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Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri b. c.1932

Also known as Clifford Possum
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Carver)
Leading Papunya Tula artist. One of last men to join Geoffrey Bardon's group of 'painting men' at the beginning of the 1970s and the first to be recognised as an artist in his own right. His illustrious career has been the subject of several books and a major retrospective organised by the Art Gallery of South Australia, which toured nationally in 2003/5.
  • Biographical Data b. c.1932 Napperby station, Napperby, NT, Napperby Station, NT
  • Biography 1 biography
  • Associates 23 people
  • Groups 1 group
  • Works 7 works
  • Exhibitions 11 exhibitions
  • Collections 11 collections
  • Recognitions 6 recognitions
  • References 3 references
  • received
    Officer of the Order of Australia
    Dates
    2002
    Recognition type
    Award
    Description

    For 'Service as a contributor to and pioneer of the development of the Western Desert art movement and to the Indigenous community through interpretation of ancient traditions and cultural values’

  • received
    2 large commissions, for the new Strehlow Research Foundation Alice Springs and the new Alice Springs Airport
    Dates
    1991
    Recognition type
    Award
  • received
    Visited USA - St Louis, New York
    Dates
    1989
    Recognition type
    Award
  • received
    Mural design Araluen Arts Centre Alice Springs
    Dates
    1985
    Recognition type
    Award
  • received
    Alice Springs Art Prize
    Dates
    1983
    Recognition type
    Award
  • received
    Chairman of Papunya Tula Artists during early 1980s
    Dates
    1980
    Recognition type
    Award
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Updated June 4, 2012
Created Jan. 1, 1994
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