Margaret Napangardi Lewis b. 1956

Also known as Margaret Lewis Nungurrayi
  • Artist (Painter)
Born at Yuendumu, Lewis sold her work to several local galleries in Alice Springs where she lived in the `1990s. Her principal subject matter is Karnta (Women's) Dreaming.

Born at Yuendumu in 1956, Margaret Lewis Nungurrayi has family at Yuendumu and Nyirrpi, where she often stays, but in the early 1990s was living in Alice Springs, where she sold her work to several local galleries. She began painting for Warlukurlangu Artists in the late ’80s and still paints for them when visiting the settlement. She paints Karnta (Women’s) Dreaming for her country Janyinki. Dorothy Napangardi Robinson is one of her sisters.

Writers:
Johnson, Vivien
Date written:
1994
Last updated:
2011