George Tjangala Yapa b. c.1945

Also known as George Yapa Yapa Tjangala
  • Artist (Painter)
George Yapa's paintings depict an Eagle Hawk Dreaming, and Tingari stories from his traditional country around Kirrpinga and Kiwirrkura. He first painted for Papunya Tula Artists in the late 1970s.
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Name
George Tjangala Yapa
Also known as George Yapa Yapa Tjangala
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Birth date
c.1945
Birth place
Witingu, WA
Birth note
close to Jupiter Well and present day Kiwirrkura
Active Period
  • c.1976 - c.2008
Residence
  • c.1981 - c.1984 Kintore, NT
  • c.1984 - c.2008 Kiwirrkura, WA
  • c.1963 - c.1981 Papunya, NT
Indigenous Australian
 
Heritage Country
  • Kirrpinga, WA
Dreaming
  • Eagle Hawk
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary
Copyright
  • Papunya Tula Artists, NT

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Related people
  • Tjangala, Uta Uta (associate of)
  • Tarawa, Charlie Tjungarrayi (associate of)
  • Tjampitjinpa, Anatjari (child of)
Related works
  • Tingari stories from around Kiwirrkura (creator of)
Related collections
  • Museum Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)