Details of Pulpurru Davies
About
Pulpurru was born near Yankaljunku in the north east Gibson Desert where she lived a nomad life until the 1960's when she was bought to Warburton Mission by patrol officers. She had several domestic jobs at the missionuntil she returned to the Patjarr community where she now lives and hunts and paints. Pulpurru's life was documented in "People of The Australian Western Desert", a documentary by anthropologist, Ian Dunlop, produced by the Australian Commonwealth Film Unit. She is highly celebrated for her paintings and cultural knowledge. She works with paints, glass, tjanpi (grass weaving) and punu (wood carving).
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 Western Desert Mob, Kutju - One, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, UWA, Perth, WA
2007 Patjarr Painters, Short St Gallery, Broome, WA
2007 24th NATSIAA, MAGNT, Darwin, NT
2007 Desert Mob, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs, NT
2007 Kayili Cavas - Perth International Arts Festival, Lawerence Wilson Gallery, UWA, Perth, WA
2007 Kayili Canvas - Power & Beauty: Indigenous Art Now, Heide Museum of Moderm Art, VIC
2007 Recent Work in association with Kayili Arts, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
2007 Kayili Artists 2007, Aboriginal & Pacific Art, Sydney, NSW
2007 Darwin Art Fair, Darwin, NT
2006 Desert Mob, Alice Springs, NT
2006 Senior Kayili Artists, Aboriginal & PAcific Art, Sydney, NSW
2006 Kayili Artists - New Works, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
2006 Patjarr, Short St Gallery, Broome, WA
2005 Big Red Country, Goldfields Art Centre, Kalgoorlie, WA
2005 Desert Mob, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs, NT
2005 Senior Artists from Blackstone and Patjarr, Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney, NSW
2004 Desert Mob, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs, NT
2001 Beyond Beyond, Accent Fine Art Gallery, Perth, WA
2001 Tjulyurungkutjalmartatji - works from the Tjulyuru Cultural Centre, Warburton, WA
2001 Aboriginal and Pacific Arts Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2001 Manguri Weaving, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs, NT
2001 Goldfields Art Centre Gallery, Kalgoorlie, WA
2001 Fremantle Arts Centre, Perth, WA
2001 Tandanya, Adelaide, SA
2001 Brambuk Aboriginal Living Cultural Centre, SA
2001 Moree Plains Gallery, NSW
2001 Luge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection Gallery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
2001 Tjulyuru Regional Arts Gallery, Warburton, WA
2000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2000 Tjulyuru Regional Arts Gallery, Warburton, WA
2000 Ngayulu-latju Palyantja (We Made These Things), Art Gallery of Western Australia
1999 Ngayulu-latju Palyantja (We Made These Things), Goldfields Art Centre, Kalgoorlie
1999 Ngayulu-latju Palyantja (We Made These Things), Djamu Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1998 Ngayulu-latju Palyantja (We Made These Things), Australian High Commission, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia
1998 Christmas Show, Artplace, Perth, WA
1998 Warburton Glass Artists, Aboriginal and Pacific Arts, Sydney, NSW
1998 Desert Mob, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs, NT
1998 Groundwork, Fremantle Art Centre, Perth, WA
1997 Desert Mob, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs, NT
1997 Bowled Over, Savode Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
1997 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of
the Northern Territory, Darwin
1994 Tjukurrpa, Art Gallery of WA, Perth
1993 Yarnangu Ngaanya: Our Land Our Body, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, WA
1991 Yarnangu Ngaanya: Our Land Our Body, Goldfields Arts Board, Kalgoorlie, WA
1990 Minymalu Kanyirranytja - A Western Desert Women's Aesthetic, Street Level Gallery,
Sydney, NSW
COLLECTIONS
Aboriginal People's Gallery, State Paraliament of WA, Perth
Warburton Community Arcylic Collection
Gavan Fox Collection
Lagerburg-Swift Collection
Savode Gallery, Brisbane
Dr. Ian Berhardt Collections
Public Art Commision 2002 - Western Australian Museum, Geraldton
The Marshall Collection
Vroom Collection, Germany
National Gallery of Victoria
Kelton Foundation Collection
Queensland Art Gallery
Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
The Luczo Collection San Francisco, California
