Uta Uta Tjangala b. c.1925

Also known as Uta Uta Jangala, Uta Uta Tjungala, Wuta Wuta Tjangala, Uata Uata Tjangala No 2
Uta Uta was a gardener at the Papunya School, whose friendship with Geoffrey Bardon sparked off the involvement of a dozen other Pintupi men at the very beginning of the painting enterprise at Papunya. Uta Uta later emerged as the grand old man of Pintupi painting at Kintore.
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Name
Uta Uta Tjangala
Also known as:
  • Uta Uta Jangala
  • Uta Uta Tjungala
  • Wuta Wuta Tjangala
  • Uata Uata Tjangala No 2
Gender
Male
Other Occupation
  • gardener
Birth date
c.1925
Death date
14 December 1990
Death place
Alice Springs Hospital, NT
Active Period
  • c.1925 - c.1990
Residence
  • Muyinnga, west of Kintore, NT
Indigenous Australian
 
Dreaming
  • Carpet Snake
  • Emu
  • Old Man
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary
Copyright
  • Papunya Tula Artists

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  • Tjampitjinpa, Anatjari (associate of)
  • Campbell, Dini Tjampitjinpa (associate of)
  • Tjakamarra, John (associate of)
  • Tjapangati, Kanya (associate of)
  • Tjapangati, Charlie (associate of)
  • Jackson, Shorty Tjampitjinpa (parent of)
  • Bardon, Geoffrey (associate of)
  • Gibson, Yala Yala (associate of)
  • Tjampitjinpa, Anatjari (associate of)
  • Campbell, Dini Tjampitjinpa (associate of)
  • Tjakamarra, John (associate of)
  • Tjapangati, Kanya (associate of)
  • Tjapangati, Charlie (associate of)
  • Jackson, Shorty Tjampitjinpa (parent of)
  • Bardon, Geoffrey (associate of)