George Tjungurrayi Ward b.

  • Artist (Painter)
George Ward first painted for Papunya Tula Artists in the mid 1980s at Kiwirrkura, close to his birthplace.
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Born 'in the bush’ south east of Kiwirrkura, he arrived in Papunya in the early ’60s with one of Jeremy Long’s Welfare Branch patrols. He subsequently lived in Warburton, Wiluna and Jigalong before returning to Pintupi country and residing in Kintore in the early 1980s. Though he observed the work of the painting company in Kintore, it was not until the mid ’80s when he moved to the newly established settlement of Kiwirrkura closer to his heritage country that he began to paint for Papunya Tula Artists. His subjects are the Tingari stories for his country including Snake and Kuningka (Native Cat) Dreamings in the Waralunga/Kulkuta area south-east of Kiwirrkura.

Writers:
Johnson, Vivien Note: primary biographer
Date written:
1994
Last updated:
2011

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