Freddy Tjakamarra West b. c.1932

Also known as Freddy West
  • Artist (Painter)
Freddy West was one of the pioneering painters of Papunya Tula Artists early years, and a strong force behind the establishment of the Pintupi community, Kiwirrkura, in the early 1980s. His work is held in major public and private collections.
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Name
Freddy Tjakamarra West
Also known as Freddy West
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Birth date
c.1932
Birth place
near Kiwirrkura, WA
Birth note
around present-day Kiwirrkura
Death date
1994
Active Period
  • c.1981-
  • c.1971-
Residence
  • c.1961- Papunya, NT
  • c.1984- Kiwirrkura, WA
  • c.1981 - c.1983 Walangkura (Kintore), NT
Indigenous Australian
 
Heritage Country
  • Yunalla
  • Wilkinkarra
  • Jigalong
  • Muntardi
Indigenous Language Groups
  • Pintupi
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary
Copyright
  • Papunya Tula Artists

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References [<ExternalResource: Johnson, V. (2008), 'Lives of the Papunya Tula Artists', IAD Press, Alice Springs, NT ISBN 978 1 86465 090 7.>, <ExternalResource: Bardon, Geoffrey and Bardon, James (2004), 'Papunya: A Place Made After the Story; The Beginnings of the Western Desert Painting Movement', Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, VIC ISBN-10 : 0-522-85110-X / ISBN-13: 978-0522851106.>]