Details of Tjunkiya Napaltjarri
About
Tjunkiya was born at Rapalangya, north-west of the Kintore communitry,c. 1930, and she is the third wife of Turkey Tolson's father. She later moved to Haasts Bluff with her husband and then to the Papunya Community when it was established. She participated in the Kintore/Haasts Bluff joint project which was the beginning of her career, but later painted solely for Papunya Tula. In 1999 Tjunkiya contributed to the Kintore women's painting as part of the Western Desert Dialysis Appeal. She passed away in Alice Springs after a brief illness in April 2009.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 'Tjunkiya Napaltjarri- a new way', Utopia Art Sydney, NSW
2004 Utopia Art, Sydney, NSW
2000 William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 '40 Years of Papunta Tula Artists', Utopia Art Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2011 'Papunya Tula Artists: Paintings from the Western Desert, Metropolis Gallery, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
2010 'Papunya Tula Women's Art', Maitland Regional Gallery, New South Wales, Australia
2010 'Community', Utopia Art Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
2010 'Recent Paintings', Chapman Gallery, Australian Captial Territory, Australia.
2010 'Ngrra Kutju Ngurrara - Belonging To One Country', ReDot Gallery, Singapore.
2010 'Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair', Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
2010 'Tradition and Innovation - Papunya Tula 2010', Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2009 'Community - The Heart of Papunya Tula Artists' Utopia Art Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
2009 'Nganana Tjungurrunganyi Tjukurrpa Nintintjkitja - We Are Here Sharing Our Dreaming', 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York, USA.
2009 'Six Hands', Utopia Art Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
2009 'Painting the Country', Cross Cultural Art Exchange, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
2008 'Marrkangku Yara Palyantjaku Ngurrangka - Making Strong Paintings at Home', Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
2008 'The Other Thing - A Survey Show', Charles Darwin University Art Collection, Darwin, NT, Australia.
2008 'Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair', Convention Centre, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
2008 'Virtuosity: The Evolution of Painting at Papunya Tula,' The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Ciollection of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA.
2008 'Papunya Tula Artists 2008', Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2007 Turning 20, Utopia Art Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
2007 Pintupi- Mixed Exhibition, Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.
2007 Recent Paintings 2007, Cross Cultural Art Exchange, Darwin, NorthernTerritory, Australia.
2007 Master Works From Papunya Tula, Birrung Gallery, Sydney, NSW,Australia.
2007 Papunya Tula Women, Suzanne O'Connell Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
2007 Gifted: Contemporary Aboriginal Art, The Mollie Gowing Acquisition Fund, Art Gallery of N.S.W Australia.
2007 Papunya Tula, Short Street Gallery, Broome, W.A, Australia.
2007 Papunya Tula 2007, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2006 Yawulyurru kapalilu palyara nintilpayi, Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, NT
2006 Paintings By Papunya Tula Artists, Suzanne O'Connell Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2006 A Particular Collection, Utopia Art, Sydney, NSW
2006 Pintupi Dreamtime, Red Dot Gallery, Singapore
2006 Papunya Tula Artists: Recent Paintings, Harriet Place, Darwin, NT
2006 Papunya Tula Artists 2006, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Vic
2006 Across The Board, Utopia Art, Sydney, NSW
2006 The Big Picture, Delmar Gallery, Trinity Grammar School, Sydney, NSW
2005 New Works From The Western Desert, Indigenart, Perth, WA
2005 Strong and Stately, Red Dot Gallery, Singapore
2005 Pintupi Art 2005, Tony Bond Aboriginal Art Dealer, Adelaide, SA
2005 The Desert Mob Art Show, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, NT
2005 Papunya Tula Artists, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Vic
2005 Two Sisters: Tjunkiya and Wintjiya Napaltjarri, Utopia Art, Sydney, NSW
2005 New Ideas, Utopia Art, Sydney, NSW
2005 Pintupi Women, Indigenart, Perth, WA
2004 Pintupi Artists, Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, NT
2004 33rd Alice Prize, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, NT
2004 Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne, Vic
2004 Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne, Vic
2004 Ma Yungu Pass It On, Framed Gallery, Darwin, NT
2004 Papunya Tula Artists 2004, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Vic
2004 Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2004 Works From Kintore and Kiwirrkura, Alison Kelly Gallery, Melbourne, Vic
2004 Kuniya Pilkati, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Vic
2004 Papunya Tula: Selected Paintings, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, Vic
2003 Papunya Tula Artists: A Gift From The Desert, Utopia Art, Sydney, NSW
2003 Framed Gallery, Darwin, NT
2003 Masterpieces From The Western Desert, Gavin Graham Gallery, London, UK
2003 20th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Straight Islander Art Award, Darwin, NT
2002 Saluting Papunya, Chapman Gallery, Canberra, ACT
2002 William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, Victoria
2002 Next Generation: Aboriginal Art 2002, Art House Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2002 Paintings From Our Country, Tony Bond Aboriginal Art Dealer, Adelaide, SA
2001 Art of the Pintupi, Tony Bond Aboriginal Art Dealer, Alice Springs, NT
2001 Papunya Tula Women, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, Vic
2001 Two Sisters: Tjunkiya and Wintjiya Napaltjarri, Utopia Art, Sydney, NSW
2001 Twenty-Five Years and Beyond: Papunya Tula Painting, Arulean Art Centre, Alice Springs
2001 Aboriginal Art 2001, Scott Livesey Art Dealer, Melbourne, Vic
2001 Papunya Tula 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Chapman Gallery, Canberra, ACT
2001 Indigenart, Subiaco, WA
2001 Pintupi Exhibition, Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, NT
2001 Kintore and Kiwirrkura, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Vic
2001 31st Alice Prize, Arulean Art Centre, Alice Springs, NT
2001 Size Doesn't Matter, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, Vic
2001 Contemporary Aboriginal Art, Galeria, Poznan City Gallery, Poland
2000 Papunya Tula: Genesis and Genius, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
2000 Utopia Art, Sydney, NSW
2000 Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Vic
2000 Pintupi Women, Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, NT
1999 Utopia Art, Sydney, NSW
1999 Twenty Five Years and Beyond: Papunya Tula Painting, Flinders University Art Museum,
Flinders University, SA
1999 NT Art Award, Arulean Art Centre, Alice Springs, NT
1999 Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, New Horizons 2000, Melbourne, Vic
1998 Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Vic
1997 Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Vic
1996 Heritage Art Award, Canberra, ACT
1996 Dots, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic
1996 Papunya Tula Artists Pty. Ltd., Alice Springs, NT
1996 Museums & Art Galleries of NT Darwin, NT
1996 Utopia Art, Sydney, NSW
1996 CAAACE, Arulean Art Centre, Alice Springs, NT
1995 Haasts Bluff/Kintore Project, Tandanya, Adelaide, SA
COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of Australia
Museums & Art Galleries of the Northern Territory
National Gallery of Victoria
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Campbelltown City Art Gallery
Araluen Art Centre
Artbank
Griffith University Art Collection
Musee du Quai Branley, Paris, France
Aboriginal Art Museum, The Netherlands
Bibliography
ReDot Gallery, 'Ngurra Kutju Ngurrrara - Belonging to One Country', exhibition catalogue, Singapore, 2010
Papunya Tula Artists, 'Nganana Tjungurringanyi Tjukurrpa Nintintkakitja - We Are Here Sharing Our Dreaming', exhibition catalogue, New York, USA, 2009
Cross Cultural Art Exchange, Painting the Country, exhibition catalogue, Darwin, Northern Territory, 2009
Scott Livesey Art Dealer, Masterpieces From The Western Desert, exhibition catalogue, London, UK, 2003.
Scott Livesey Art Dealer, Aboriginal Art 2003, exhibition catalogue, Melbourne, 2003.
Scott Livesey Art Dealer, Aboriginal Art 2001, exhibition catalogue, Melbourne, 2001.
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Papunya Tula: Genesis and Genius, exhibition catalogue, 2000.
Mellor D. & Megaw V., Twenty Five Years And Beyond, Papunya Tula Paintings, exhibition catalogue, Flinders Art Museum, Adelaide, 1999.
Isaacs, J., Spirit Country, Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art, Hardie Grant Books, 1999.
