Born: c. 1920's
Deceased: 2006
Language Group: Ngarrkic and Warlpirri
Country: Yumurrpa, near Yuendumu, North West of Alice Springs
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, Linen, Wood and Board
Subjects: Sweet Potato,Ngalatji (Little White Flower), BushTomato, Bush Yam
Awards
| 1997 | Gold Coast City Art Award |
| 1997 | John McCaughey Memorial Art Prize, National Gallery of Victoria |
Collections Held
Aboriginal Art Museum, The Netherlands
Christensen Collection, held by Museum of Victoria, Melbourne
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Australian Heritage Commission Collection, Canberra
Holmes a Court Collection of Western Australia
Museum & Art Galleries of the NT, Darwin
Artbank, Sydney
Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast
Laverty Collection, Sydney
Gantner Myer Collection of Aboriginal Art
Margaret Carnegie Collection
Kerry Stokes Collection, Perth
Leewuin Estate
Individual Exhibitions
| 2005 | Lorna Napurrula Fencer: Recent Paintings, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney; All About Yumarrpa, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne. |
Group Exhibitions
| 1988 | People, Place and Art, Hilton International Hotel, Adelaide, South Australia |
| 1991 | Aboriginal Art, Australian Embassy, Washington USA |
| 1991 | Paint Up Big: Warlpiri Women's Art from Lajamanu, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne |
| 1991 | Aboriginal Art and Spirituality, High Court of Australia Canberra, ACT |
| 1994 | Yapakurlangu Wirrkardu, Batchelor College, Tennant Creek, Northern Territory |
| 1996 | All About Art, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1997 | Women's Body Paint, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne |
| 1997 | Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne |
| 1997 | Me Warlpiri, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1997 | John McCaughey Memorial Art Prize, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne |
| 1998 | Australian Heritage Commission, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |
| 1998 | Yulyulu, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1998 | 6th Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Exhibition Building, Melbourne |
| 1998 | Warnayaka Warlpiri, Karen Brown Gallery, Darwin |
| 1998 | Wild Warlpiri Women, Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery, Sydney |
| 1999 | Australian Embassy in Washington DC |
| 1999 | United Nations Building New York, USA |
| 1999 | Yapa, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2000 | Lajamanu, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| 2000 | Opening of Yuwayi Art Centre, Yuwayi Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
| 2001 | Little Gems, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| 2002 | Lorna Napurrula Fencer, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| 2002 | Lorna Napurrula Fencer - The Big Picture, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2002 | Lorna Fencer - Inner Spring - New Works from the Tanami, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney |
| 2003 | 20th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin. |
| 2004 | The Dancers - Warlpiri Women, Art Mob, Hobart; Colour Power - Aboriginal Art Post 1984, The Ian Potter Centre, NGV Australia, Melbourne.21st Telstra National Aborigainal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin |
| 2005 | Decouvrir, Rever, Investir, Australian Embassy, Paris, France |
Further References
| Glowczewski, B. | 1991, Yapa, Peintres Aborigenes de Balgo et Lajamanu, Lebon Gallery, Paris |
| Johnson, V. | 1994, The Dictionary of Western Desert Artists, Craftsman House, East Roseville, New South Wales. (C) |
| Ryan, Judith | Paint up Big Warlpiri Women's Art, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne |
| Ryan, Judith | Colour Power - Aboriginal Art Post 1984, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2004 |
| Isaacs, J | Spirit Country - Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art, Hardie Grant Books, South Yarra, Victoria |
| Discovery Media | Documentation Pty Ltd, and the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies |
