Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri

Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri was born c. 1958 east of Kirwirrkurra, Western Australia. Warlimpirrnga came to Kiwirrkurra with his family in 1984. This family group was considered to be one of the last Pintupi who made contact with modern Australia. His art is a very important testimony to the time-honored way of living and the beliefs that sustained the Aboriginal people for centuries.

Warlimpirrnga began painting for Papunya Tula Artists on canvas with acrylics only three years after emerging from his traditional country around Wilkinkarra (Lake Mackay).

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Collections:

Kelton Foundation Collection, California, USA
Macquarie Bank Collection, Sydney
Musee des Arts Africians et Oceaniens, Paris
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Exhibitions:

1989 - Mythscapes, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1990 - I'ete Australien a Montpellier, Musee Fabre Gallery, Montpellier, France
1991, 1992 - Friendly Country, Friendly People, Touring Exhibition, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs
1993 - Aboriginal Art Exhibition
1999 - Exhibition with Ray James Tjangala, Melbourne
2002-2005 - Native Title Business - Contemporary Indigenous Art, a national travelling exhibition
2003 - Kintore Kiwirrkurra, Melbourne

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Source: Kreczmanski, Janusz B & Birnberg, Margo (eds.): Aboriginal Artists: Dictionary of Biographies: Central Desert, Western Desert & Kimberley Region (JB Publishing Australia, Marleston, 2004)

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