Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri

Artist: Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri

Skin Name: Tjapaltjarri

Language Group: Pintupi

Region: Gibson Desert

Vendor: Utopian Aboriginal Art

Born late 1950’s in the Gibson Desert

Warlimpirrnga had a traditional nomadic childhood with eight others of his extended family (including his brothers Walala and Thomas). In October 1984 they made international news when they had first contact with ‘the outside world and Europeans” by moving to Kiwirrkura. Warlimpirrnga began painting on canvas in 1987 for Papunya Tula Artists. His first eleven paintings were exhibited in Melbourne in 1988, purchased and donated to the National Gallery of Victoria.

Story: Wilkinkarra (Lake Mackay), Western Australia

Collections:

• National Gallery of Victoria
• Musee Des Branly, Paris