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Nora Wompi Born: 1935 Selected details of artist’s working life Mediums Professional acrylic on canvas and linen Themes Kunnawaritji (natural spring) Biography Wompi was born in the Great Sandy Desert in a place called Lilbaru. This is close to Well 33 on the Canning Stock Route. Here she lived a traditional nomadic life until her early twenty’s. Wompi recalls it was near Well 33 that she saw a white person for the first time. Nomadic life was harsh during dry times and she tells of the long walk into the Balgo Mission with her mother and brother. In Balgo she cooked bread at the bakery and tended to the goats. This is also where she met her husband, the brother to fellow artist Lucy Yukenbarri. Wompi and her husband would paint together as is common with husband and wives in Balgo. They spent some time in Fitzroy Crossing until her husband passed away. Wompi then decided to returned to Well 33 where she continues to reside today. However, she visits Balgo regularly to see family and to paint. Her work oscillates between intricate tracings of familiar country and painterly strokes of bold colour, stories of spirit men, spirit dogs and love magic reverberate in the paintings full of charm and beauty. Solo exhibitions 2002 Nora Wompi, Raft Artspace, Darwin Group exhibitions 2008 Balgo Survey, Redot Gallery, Singapore Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales |