George (Tjampu) Tjapaltjarri

Born at Walla Walla rockhole (Pollock Hills) near Kiwirrkura in Western Australia circa 1945, George (Tjampu) Tjapaltjarri began painting for Papunya Tula Artists in 1983. The stories he painted relate to Tingari travels in his homeland. He passed away in 2005.   SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2007 Utopia Art, Sydney, NSW SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2006 'A Particular Collection', Utopia Art, Sydney, NSW 2006 'Luminous - Contemporary Art from the Australian Desert', Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW 2006 'Luminous - Contemporary Art from the Australian Desert', Manning Regional Gallery, NSW 2006 'Luminous - Contemporary Art from the Australian Desert', Bathurst Regional Gallery, NSW 2006 'Narratives Preceding All Memory', Burg Vischering, Luedinghausen, Germany 2005 'Luminous - Contemporary Art from the Australian Desert', Bundoora Homestead Art Gallery, Bundoora, VIC 2005 'Luminous - Contemporary Art from the Australian Desert', Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney, NSW 2004 'Looking Closely at Country', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2004 'Ma yungu/Pass it on', Framed Gallery, Darwin, NT 2004 'Aboriginal Art 2004', Scott Livesey Art Dealer, Melbourne, VIC 2004 'Talking About Abstraction', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2004 'Works from Kintore and Kiwirrkua', Alison Kelly Gallery, Melbourne, VIC 2003 'Papunya Tula Artists - A Gift from the Desert', Utopia Art, Sydney, NSW 2003 Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, QLD 2003 'Aboriginal Art 2003', Scott Livesey Art Dealer, Melbourne, VIC 2003 'Ab Op 2 - Exploring the Visual Intensity of Contemporary Aboriginal Art, Utopia Art, Sydney, NSW 2002 'Saluting Papunya', Chapman Gallery, Canberra, ACT 2002 'Art Born of the Western Desert', Framed Gallery, Darwin, NT 2002 'Pintupi Mens' and Womens' Stories', Indigenart, Perth, WA 2002 Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, VIC 2002 'Paintings from our Country', Tony Bond Aboriginal Art Dealer, Adelaide, SA  2001 'Spirituality and Australian Aboriginal Art', Comunidad de Madrid, touring exhibition, Spain 2001 'Kintore, Kiwirrkura,' Gallery Gabriella Pizzi, Melbourne, VIC 2001 'Papunya Tula 2001', William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, VIC 2000 'Pintupi Men', Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, NT 2000 'Framed Gallery, Darwin, NT 2000 'Aboriginal Art Select Works', Kozminsky Gallery and Fine Art Dealers, Melbourne, VIC 2000 'Lines', Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane, QLD 1995 Chapman Gallery, Canberra, ACT 1995 Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, NT 1993 Chapman Gallery, Canberra, ACT 1993 Gallerie Australis, Adelaide, SA 1990 'Friendly Country - Friendly People', Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, NT 1988 Queensland Musuem, Brisbane, QLD COLLECTIONS University of Virginia, USA Artbank