Tuppy Ngintja Goodwin
Tuppy Ngintja Goodwin is a Pitjantjatjara woman from Mimili in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands in the remote north-west of South Australia. She is a painter working with Mimili Maku Arts where she is a director and, through her work and dance, is committed to fostering traditional law and culture.Life and painting
Goodwin was born in Bumbali Creek and she came to Mimili, when it was still a cattle station called Everard Park, as a baby. A number of her siblings are also artists, including Robin Kankapankatja and Margaret Dodd.
Goodwin spent much of her life working at the Mimili Anangu School as a pre-school teacher and retired in 2009.
Goodwin has been painting with Mimili Maku Arts since 2010 and, like many others at the centre, paints her Tjukurpa and has a particular focus on Antara, a sacred rockhole at Bumbali Creek and a site where the women of the are perform inmaku pakani; a dance ceremony where the women would paint their bodies in red ochre. Goodwin also paints Tjala Dreaming
Goodwin's paintings have a distinct style that has resulted in great success, with fluid brushstrokes overlaying solid masses of colour that bring texture to the canvas. She was a finalist in the 2010 Telstra Aboriginal and Torres Strait Art Awards in Darwin and her work is held in many important collections including: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria and the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Goodwin's late husband was Kunmanara Williams.
