Yala Yala Gibbs Tjungurrayi Explained

Yala Yala Gibbs Tjungarrayi (c. 1928^[1] or 1924^[2] – 1998) was a Pintupi-speaking Indigenous Australian artist. He was born at Iltuturunga, south-west of Lake Macdonald, in the Western Desert, close to the border of Western Australia and the Northern Terriitory.^[3] In 1963, together with his family he moved to Papunya in the Northern Territory. Tjungarrayi was one of the first group of artists painting in the Papunya Tula cooperative from its beginnings in 1971. His wife was Ningura Napurrla, another Papunya Tula artist. He was a custodian of Pintupi sacred ceremonies and sites.^[4]

Collections

Works of his are held in the following art galleries/collections:

MAGNT (Kurrkati – Goanna Dreaming 1972^[5] and Old Man Dreaming 1974)^[6]
NGA (Five Women in the Kalipinypa Rain Dreaming Country 1972 and Wirrpi – Near Lake Macdonald 1997)^[7]
NGV (5 works, including Snake and water dreaming, and Tingarri dreaming at Palintja)^[8]
Queensland Art Gallery (Tingari men running towards Marrapinta 1984)^[6]
Kerry Stokes Collection (Eaglehawk dreaming 1998)^[6]

Web site: Yala Yala Tjungurrayi. DAAO.
Web site: National Museum of Australia. National Museum of Australia – Yala Yala Gibbs Tjungurrayi. 2020-09-09. www.nma.gov.au. en.
Web site: Tjungarrayi. Yala Yala Gibbs. Five Women in the Kalipinypa Rain Dreaming Country [Untitled (No.39)]]. 2020-09-09. Item held by National Gallery of Australia.
Web site: Yala Yala Gibbs Tjungurrayi. 2020-09-09. Gallery Gondwana. en-AU.
Book: tjungunutja From having come together. Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory. 2017. Scholes, L.. Darwin, NT. 227.
Book: Papunya Tula Genesis and Genius. Art Gallery of New South Wales with Papunya Tula Artists' Company . 2000. 978-0-7347-6306-8 . Perkins, H . Fink, H. . 289.
Web site: Tjungarrayi. Yala Yala Gibbs. Wirrpi (Near Lake Macdonald). 2020-09-09. Item held by National Gallery of Australia.
Web site: Yala Yala Gibbs Tjungurrayi Artists NGV. 2020-09-09. www.ngv.vic.gov.au.