Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri
- Skin Name:Tjapaltjarri
- Language:Pintupi
- Region:Kiwirrkurra, Western Desert
- Dreaming:Tingari cycle
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Biography
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).
- 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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Collections
- Kelton Foundation Collection, California, USA
- Macquarie Bank Collection, Sydney
- Musee des Arts Africians et Oceaniens, Paris
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
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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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