 George Tjungurrayi "Tingari" Cat No. 9290 Size = 90 x 120 cm. Acrylic on Linen |
 George Tjungurrayi "Tingari" Cat No. 9349 Size = 90 x 120 cm. Acrylic on Linen |
 George Tjungurrayi "Tingari" Cat No. 9291 Size = 90 x 120 cm. Acrylic on Linen |
Born: c. 1947 State: WA,NT Region: Kiwirrkura, Lake Mackay, Western Desert Community: Kintore Outstation: Karkun, WalaWala, Kilpiny Language: Pintupi Social Affiliation: Tjungurrayi subsection Subjects: Tingari, Kuniya at Karrilwarra Collections: National Gallery of Australia. National Gallery of Victoria. Art Gallery of New South Wales. Art Gallery of South Australia. Supreme Court of the Northern Territory, Darwin, N.T. Musee des Arts d'Afrique et d'Oceanie. Artbank. Groninger Museum, The Netherlands. Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. Exhibitions: Solo Exhibitions: 1997 Utopia Art Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 1998 Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 2002 Utopia Art Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 2003 'Paintings from Mamultjulkulnga and Kirrimalunya', Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Group Exhibitions: 2005 - Papunya Tula Artists, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne; Decouvrir, Rever, Investir, Australian Embassy, Paris, France; Papunya Tula Artists - new work for a new space, Utopia Art Sydney. 2002 - MERIDIAN: Focus on Contemporary Australian Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. 1991/92, Friendly Country, Friendly People, Touring Exhibition, through Araluen Centre, Alice Springs. Select Bibliography: Johnson, V., 1994, The Dictionary of Western Desert Artists, Craftsman House, East Roseville, New South Wales. (C) Note: Named in the 2003 "50 Most Collectable Artist" Australian Art Collector magazine. © Discovery Media, Documentation Pty Ltd, and the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Notes: George "hairbrush" Tjungurrayi was born c.1947 near Kiwirrkurra in the Gibson Desert, Western Australia. George commenced painting in Papunya about 1976 for Papunya Tula Artists. His older brother Willy Tjungurrayi is also a well known Pintupi artist. George is considered one of the most respected senior artists from the Western Desert. George's paintings most often represent specific sacred sites located in his ancestral country associated with Tingari Ancestors which were created throughout the "tjukurrpa" or dreamtime.
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