Willy Tjungurrayi
- Skin Name:Tjungurrayi
- Language:Pintupi
- Region:Kintore, Western Desert
- Dreaming:Tingari cycle
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Biography
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.
- 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
- National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
- Homes a Court Collection
- Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
- Artbank
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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
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