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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Exhibitions:

1973 "Warlpiri and Pintubi Art"
1981 "Aboriginal Arts 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. Selected collections: National Gallery of Australia
Canberra Holmes a Court Collection Art Gallery of NSW
Sydney Artbank. Biography details obtained: Aboriginal Artists dictionary biographies - Central Desert
Western Desert & Kimberley region
written by Janusz B Kreczmanski & Margo Birnberg.

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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