Julie Pangata

Artist: Julie Pangata

Skin Name: Pangata (also known as Pungata)

Language Group: Anmatyerr

Region: Ti Tree, Northern Territory

Vendor: Utopian Aboriginal Art

Dreaming: Bush Plum (Arnwekety), Bush Seeds, My Country

Julie Pangata was born in 1955 at Ti Tree in the Northern Territory. Her father (deceased) was Paddy Pananka Pangata and her mother is Rosie Pananka Purula.

She now lives on Utopia with her family and her dreaming is the Bush Plum (Arnwekety).
Her paintings depict the life cycle of the Bush Plum (Arnwekety) plant as it flowers into maturity across her country.

She paints from a traditional perspective, surveying her landscape with a spiritual eye. The dot-like appearance of shrubs, spinifex and other grasses from her country are a great source of inspiration for her paintings.

Exhibitions:

• 13th National Family Law Conference, Adelaide, April, 2008.