Timmy Tjapangati Payungka b. c.1935

Also known as Timmy Payungu, Tim Payunka, Timmy Pyungu Japangardi, Tim Tjapangati Payungka
  • Artist (Painter)
Part of the original group of painters at Papunya in 1971, Tim Payungka was a key ritual figure, who painted Dreaming stories from around Lake Mackay and Parrayilpil.
Name
Timmy Tjapangati Payungka
Also known as:
  • Timmy Payungu
  • Tim Payunka
  • Timmy Pyungu Japangardi
  • Tim Tjapangati Payungka
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Birth date
c.1935
Birth place
west of Central Lake Mackay, WA
Death date
2000
Active Period
  • c.1971 - c.2000
Residence
  • c.1985 - c.1995 Kiwirrkura, WA
  • c.1981 - c.1985 Kintore, NT
  • Alice Springs, NT
  • c.1962 - c.1981 Papunya, NT
  • Haasts Bluff, NT
Indigenous Australian
 
Dreaming
  • Water
  • Snake
  • Dingo
  • Dancing Women
Indigenous Language Groups
  • Pintupi
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary
Copyright
  • Papunya Tula Artists, NT