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Victor Ross Jupurrula

  • Skin Name:Jupurrula / Jupurrurla
  • Language:Warlpiri
  • Region:Yuendumu, Central Australia
  • Dreaming:Yarla (big yam), Ngarlajiyi (small yam), Warna (snake), Ngapa (water), Karrku (the site of ochre mines at Mt. Stanley), Janganpa (possum), Mukaki (bush plum), Karnta (two women), Watijarra (two men)
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Victor Ross Jupurrula

Biography

Victor Ross Jupurrula was born c.1952 at Napanangkajarra a region of Yuendumu, Central Australia.

Victor's Dreamings include Yarla (Big Yam) and Ngarlajiyi (Small Yam), Warna (Snake), Ngapa (Water), Karrku (the site of ochre mines at Mt. Stanley), Janganpa (Possum), Mukaki (Bush Plum, Karnta (Two Women) and Watijarra (Two Men).

Victor Ross Jupurrula is married to Dadu Gorey Nungarrayi and both paint for Warlukurlangu art centre at Yuendumu.

  • Aboriginal Artist dictionary of biographies Central Desert, Western Desert, Kimberley Region written by Janusz B. Kreczmanski & Margo Birnberg published by JB Publishing

Exhibitions

  • 1988 Yuendumu and Beyond, Melbourne
  • 1990 F.O.E. Community Art Space, Melbourne
  • 1992 Dreamtime Gallery, Gold Coast
  • 1993 Philip Bacon Gallery, Brisbane
  • 1994, 2000 Hogarth Galleries, Sydney
  • 2000 5th Biennale de Lyon, France
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