Riley Tjangala Major b. c.1945

  • Artist (Painter)
One of a new generation of Pintupi artists who began working for Papunya Tula Artists after the establishment of the Pintupi homeland settlement at Kintore in 1981. Painting regularly for the company throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, his work is in major public and private collections.
Name
Riley Tjangala Major
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Kintore Council Chairman (ANZSIC code: 7530)
  • Papunya Council Secretary (ANZSIC code: 7530)
  • Stockman (ANZSIC code: 0529)
  • Cleaner (ANZSIC code: 7311)
Birth date
c.1945
Birth place
Putjarra, NT
Active Period
  • c.1982-
Residence
  • c.1970 - c.1972 Ikuntji (Haasts Bluff), NT
  • c.1975- Papunya, NT
  • c.1981- Walangkura (Kintore), NT
  • c.1967 - c.1969 Papunya, NT
  • Iwupataka (Jay Creek), NT
  • c.1950- Ikuntji (Haasts Bluff), NT
Training
  • 1982
  • Mission school, Ntaria (Hermannsburg), NT
Indigenous Australian
 
Heritage Country
  • Muruntji, NT
  • Piltarta, NT
Dreaming
  • Snake
Indigenous Language Groups
  • Pintupi
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary
Copyright
  • Papunya Tula Artists