Yala Yala Gibbs Tjungarrayi (c. 1928 or 1924 – 1998) was a
Pintupi-speaking
Indigenous Australian artist. He was born at Iltuturunga, south-west of
Lake Macdonald, in the
Western Desert, close to the border of
Western Australia and the
Northern Terriitory.
In 1963, together with his family he moved to
Papunya in the Northern Territory. Tjungarrayi was one of the first group of artists painting in the
Papunya Tula
Papunya Tula, registered as Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, is an artist cooperative formed in 1972 in Papunya, Northern Territory, owned and operated by Aboriginal people from the Western Desert of Australia. The group is known for its innovative ...
cooperative from its beginnings in 1971.
His wife was
Ningura Napurrla, another
Papunya Tula
Papunya Tula, registered as Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, is an artist cooperative formed in 1972 in Papunya, Northern Territory, owned and operated by Aboriginal people from the Western Desert of Australia. The group is known for its innovative ...
artist.
He was a custodian of
Pintupi sacred ceremonies and sites.
Collections
Works of his are held in the following art galleries/collections:
*
MAGNT (''Kurrkati – Goanna Dreaming'' 1972 and ''Old Man Dreaming'' 1974)
*
NGA (''Five Women in the Kalipinypa Rain Dreaming Country'' 1972
and ''Wirrpi – Near Lake Macdonald'' 1997)
*
NGV (5 works, including ''Snake and water dreaming'', and ''Tingarri dreaming at Palintja'')
*
Queensland Art Gallery (''Tingari men running towards Marrapinta'' 1984)
*Kerry Stokes Collection (''Eaglehawk dreaming'' 1998)
References
External links
Yala Yala Gibbs TjungurrayiCooee Art profile: Yala Yala Gibbs TjungurrayiAraluen Art Centre: Yala Yala Gibbs Tjungurrayi
{{Central and Western Desert artists
Artists from the Northern Territory
Artists from Western Australia
Pintupi
Australian Aboriginal artists
20th-century Australian artists
1920s births
1998 deaths