Walala Tjapaltjarri Biography
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DATE OF BIRTH: 1938
REGION: Kiwirrkurra, Western Desert
LANGUAGE GROUP: Pintupi
COLLECTIONS
AMP Investments Australia, Sydney
Axiom Funds Management, Sydney
Deutsche Morgan Grenfell, Perth
El Paso Energy International Co, Houston, Texas, USA
Epic Energy Australia, Brisbane
Flinders University, Adelaide
Gantner Myer Aboriginal Art Collection, CNC International Corporation, Sydney
Hastings Funds Management, Melbourne
Kaplan & Levi Collection, Seattle, USA
New South Wales Art Gallery, Sydney
The Kelton Foundation, Santa Monica, USA
EXHIBITIONS
2005 Smoke: Campfire Group and other commissioned works, Fireworks
2004 Papunya: Painters of the Western Desert, Addison Galleries, NSW Peintres Pintupi Galerie DAD, Mantes-la-Jolie, France
2000-2001 The Art of Place Exhibition, Australian Heritage Commission, National Tour
2000 Walala Tjapaltjarri and Dr George Tjapaltjarri, Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery, Sydney
2000 Songlines: Walala Tjapaltjarri and Dorothy Napangardi, Rebecca Hossask Gallery, London
2000 My Country - Journeys of our Ancestors Ancient Earth Indigenous Art, Cairns
2000 Lines, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane
2000 Landmarks Exhibition Dar Festival, Brisbane Powerhouse, QLD
2000 5th National Indigenous Heritage Art Award, Australian Heritage Commission, Canberra
2000 17th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
2000 Melbourne Art Fair 2000, Melbourne
1999 Tingari Cycle, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane
1999 Spirit Country, The California Palace of the Legion of Honour, San Francisco, USA
1999 Recent Works by Walala Tjapaltjarri and Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
1999 Painting the Desert, Alliance Francaise de Canberra and the French Embassy, Canberra
1999 16th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
1998 Tingari - Men's Business, Coo-ee Gallery, Sydney
1998 Walala Tjapaltjarri Paintings, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne
1998 Tingari Cycle - an exhibition of works by Walala Tjapaltjarri, Fire-works Gallery, Brisbane
1998 Tingari - My Dreaming, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle
1998 15th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
1997 14th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
