Pigeon Dreaming | GA-2736

DOB: c.1944 – 2007

Birthplace: The Granites, NT

Skin name: Nakamarra, Puyurrpa

Language: Warlpiri/Warnayaka

Community: Lajamanu, Katherine, NT



Beryl Gibson commenced painting during the Traditional Painting Course at Lajamanu in 1986. Her paintings depict the traditional stories including Mulga Seed from Miya-Miya and Janganpa (Possum). She and her sister Barbara Gibson Nakamarra (now deceased), were co-wives of Paddy Gibson Japaltjarri (now deceased) who was also a painter.

Beryl also worked as an assistant teacher at Lajamanu school in the late 1980s.

Selected exhibitions:
1987 Hogarth Galleries, Sydney; 1989 Dreamtime Gallery, Perth; 1989 Lorraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne; 1989 Westpac Gallery Melbourne; 1990 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; 1993 Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth.

Selected collections:
National Gallery of Western Australia, Perth; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.