John Tjakamarra b. c.1935

Also known as John Kipara Tjakamarra, John Jagamara
  • Artist (Painter)
A member of one of Pintupi groups who arrived in Papunya from the desert in the early 1960s, he painted with a core group of Pintupi artists in the Papunya Tula company's earliest days. His work is held in major public and private collections in Australia and overseas.
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associate of
Freddy Tjakamarra West
1932
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Yala Yala Gibbs
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associate of
Uta Uta Tjangala
1935
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References [<ExternalResource: Johnson, V. (2008), 'Lives of the Papunya Tula Artists', IAD Press, Alice Springs, NT ISBN 978 1 86465 090 7url:, .>, <ExternalResource: Johnson, V. (2008), 'Lives of the Papunya Tula Artists', IAD Press, Alice Springs, NT ISBN 978 1 86465 090 7.>, <ExternalResource: Bardon, Geoffrey and Bardon, James (2004), 'Papunya: A Place Made After the Story; The Beginnings of the Western Desert Painting Movement', Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, VIC ISBN-10 : 0-522-85110-X / ISBN-13: 978-0522851106.>] [<ExternalResource: Johnson, V. (2008), 'Lives of the Papunya Tula Artists', IAD Press, Alice Springs, NT ISBN 978 1 86465 090 7url:, .>]