Graham Tjupurrula

Graham Tjupurrula was born in 1975 and is the grandson of well known artist Helicopter Tjungarrayi. He is married to Alison Nungarrayi, they have three children and live at Balgo and Kintore in the Western desert.

Graham uses acrylic paint to depict men’s Tingari stories and Dingo dreamings. The surface narrative elements that are often termed the painting’s story or ''Dreaming'' are only one level of an Aboriginal painting’s true significance.

The imagery employed by Aboriginal artists has a deep cultural resonance that defies simple logic or narrative interpretations. Graham Tjupurrula's art is influenced by examples of the old Pintupi artists who use a very restricted colour palette in depicting the traditional stories.

One of his works was used as a motif on an Australian stamp for international postage in 2003.

Central Art is unable to display a photograph of the artist due to poor quality.

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