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| birth_date = c. 1955<ref name=agwa>{{cite web|title=Doreen Reid Nakamarra|url=http://www.artgallery.wa.gov.au/WAIAA_2009/artist_profiles_2009.asp#nakammarra|publisher=The Art Gallery of Western Australia}}</ref>
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'''Doreen Reid Nakamarra''' (c. 1955 - October 20, 2009) was an [[Australia]] [[Indigenous Australians|Aboriginal]] [[artist]] and [[Painting|painter]].<ref name=ta> {{cite news |first=Ashleigh |last=Wilson |title=TCelebrated Aboriginal artist dead at 50 |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/celebrated-aboriginal-artist-dead-at-50/story-e6frg6pf-1225792639963 |work=[[The Australian]]|publisher=|date=2009-10-30 |accessdate=2009-11-18}}</ref> Reid was considered an important artist within the [[Western Desert cultural bloc]].<ref name=ta/> She was a leading painter at the [[Papunya Tula]] [[artist cooperative]] in [[Central Australia]].<ref name=ta/>
'''Doreen Reid Nakamarra''' ({{circa}}1955 – 20 October 2009) was an Australian [[Aboriginal Australians|Aboriginal]] artist and painter.<ref name=ta>{{cite news |first=Ashleigh |last=Wilson |title=Celebrated Aboriginal artist dead at 50 |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/celebrated-aboriginal-artist-dead-at-50/story-e6frg6pf-1225792639963 |work=[[The Australian]] |date=30 October 2009 |accessdate=18 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110412014638/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/celebrated-aboriginal-artist-dead-at-50/story-e6frg6pf-1225792639963 |archive-date=12 April 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Reid was considered an important artist within the [[Western Desert cultural bloc]].<ref name=ta/> She was a leading painter at the [[Papunya Tula]] [[artist cooperative]] in Central Australia.<ref name=ta/>


==Personal life==
Reid was born in Mummine near Warburton, Western Australia in the mid-1950s.)<ref name=agwa/> In 1984 she settled at a new community [[Kiwikurra]], approximately 600&nbsp;km west of [[Alice Springs]] with her second husband George Tjampu Tjapaltjarri.<ref name=ta/><ref name=a+s>{{cite web|title=art+soul|url=http://www.abc.net.au/arts/artandsoul/flash/default.htm|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref> In 2007, Reid's work was displayed at the [[National Gallery of Australia]]'s ''Culture Warriors'' [[exhibition]] in 2007. The exbibit, including Reid's pieces, toured Australia state galleries before opening at the [[Katzen Arts Center]] in [[Washington D.C.]] in September 2009.<ref name=ta/>
Reid was born in Mummine near Mirlirrtjarra / [[Warburton, Western Australia]] in the mid-1950s.<ref name=agwa/> In 1984, Reid and her husband [[George Tjampu Tjapaltjarri]], who subsequently established himself as a Papunya Tula painter, settled at the new community of [[Kiwirrkurra]], to be closer to her husband's country.<ref name=ta/><ref name="a+s">{{cite web|title=art+soul|url=http://www.abc.net.au/arts/artandsoul/flash/default.htm|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref><ref name=Sweeney>{{cite web|last=Sweeney|first=Paul|title=NAKAMARRA, Doreen Reid|url=http://www.nga.gov.au/Exhibition/NIAT07/Detail.cfm?MnuID=2&SubMnuID=1&BioArtistIRN=33427&IRN=149624|work=National Indigenous Art Triennial '07:Culture Warriors|publisher=The National Gallery of Australia}}</ref> In 2007, Reid's work was displayed at the [[National Gallery of Australia]]'s inaugural [[National Indigenous Art Triennial]]: ''Culture Warriors'' exhibition. The exhibit, including Reid's pieces, toured Australia state galleries before opening at the [[Katzen Arts Center]] in Washington D.C. in September 2009.<ref name=ta/>


Additionally, Reid's work was featured at the [[Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art]] in 2009.<ref name=ta/> She was awarded the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award general painting prize in 2008 for an untitled work.<ref name=ta/><ref name=agwa/> The work depicts designs associated with the Marrapinti rockhole site, west of the Pollock Hills in Western Australia.<ref name=natsiaa25>{{cite web|title=25th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA)|url=http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/museums/exhibitions/natsiaa/25/index.html|publisher=Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory}}</ref>
Additionally, Reid's work was featured at the [[Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art]] in 2009.<ref name=ta/> She was awarded the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award general painting prize in 2008 for an untitled work.<ref name=agwa/><ref name=ta/> The work depicts designs associated with the Marrapinti rockhole site, west of the Pollock Hills in Western Australia.<ref name=natsiaa25>{{cite web|title=25th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA)|url=http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/museums/exhibitions/natsiaa/25/index.html|publisher=Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091030082331/http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/museums/exhibitions/natsiaa/25/index.html|archivedate=30 October 2009}}</ref>


In September 2009, Reid travelled to [[New York City]] for the opening of a [[Papunya Tula]] [[art exhibition]] which included her work.<ref name=ta/> The New York exhibition had been headed by [[Hetti Perkins]], the curator of [[Indigenous Australian art|Aboriginal]] and [[Torres Strait Islander]] art at the [[Art Gallery of New South Wales]] in [[Sydney]].<ref name=ta/>
In September 2009, Reid travelled to New York City for the opening of a [[Papunya Tula]] [[art exhibition]] which included her work.<ref name=ta/> The New York exhibition was opened by [[Hetti Perkins]], the curator of [[Indigenous Australian art|Aboriginal]] and [[Torres Strait Islander]] art at the [[Art Gallery of New South Wales]] in Sydney.<ref name=ta/>


== Death ==
On October 18, 2009, Reid was admitted to the hospital for treatment of [[pneumonia]].<ref name=ta/> She was flown from [[Alice Springs]] to [[Adelaide]], where she died in the hospital on October 20, 2009, at the age of 50.<ref name=ta/>
Reid died a few weeks after returning from a major exhibition in the United States of America (USA). On 18 October 2009, Reid was admitted to the hospital for treatment of [[pneumonia]].<ref name="ta" /> She was flown from [[Alice Springs]] to [[Adelaide]], where she died in the hospital on 20 October 2009, at the age of 50.<ref name="ta" />


[[Paul Sweeney]], the general manager of Papunya Tula, praised Reid as an important artist and spokesperson.<ref name=ta/>
[[Paul Sweeney]], the general manager of Papunya Tula, praised Reid as an important artist and spokesperson.<ref name=ta/>

== Exhibitions ==

* 2007 ''National Indigenous Art Triennial '07:Culture Warriors - 13 October 2007 - 10 February 2008 -'' The National Gallery of Australia.
* 2009 ''National Indigenous Art Triennial '07:Culture Warriors''. The National Gallery of Australia - Katzen Arts Centre, Washington, USA
*2009 ''Icons of the Desert -'' Early Aboriginal Paintings from Papunya - 1 September - 5 December, New York University Grey Art Gallery, USA, 2009<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-12-02 |title=Icons of the Desert: Early Aboriginal Paintings from Papunya |url=https://greyartgallery.nyu.edu/exhibition/icons-of-the-desert-090109-120509/ |access-date=2023-03-11 |website=Grey Art Gallery |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 2009 ''Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art''.
* 2010 ''Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art - Before and After Science'' - Art Gallery of South Australia - 27 February - 2 May 2010

== Prizes ==

* 2008 - ''Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award'' - $4,000 general painting award - for an untitled work about a rockhole - ''Marrapinti''.

==Collections==
*[[Seattle Art Museum]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://art.seattleartmuseum.org/people/16425/doreen-reid-nakamarra|title=Doreen Reid Nakamarra – Artists – eMuseum|website=localhost}}</ref>
*[[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]<ref>{{cite web| title=Marrapinti | website=The Metropolitan Museum of Art| url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/655814 | access-date=6 December 2023}}</ref>
*[[Art Gallery of New South Wales]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/353.2007/|title=Untitled, (2007) by Doreen Reid Nakamarra}}</ref>
*[[Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Women's ceremonies at Marrapinti|url=https://emuseum.cornell.edu/objects/43300/womens-ceremonies-at-marrapinti|access-date=2021-01-02|website=emuseum.cornell.edu|language=en}}</ref>
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==References==
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==External links==
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Doreen Reid Nakamarra
Bornc.1955[1]
Mummine near Warburton, Western Australia[1]
Died(2009-10-20)20 October 2009
Adelaide, South Australia
NationalityAustralian
AwardsNational Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award (2008)[1]

Doreen Reid Nakamarra (c.1955 – 20 October 2009) was an Australian Aboriginal artist and painter.[2] Reid was considered an important artist within the Western Desert cultural bloc.[2] She was a leading painter at the Papunya Tula artist cooperative in Central Australia.[2]

Personal life

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Reid was born in Mummine near Mirlirrtjarra / Warburton, Western Australia in the mid-1950s.[1] In 1984, Reid and her husband George Tjampu Tjapaltjarri, who subsequently established himself as a Papunya Tula painter, settled at the new community of Kiwirrkurra, to be closer to her husband's country.[2][3][4] In 2007, Reid's work was displayed at the National Gallery of Australia's inaugural National Indigenous Art Triennial: Culture Warriors exhibition. The exhibit, including Reid's pieces, toured Australia state galleries before opening at the Katzen Arts Center in Washington D.C. in September 2009.[2]

Additionally, Reid's work was featured at the Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art in 2009.[2] She was awarded the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award general painting prize in 2008 for an untitled work.[1][2] The work depicts designs associated with the Marrapinti rockhole site, west of the Pollock Hills in Western Australia.[5]

In September 2009, Reid travelled to New York City for the opening of a Papunya Tula art exhibition which included her work.[2] The New York exhibition was opened by Hetti Perkins, the curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney.[2]

Death

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Reid died a few weeks after returning from a major exhibition in the United States of America (USA). On 18 October 2009, Reid was admitted to the hospital for treatment of pneumonia.[2] She was flown from Alice Springs to Adelaide, where she died in the hospital on 20 October 2009, at the age of 50.[2]

Paul Sweeney, the general manager of Papunya Tula, praised Reid as an important artist and spokesperson.[2]

Exhibitions

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  • 2007 National Indigenous Art Triennial '07:Culture Warriors - 13 October 2007 - 10 February 2008 - The National Gallery of Australia.
  • 2009 National Indigenous Art Triennial '07:Culture Warriors. The National Gallery of Australia - Katzen Arts Centre, Washington, USA
  • 2009 Icons of the Desert - Early Aboriginal Paintings from Papunya - 1 September - 5 December, New York University Grey Art Gallery, USA, 2009[6]
  • 2009 Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art.
  • 2010 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art - Before and After Science - Art Gallery of South Australia - 27 February - 2 May 2010

Prizes

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  • 2008 - Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award - $4,000 general painting award - for an untitled work about a rockhole - Marrapinti.

Collections

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Doreen Reid Nakamarra". The Art Gallery of Western Australia. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Wilson, Ashleigh (30 October 2009). "Celebrated Aboriginal artist dead at 50". The Australian. Archived from the original on 12 April 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2009.
  3. ^ "art+soul". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  4. ^ Sweeney, Paul. "NAKAMARRA, Doreen Reid". National Indigenous Art Triennial '07:Culture Warriors. The National Gallery of Australia.
  5. ^ "25th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA)". Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory. Archived from the original on 30 October 2009.
  6. ^ "Icons of the Desert: Early Aboriginal Paintings from Papunya". Grey Art Gallery. 2 December 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Doreen Reid Nakamarra – Artists – eMuseum". localhost.
  8. ^ "Marrapinti". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  9. ^ "Untitled, (2007) by Doreen Reid Nakamarra".
  10. ^ "Women's ceremonies at Marrapinti". emuseum.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
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