Willy Tjungurrayi

Born at Patjantja in the area of Wilkinkarra (Lake Mackay), Willy Tjungurrayi came to Haasts Bluff and then moved to Papunya. He is the younger brother of Yala Yala Gibbs Tjungurrayi (now deceased), who was a famous artist. In 1976, Willy Tjungurrayi commenced painting the traditional Tingari cycle of stories.

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Collections:

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Homes a Court Collection
Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
Artbank

Exhibitions:

1973 "Warlpiri and Pintupi Art", Angaston
1981 "Aboriginal Artists of Australia"
1985 "Dot and Circle", RMIT, Melbourne
1986 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1989 Westpac Gallery, Melbourne
1989 "Mythscapes", National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1993 Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
1994, 2000 Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs
1999 Flinders Art Museum , Flinders University, Adelaide
2000 "Twenty-five years and Beyond", Art Gallery of NSW (in association with Papunya Tula Artists), Sydney
2001 "Pintupi", Alice Springs

Central Art Exhibitions:

Pintupi: Tingari Cycle by Willy Tjungurrayi

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

Artist: Willy Tjungurrayi

Skin Name: Tjungurrayi

Language: Pintupi

Region: Kintore

Vendor: Central Art

Dreaming: Tingari cycle

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