GEORGE WARD TJUNGURRAYI

Language: Pintupi
Region: Kiwirrkurrra – Western Australia/Walungurru (Kintore) – Northern Territory
Date of Birth: c1945

Content: George commenced painting for Papunya Tula Artists around 1976.  George’s paintings often depict the Tingari Cycle and the travels of his ancestors throughout the country during mythological times.

Selected Collections:

• Artbank
• Kelton Foundation, Los Angeles, USA
• Holmes a Court, Perth, Western Australia
• Supreme Court of the Northern Territory, Darwin
• Groninger Museum, Groninger, Netherlands

Awards:

• 2004 Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales