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George Ward Tjungurrayi, Tingara
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George Ward Tjungurrayi
Born: c. 1940
Region: Central & Western Desert
Community: Kintore
Language: Pintupi
Art Title: Tingara Cycles
George Ward Tjungurrayi was born near Kiwirrkura and began painting for the Papunya Tula Artists in about 1976. George was the winner of the 2004 Wynne Prize for his painting Untitled. The Wynne Prize is judged by the Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
His ancestral country covers the sites around Wala Wala, Kiwirrkura, Lake Mackay, Kulkuta, Karku, Ngaluwinyamana and Kilpinya to the north-west of Kintore across the West Australian border. George paints the Tingari stories for this region. Tingari Cycle refering to ancient stories of the Tingari People who travelled the land during mythological times.
Collections
Groninger Museum, Groninger, Netherlands.
Supreme Court of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT.
The Robert Holmes a Court Collection, Perth, WA.
The Kelton Foundation, Los Angeles, USA.
National Gallery of Victoria
Artbank
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Exhibitions
2002 - MERIDIAN: Focus on Contemporary Australian Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney.
1997 - Dreampower - Art of Contemporary Aboriginal Australia, travelling exhibition,
Gallerie Australis.
1996 - Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, NT; Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne,
Vic; Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, NT.
1995 - Groninger Museum, Groninger, Netherlands; Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, NT;
Chapman Gallery, Canberra, ACT; Utopia Art Sydney, NSW; Museum and Art Gallery of the NT.
1994 - Gallery Australis, Adelaide, SA; Dreamtime Gallery, Broadbeach.
1993 - Chapman Gallery, Canberra, ACT.
1992 - Dreamtime Gallery, Broadbeach.
1991/92, Friendly Country, Friendly People, Touring Exhibition, through Araluen Centre, Alice Springs.
Awards
2004 - winner Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales.
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