Ronnie Tjampitjinpa b. c.1943

  • Artist (Painter)
Pintupi artist and homelands activist who developed into one of Papunya Tula Artist's leading painters in the late 1980s. He had his first solo show at Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi in 1989 and was included in the the 1993 "Australia Perspecta". He is represented in major public and private collections.
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Ronnie Tjampitjinpa
Date
2015
Place
Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW
Description

Celebrating the 40-year career of leading Aboriginal painter Ronnie Tjampitjinpa.

Pintupi artist Ronnie Tjampitjinpa was one of the youngest of the group of men who began painting at Papunya in 1971, which led to the emergence of the Western Desert art movement. A founder of the hugely influential Papunya Tula Artists, he became as one of their major painters in the early 1990s and continues to paint today.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Australian Perspecta 1993
Date
1993
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Date
1989
Place
Gabrielle Pizzi Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Description
Type
Exhibition

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