Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri b. c.1932

Also known as Clifford Possum
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Carver)
Leading Papunya Tula artist. One of last men to join Geoffrey Bardon's group of 'painting men' at the beginning of the 1970s and the first to be recognised as an artist in his own right. His illustrious career has been the subject of several books and a major retrospective organised by the Art Gallery of South Australia, which toured nationally in 2003/5
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  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary

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Related recognitions
  • Officer of the Order of Australia (received)
  • 2 large commissions, for the new Strehlow Research Foundation Alice Springs and the new Alice Springs Airport (received)
  • Visited USA - St Louis, New York (received)
  • Mural design Araluen Arts Centre Alice Springs (received)
  • Alice Springs Art Prize (received)
  • Chairman of Papunya Tula Artists during early 1980s (received)
  • Officer of the Order of Australia (received)
  • 2 large commissions, for the new Strehlow Research Foundation Alice Springs and the new Alice Springs Airport (received)
  • Visited USA - St Louis, New York (received)
  • Mural design Araluen Arts Centre Alice Springs (received)
  • Chairman of Papunya Tula Artists during early 1980s (received)
  • Alice Springs Art Prize (received)