Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1948 -

Born in Haasts Bluff, West of Alice Springs, Ngoia Pollard is the daughter of Angoona Nangala and Jim Tjungurrayi. She was brought up in Haasts Bluff and remembers when people rode on camels to get anywhere. From there,
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Ngoia moved to Pupunya where she was educated, among her classmates was the renowned artist Lily Kelly Napanagrdi.

In 2004 Ngoia received First Prize in the Advocate Central Australian Award and followed that up in 2006 with the most prestigious prize in aboriginal art, the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award (NATSIAA) for a representation of Talarada.

Her husband, the now deceased Jack Tjampijinpa Pollard was a very important artist and painted for the Papunya Tula Artists. Ngoia began painting in 1997, painting her father's country, which is a sacred Walpiri Territory associated with narratives relating to 'water snake'.

In 2006 Ngoia traveled to Copenhagen, Denmark for a major art exhibition at the Knud Grothe Gallery, were she was artist in residence alongside Lilly Kelly Napangardi. Ngoia also led the traditional dance for the opening night and the Danish people were very taken by Ngoia's art and cultural offerings.