Details of Brandy Tjungurrayi
About
Brandy is a senior and highly respected Law man and custodian of important men's ceremonies. His country lies around Nyilla in the Great Sandy Desert/Gibson Desert area. He was initiated at Nurrinpa and participates in Tingarri Law ceremonies. As a boy and young man he lived the nomadic bush life along the trail of waterholes south of Purtutjalpu (Jupiter Well). The waterholes were created by the Luuurnpa (Sacred Kingfisher) that carried the original people into the land during the Tjukurrpa (Dreaming).
Brandy and his first wife, the late Nowee Nanguri, walked into old Balgo mission and both worked there tending goats and sheep in the late 1950's. Togehter they had five daughters. The family moved between Balgo and Christmas Creek before moving to Kiwirrkurra in 1996 where they stayed until the community was flooded and evacuated in 2001. Brandy now lives in Balgo with his second wife Philomena Baadjo and his daughters and their families. He is a brother of Patrick Olodoodi and Elizabeth Nyumi and cousin brother of Helicopter, who are all recognised senior artists.
Brandy started painting in 1985 in Balgo and enjoys working on large canvases where his simple, yet dramatic designs have their maximum impact. A quiet man, steeped in Aboriginal law, his works evoke something of the majesty and mystery of the men's ceremonial life.
MEDIUMS
Professional acrylic on canvas and linen
Prints on paper
THEMES
Pallar Pallar near Jupiter Well
Men's ceremonial grounds
Tingari (native cat) stories
Emu dreamings, Walku man: emu footed spirit, Kunarri waterhole
Soak water, rock holes, flowers, bush tomatoes
Kuniya snake
Nyuma (damper) and Kunparri seeds from which it is made
Dingo
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2000 Brandy Tjungurrayi, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 Eight by Three, Scott Liversey Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2007 Desert Mob, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, NT
2007 Survey, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, VIC
2007 Survey, They Might Be Giants, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2006 Warlayirti Suite Print Exhibition, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2006 Big Country, Gallery Gondwana, Sydney, NSW
2002 Balgo Hills, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, VIC
2002 Balgo Hills Artists 2002,Art Mob Aboriginal Art Fair, Tasmania
2001 Past Modern: an exhibition of Kimberley Landscapes, Short Street Gallery in conjunction with
Australia Square, Sydney, NSW
2001 Palm Beach Art Fair, Palm Beach, Florida, USA
2001 Papunya Tula 2001, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
2001 Art of the Pintupi, Tony Bond Art Dealer, Adelaide, SA
2001 Kintore, Kiwirrkura, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, VIC
2001 The White Show 2, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
2001 Size Doesn't Matter, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
2000 Ikuntji Artists/Warlayirti Artists, Desart Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2000 Balgo Art, Gondwana Gallery, Alice Springs, NT
2000 Waltja ? Family, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, NSW
1998 Ngurrara: My Own Country, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, NSW
1990 Aboriginal Art Exhibition, Dreamtime Gallery, Broadbeach
1989 Warlayirti Artists, Birukmarri Gallery, Fremantle, WA
1989 Masterpiece Fine Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS
1988 From Pukamani Poles to Sand Painting, Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery, Paddington, NSW
COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of Australia
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Laverty Collection
Kaplan/Levi Collection
Bibliography
2006 Australian Newspaper, Pg 3, 22 August 2006
1994 Johnson, V, The Dictionary of Western Desert Artists, Craftsman House, East Roseville NSW
Artworks of Brandy Tjungurrayi
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