Smithy Zimran b. 1949

Also known as Smithy Tjampitjinpa Zimmaron
  • Artist (Painter)
One of the most literate people in European terms in Kintore, Smithy served as Administrator of the Community Health Service and also painted occasionally for Papunya Tula Artists.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1994
Name
Smithy Zimran
Also known as Smithy Tjampitjinpa Zimmaron
Birth date
1949
Death date
2000
Death place
None
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Residence
  • Kintore
  • Papunya
  • Yuendumu
Other Occupation
  • Administrator of the Kintore Community Health Service, NT
Active Period
  • c.1988
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
Yes
Heritage Country
  • SW of Kintore around Lampintja
Initial Record Data Source
  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary
Copyright
  • Papunya Tula Artists, NT

Younger brother of Ronnie Tjampitjinpa and Yuyuya Nampitjinpa, Smithy Zimran came in to Yuendumu settlement as a baby and later joined other relatives at Papunya. One of the most literate people in European terms in Kintore, Smithy served as Administrator of the Community Health Service. He painted occasionally in the late 1980s. His country was south-west of Kintore around Lampintja.

Writers:
Johnson, Vivien
Date written:
1994
Last updated:
2011
sibling of
Ronnie Tjampitjinpa
1943
Artist (Painter)
sibling of
Yuyuya Nampitjinpa
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Ronnie Tjampitjinpa
1943
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Papunya Tula Artists, NT
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
Citations:
  • Johnson, V., (2008), Lives of the Papunya Tula Artists, (Place: IAD Press, Alice Springs, NT ISBN 978 1 86465 090 7) http://www.iadpress.com