Art Gallery of South Australia
North Terrace
Adelaide, Australia
Adelaide, Australia
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1927 - 2002. Known for: Aboriginal art, Dreaming images, dot painting, sand painting.
Paddy was born in Yarrungkanyi, a site northwest of Yuendumu in 1927 or a little earlier. He grew up between Haasts Bluff and Yuendumu where his family collected tea and bread rations. Her father was... Read full biography
Paddy was born in Yarrungkanyi, a site northwest of Yuendumu in 1927 or a little earlier. He grew up between Haasts Bluff and Yuendumu where his family collected tea and bread rations. Her father was assassinated during the Coniston massacre in 1928, which led to the separation of family members.... Read full biography
Paddy was born in Yarrungkanyi, a site northwest of Yuendumu in 1927 or a little earlier. He grew up between Haasts Bluff and Yuendumu where his family collected tea and bread rations. Her father was assassinated during the Coniston massacre in 1928, which led to the separation of family members. It was at Darwin, where Paddy served in the military during the Second World War, that he found two of his brothers. He is a man who has a complete knowledge of the liturgy, which he transmits through... Read full biography
Paddy was born in Yarrungkanyi, a site northwest of Yuendumu in 1927 or a little earlier. He grew up between Haasts Bluff and Yuendumu where his family collected tea and bread rations. Her father was assassinated during the Coniston massacre in 1928, which led to the separation of family members. It was at Darwin, where Paddy served in the military during the Second World War, that he found two of his brothers. He is a man who has a complete knowledge of the liturgy, which he transmits through a wide range of dreams, including Opossum, Goanna, Kangaroo, Woman, Sweet potato, Carpet Snake, Parakeet, Desert Potato , Larve Witchetty, Wallaby, Male,… He began his artistic career in 1977 while living north of Papunya. In 1981, it was he, with... Read full biography
Paddy was born in Yarrungkanyi, a site northwest of Yuendumu in 1927 or a little earlier. He grew up between Haasts Bluff and Yuendumu where his family collected tea and bread rations. Her father was assassinated during the Coniston massacre in 1928, which led to the separation of family members. It was at Darwin, where Paddy served in the military during the Second World War, that he found two of his brothers. He is a man who has a complete knowledge of the liturgy, which he transmits through a wide range of dreams, including Opossum, Goanna, Kangaroo, Woman, Sweet potato, Carpet Snake, Parakeet, Desert Potato , Larve Witchetty, Wallaby, Male,… He began his artistic career in 1977 while living north of Papunya. In 1981, it was he, with the collaboration of Dinny Nolan, who painted the first sand painting presented outside the desert. In 1984, he was one of three artists... Read full biography
Paddy Carroll Tjungurrayi - Artist Info
About Paddy Carroll Tjungurrayi: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (3)
All MuseumsNational Gallery of Australia
Parkes Place
Canberra Act, AustraliaNational Gallery of Victoria (NGV)
180 St Kilda Road
Melbourne, Australia