Willy Tjungarrayi b. 1930 Patjantja, south-west of Lake Mackay, WA

Also known as Willie Tjungurrayi
  • Artist (Painter)
Began painting for Papunya Tula Artists in 1976 and after three decades is one of the most senior Pintupi men painters.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1994
Name
Willy Tjungarrayi
Also known as Willie Tjungurrayi
Birth date
c.1930
Birth place
Patjantja, south-west of Lake Mackay, WA
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Residence
  • 1994 Kintore, NT
  • c.1950- Papunya, NT
  • c.1955- c.1959 Haasts Bluff, NT
Active Period
  • c.1976-
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
Yes
Heritage Country
  • Patjantja
  • Tjitikulpa
  • Yumari
  • Malka
  • Warrabri
  • Tjukurla, WA
  • Kulkuta
Initial Record Data Source
  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary
Copyright
  • Papunya Tula Artists, NT

Born south-west of Lake Mackay, c. 1930, Willy was raised in the bush. It was Charlie Tarawa’s camels that eventually led the family in to Haasts Bluff in the late ’50s. They later moved to Papunya where Willy began painting for Papunya Tula Artists in 1976 and later became one of the senior Pintupi men painters. In the early ’80s he joined the move back to the Pintupi homelands to live with family in Kintore. His country lies to the south west of Kintore – around Kulkuta, Tjukurla, Warrabri, Malka, Yumari, Tjitikulpa and Patjantja.

Writers:
Johnson, Vivien Note: primary biographer
Date written:
1994
Last updated:
2011
associate of
Charlie Tjungarrayi Tarawa
1925
Artist (Painter)
Charlie Tarawa's camels led the family in to Haasts Bluff in the late '50s
associate of
Papunya Tula Artists, NT
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
Collections
Citations:
  • Johnson, V., (2008), Lives of the Papunya Tula Artists, (Place: IAD Press, Alice Springs, NT ISBN 978 1 86465 090 7url: http://www/iadpress.com) http://www.iadpress.com