Lilly Kelly Napangardi is a senior law woman of the Mt Liebig community, in the Haasts Bluff
area of the Northern Territory, 325 kilometres north-west of Alice Springs.
Lilly Kelly was born at Haasts Bluff in 1948. She moved to the newly established settlement of
Papunya in the 1960's. During her time there, Lilly began painting, notably assisting with
works by her husband Norman Kelly. Lilly returned to Mt Liebig with her husband in the early
1980's. Lilly began painting in her own right in the early 1980's, winning the Northern Territory
Art Award for painting in 1986, and the General Painting Category at the 20th NATSIAA
Telstra awards in 2003.
Lilly holds authority over the Women's Dreaming story associated with Kunajarrayi. She is
now teaching younger women traditional dancing and singing associated with this Dreaming,
and has become one of the senior Law Women of the community. Lilly has three children and
eleven grandchildren.
Lilly's paintings of country, especially the sandhills of the Kintore and Coniston areas, often
depict the winds and the desert environment after rain. Her paintings can mark the seasonal
changes in this sandy landscape, and the crucial waterholes found in the area. There is the
finest microcosmic detail embedded into a macrocosmic view of the landscape. It is the
ephemeral nature of the drifting, changing country that is Lilly Kelly's key subject.
Selected Exhibitions:
2000-2003 Desert Mob Show, Alice Springs
2003 NATSIAA Telstra Awards
2003 Span Galleries, Melbourne
2004 Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
2005 Japingka Gallery, Fremantle
area of the Northern Territory, 325 kilometres north-west of Alice Springs.
Lilly Kelly was born at Haasts Bluff in 1948. She moved to the newly established settlement of
Papunya in the 1960's. During her time there, Lilly began painting, notably assisting with
works by her husband Norman Kelly. Lilly returned to Mt Liebig with her husband in the early
1980's. Lilly began painting in her own right in the early 1980's, winning the Northern Territory
Art Award for painting in 1986, and the General Painting Category at the 20th NATSIAA
Telstra awards in 2003.
Lilly holds authority over the Women's Dreaming story associated with Kunajarrayi. She is
now teaching younger women traditional dancing and singing associated with this Dreaming,
and has become one of the senior Law Women of the community. Lilly has three children and
eleven grandchildren.
Lilly's paintings of country, especially the sandhills of the Kintore and Coniston areas, often
depict the winds and the desert environment after rain. Her paintings can mark the seasonal
changes in this sandy landscape, and the crucial waterholes found in the area. There is the
finest microcosmic detail embedded into a macrocosmic view of the landscape. It is the
ephemeral nature of the drifting, changing country that is Lilly Kelly's key subject.
Selected Exhibitions:
2000-2003 Desert Mob Show, Alice Springs
2003 NATSIAA Telstra Awards
2003 Span Galleries, Melbourne
2004 Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
2005 Japingka Gallery, Fremantle
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