Gideon Tjupurrula b. c.1927

Also known as Gideon Tjiparulla Jack
  • Artist (Painter)
Pintupi/Pitjantjatjara speaker who commenced painting for Papunya Tula Artists at Haasts Bluff in approximately 1976. He initially worked with a core group of Eastern Pintupi artists, and re-emerged as an artist with the establishment of Ikuntji Arts in the 1990s. His work is in major public and private collections.
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Name
Gideon Tjupurrula
Also known as Gideon Tjiparulla Jack
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Stockman
Birth date
c.1927
Birth note
in the vicinity of Lake Mackay
Death date
Death note
deceased
Active Period
  • c.1976-
Residence
  • Glen Helen, NT
  • c.1947- Haasts Bluff, NT
Training
  • Hermannsburg school, Hermannsburg, NT
Indigenous Australian
 
Dreaming
  • Lake Mackay
  • Mitukutjurrayi, Yuwalki
  • Rockhole
  • Women
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary
Copyright
  • Papunya Tula Artists, NT

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