Paddy Lewis Tjapanangka
D.O.B
c.1925
Birthsite
Lappi Lappi nr. Nyirrpi N.T.
Language
Walpiri
Historical
Paddy Lewis is the traditional custodian for the site referred to as Minna Minna. This site is associated with the creation stories for the “water dreaming” or Tjukurrpa in this region. Paddy is the father of Dorothy Napangardi.
Painting
Paddy started painting for the Warlukurlangu Arts Centre in the 1980’s. His traditional style for depicting the iconography associated with the Minna Minna dreaming site has provided a significant historical record of the designs used for the traditional sand mosaics during tribal ceremony.
Exhibitions
Paddy exhibited in the “Yuendumu – Paintings out of the Desert” exhibition at the South Australian Museum, 1988. “Minna Minna” exhibition Hogarth Gallery, Sydney, 1999. Chapman Gallery, Canberra, 2002. Group exhibition, Hogarth Gallery, Sydney, 2004.
