Walangkura Napanangka was born in 1946 at Tjiturulnga, west of Walungurru (Kintore) in the far west of the Northern Territory. Her parents were Inyuwa Nampitjinpa and Tutuma Tjapangati, who were also artists. Her family was among a group of Pintupi people who made their way to the Ikuntji settlement (Haasts Bluff) in 1956. They walked [...]

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 Walala Tjapaltjarri is a Pintupi man who was born in the early 1960s at Marua, east of Kiwirrkurra in the Gibson Desert. Walala arrived with his family at Kiwirrkura in 1984 after walking out of the Gibson Desert, where they had been leading the traditional life of the nomadic Pintupi in the region near Wilkinkarra [...]

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Thomas Tjapaltjarri was born c.1964. In 1984 Thomas, with his brothers Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri, Walala Tjapaltjarri and other Pintupi family members walked out from the desert, west of Lake Mackay into Kiwirrkura. The group of nine made national headlines and became known as ‘the last nomads’, as this was their first contact with non- Aboriginal people.
 
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Patrick Oloodoodi Tjungurrayi was born near Jupiter Wells, Western Australia c.1935. Patrick divides his time between the Pintupi homeland community of Kiwirrkura and Balgo. His paintings are often a reflection of the varying influences of these two communities. Patrick is a senior Lawman possessing intimate knowledge of traditional ceremonies for the country around Balgo, Kiwirrkura [...]

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Ningara Napurrula was born at Watulka, south of Kiwirrkurra, Western Australia c.1938. She is the widow of Yala Yala Gibbs Tjungurrayi (deceased) a highly respected Pintupi elder who held significant knowledge of his countries Dreaming stories. As did her husband, Ningara also paints for Papunya Tula Artists, graphically depicting, through the use of texture and [...]

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