WALALA TJAPALTJARRI

Language: Pintupi
Region:  Kiwirrkurra (WA)
Date of Birth: c1969

In 1984 Walala and his family were amongst a group of people who walked from the desert and made their first contact with present-day society.

Content: Walala mainly depicts sacred ceremonies and sites located in his ancestral country associated with the Tingari cycle. Many of his paintings describe the journeys of his ancestors during the Dreamtime.

Selected Collections: 

• Flinders University, Adelaide
• Kaplan and Levi Collection, Seattle, USA
• Kelton Foundation, Santa Monica, USA
• AMP Collection
• Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney