Wingu Tingima b. c.1930

  • Artist (Painter)
Senior Pitjantjatjara artist who lives between Irrunytju and Nyapari. Many of her richly textured and coloured paintings allude to the narratives of the epic Minyma Tjuta Tjukurpa (Seven Sister Dreaming).
Name
Wingu Tingima
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Birth date
c.1930
Birth place
Nyumun, WA
Birth note
A rockhole near Kuru Ala, WA
Residence
  • Ernabella, SA
  • Nyapari, SA
  • Irrunytju, WA
Indigenous Australian
 
Heritage Country
  • Kuru Ala, WA
  • Nyumun, WA
Dreaming
  • Minyma Tjuta Tjukurpa (Seven Sister Dreaming)
Indigenous Language Groups
  • Pitjantjatjara
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Irrunytju Archive 2001-2006