Yala Yala Gibbs Tjungarrayi (c. 1928 or 1924 – 1998) was a

Pintupi The Pintupi are an Australian Aboriginal group who are part of the Western Desert cultural group and whose traditional land is in the area west of Lake Macdonald and Lake Mackay in Western Australia. These people moved (or were moved) into ...

-speaking

Indigenous Australian Indigenous Australians or Australian First Nations are people with familial heritage from, and membership in, the ethnic groups that lived in Australia before British colonisation. They consist of two distinct groups: the Aboriginal peoples ...

artist. He was born at Iltuturunga, south-west of

Lake Macdonald Lake Macdonald (Pintupi: Karrkurutinyja) is an ephemeral lake that straddles the border between Western Australia and the Northern Territory. It lies south of Lake Mackay, and south-west of Kintore, Northern Territory. Lying in country inhabited ...

, in the Western Desert, close to the border of

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

and the Northern Terriitory. In 1963, together with his family he moved to

Papunya Papunya ( Pintupi-Luritja: ''Warumpi'') is a small Indigenous Australian community roughly northwest of Alice Springs (Mparntwe) in the Northern Territory, Australia. It is known as an important centre for Contemporary Indigenous Australian art ...

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

artist. He was a custodian of

sacred ceremonies and sites.

Collections

Works of his are held in the following art galleries/collections: *

MAGNT The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) is the main museum in the Northern Territory. The museum is located in the inner Darwin suburb of Fannie Bay. The MAGNT is governed by the Board of the Museum and Art Gallery of the ...

(''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 The Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) is an art museum located in South Bank, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The gallery is part of QAGOMA. It complements the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) building, situated only away. The Queensland Art Galler ...

(''Tingari men running towards Marrapinta'' 1984) *Kerry Stokes Collection (''Eaglehawk dreaming'' 1998)

References

External links

Yala Yala Gibbs Tjungurrayi

Cooee Art profile: Yala Yala Gibbs Tjungurrayi

Araluen 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