. Web site: Tuppy Ngintja Goodwin. Nganampa kililpil: our stars. en-US. 2020-03-25.
4. Web site: Tuppy Goodwin . Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi. 2020-03-25.
5. Web site: Focus on Tuppy Ngintja Goodwin. Aboriginal Signature Estrangin Gallery. fr. 2021-05-16.
6. Web site: John Leslie Art Prize 2020 . Gippsland Art Gallery . 24 March 2022.
7. Web site: 2023 Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize Winner . Bendigo Art Gallery . 25 November 2023 . 24 February 2024.
8. Web site: Tuppy Ngintja Goodwin: CV . Olsen Gallery.
9. Web site: Tuppy. mimilimaku. en. 2020-03-25.
10. Web site: Kunmanara Mumu Mike Williams . Biennale of Sydney . 3 August 2022.