Central Art recently launched a new exhibition Tjapaltjarri Brothers - The last nomads featuring work from Thomas, Walala and Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri.

The Tjapaltjarri Brothers have made an outstanding contribution to Australian art. Some of their exhibitions are documented below:

Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri Collections:

• Kelton Foundation Collection, California, USA.


• Macquarie Bank Collection, Sydney


• Musee des Arts Africians et Oceaniens, Paris


• National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri Exhibitions:

• 2003 - Kintore Kiwirrkura, Melbourne.


• 2002 - 2005 - Native Title Business - Contemporary Indigenous Art, a national travelling exhibition.


• 1999 – Exhibition with Ray James Tjangala, Melbourne.


• 1993 - Aboriginal Art Exhibition


• 1991/92 - Friendly Country, Friendly People, Touring Exhibition, through Araluen Centre, Alice Springs.


• 1990 – l’ete Australien a Montpellier, Musee Fabre Gallery, Montpellier, France.


• 1989 - Mythscapes, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.

Walala Tjapaltjarri Collections:

• AMP Investments Australia, Sydney Australia


• Axiom Funds Management, Sydney Australia


• Deutsche Morgan Grenfell, Perth Australia


• El Paso Energy International Co, Houston, Texas USA


• Epic Energy Australia, Brisbane Australia.


• Flinders University, Adelaide Australia


• Gantner Myer Aboriginal Art Collection CNC International Corporation, Sydney Australia


• Hastings Funds Management, Melbourne Australia.


• Kaplan & Levi Collection, Seattle, U.S.A.


• New South Wales Art Gallery, Sydney Australia


• The Kelton Foundation, Santa Monica, U.S.A.

Walala Tjapaltjarri Solo Exhibitions:

• 1998 - Tingari - Men's Business, Coo-ee Gallery, Sydney Australia


• Walala Tjapaltjarri Paintings, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne Australia


• Tingari Cycle an exhibition of works by Walala Tjapaltjarri, Fire-Works


• Gallery, Brisbane Australia

Walala Tjapaltjarri Group Exhibitions:

• 2005 - Smoke: Campfire Group and other commissioned works, Fire-Works Gallery, Brisbane


• 2004 - Papunya: Painters of the Western Desert, Addison Galleries, NSW Peintres Pintupi, Galerie DAD, Mantes-la-Jolie, France


• 2000-01 - The Art of Place Exhibition, Australian Heritage Commission, National Tour 2000 - Walala Tjapaltjarri and Dr George Tjapaltjarri, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, Sydney Australia


• Songlines: Walala Tjapaltjarri & Dorothy Napangardi, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, England My Country - Journeys of our Ancestors Ancient Earth Indigenous Art, Cairns, Australia


• Lines, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane, QLD; Landmarks Exhibition Dar Festival, Brisbane Powerhouse, Queensland Australia


• Fifth National Indigenous Heritage Art Award, Australian Heritage Commission, Canberra Australia


• 17th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Australia


• Melbourne ArtFair 2000', Melbourne


• 1999 - Tingari Cycle, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane, Australia


• Spirit Country - The California Palace of the Legion of Honour, San Francisco, U.S.A; Recent Works by


• Walala Tjapaltjarri and Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London


• Painting the Desert Alliance Francaise de Canberra and the French Embassy. Canberra, Australia


• 16th National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin Australia


• 1998 - Tingari-My Dreaming, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle, Australia


• 15th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin Australia


• 1997 - 14th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin Australia

(Photo: Tjapaltjarri Brothers - The last nomads © 2009 Central Art)