The impact of the Tjapaltjarri Brothers

Posted by Central Art Aboriginal Art Store | 04.09.08

Author: Sabine Haider

Central Art recently launched a new exhibition Tjapaltjarri Brothers - The last nomads featuring work from Thomas, Walala and Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri.


The Tjapaltjarri Brothers have made an outstanding contribution to Australian art. Some of their exhibitions are documented below:


Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri Collections:

  • Kelton Foundation Collection, California, USA.

  • Macquarie Bank Collection, Sydney

  • Musee des Arts Africians et Oceaniens, Paris

  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri Exhibitions:

  • 2003 - Kintore Kiwirrkura, Melbourne.

  • 2002 - 2005 - Native Title Business - Contemporary Indigenous Art, a national travelling exhibition.

  • 1999 – Exhibition with Ray James Tjangala, Melbourne.

  • 1993 - Aboriginal Art Exhibition

  • 1991/92 - Friendly Country, Friendly People, Touring Exhibition, through Araluen Centre, Alice Springs.

  • 1990 – l’ete Australien a Montpellier, Musee Fabre Gallery, Montpellier, France.

  • 1989 - Mythscapes, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.


Walala Tjapaltjarri Collections:

  • AMP Investments Australia, Sydney Australia

  • Axiom Funds Management, Sydney Australia

  • Deutsche Morgan Grenfell, Perth Australia

  • El Paso Energy International Co, Houston, Texas USA

  • Epic Energy Australia, Brisbane Australia.

  • Flinders University, Adelaide Australia

  • Gantner Myer Aboriginal Art Collection CNC International Corporation, Sydney Australia

  • Hastings Funds Management, Melbourne Australia.

  • Kaplan & Levi Collection, Seattle, U.S.A.

  • New South Wales Art Gallery, Sydney Australia

  • The Kelton Foundation, Santa Monica, U.S.A.

Walala Tjapaltjarri Solo Exhibitions:

  • 1998 - Tingari - Men's Business, Coo-ee Gallery, Sydney Australia

  • Walala Tjapaltjarri Paintings, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne Australia

  • Tingari Cycle an exhibition of works by Walala Tjapaltjarri, Fire-Works

  • Gallery, Brisbane Australia


Walala Tjapaltjarri Group Exhibitions:

  • 2005 - Smoke: Campfire Group and other commissioned works, Fire-Works Gallery, Brisbane

  • 2004 - Papunya: Painters of the Western Desert, Addison Galleries, NSW Peintres Pintupi, Galerie DAD, Mantes-la-Jolie, France

  • 2000-01 - The Art of Place Exhibition, Australian Heritage Commission, National Tour 2000 - Walala Tjapaltjarri and Dr George Tjapaltjarri, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, Sydney Australia

  • Songlines: Walala Tjapaltjarri & Dorothy Napangardi, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, England My Country - Journeys of our Ancestors Ancient Earth Indigenous Art, Cairns, Australia

  • Lines, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane, QLD; Landmarks Exhibition Dar Festival, Brisbane Powerhouse, Queensland Australia

  • Fifth National Indigenous Heritage Art Award, Australian Heritage Commission, Canberra Australia

  • 17th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Australia

  • Melbourne ArtFair 2000', Melbourne

  • 1999 - Tingari Cycle, Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane, Australia

  • Spirit Country - The California Palace of the Legion of Honour, San Francisco, U.S.A; Recent Works by

  • Walala Tjapaltjarri and Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London

  • Painting the Desert Alliance Francaise de Canberra and the French Embassy. Canberra, Australia

  • 16th National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin Australia

  • 1998 - Tingari-My Dreaming, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle, Australia

  • 15th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin Australia

  • 1997 - 14th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin Australia

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