Shorty Tjungarrayi Lungkarda b. c.1920

Also known as Shorty Lungkata Tjungurrayi, Jungarai
  • Artist (Painter)
A senior lawman and key figure in the Pintupi community in Papunya in the early days of the painting enterprise, renowned for his hunting and dancing skills and his bold, intense paintings, now exhibited in major public galleries and museums.
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One of the last men to join the original painting group in Papunya according to Geoffrey Bardon, who recalled that he spoke almost no English, drawing on the translating services of other Pintupi in the group or his friend Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula , when he needed to communicate his painting needs. Within the Pintupi community at Papunya he was one of the leading senior men, renowned for his hunting and dancing skill and as a ceremonial leader. He moved to Kintore in the early ’80s, closer to his heritage country in the Gibson Desert south of Lake McDonald. He painted Blue-Tongue Lizard, Goanna, Bush Banana, Snake and Bandicoot Dreamings for this area. After her father’s death, he raised Linda Syddick , and later taught her to paint. Collections: Queensland Art Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria, Museums & Art Galleries of NT, SA Museum etc.

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Johnson, Vivien Note: primary biographer
Date written:
1994
Last updated:
2011

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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 7url:, .>, <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.>] [<ExternalResource: Johnson, V. (2008), 'Lives of the Papunya Tula Artists', IAD Press, Alice Springs, NT ISBN 978 1 86465 090 7url:, .>]