11 Facts About Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri

Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri is one of central Australia's most well-known indigenous artists.

Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri's family were Pintupi hunter-gatherers who lived a traditional nomadic way of life on the western side of the lake, and had never come into contact with Euro-Australian society.

Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri's father died when he was a young boy, and his mother remarried shortly after.

Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri served as the family's main provider of food, hunting with spears, mirru and boomerangs.

In 1984, when Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri was about 25, he finally came into contact with people from outside his family.

Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri has since become one of central Australia's most well-known artists.

Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri's stories are about his country and sacred sites such as Marruwa and Kanapilya.

Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri's work is held in several major public collections across Australia, such as in the National Gallery in Canberra, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and the National Gallery of Victoria.

Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri has work in galleries overseas, such as the Quai Branly Museum in Paris, and the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection at the University of Virginia.

Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri gained recognition in the United States in September 2015 when he appeared in an article titled "An Aboriginal Artist's Dizzying New York Moment" on the front page of the New York Times Saturday Arts Page.

Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri is shown at the top of the article with a colour photo in front of his abstract- looking painting displayed in the Bowery.