Brandy Tjungurrayi

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Brandy Tjungurrayi (* after 1930 in Nyilla on the Canning Stock Route in Western Australia ) is an Aboriginal artist who lives and works in Balgo , Western Australia. In addition to his artistic work, he cultivates the traditions of the Aborigines and the Tingari songlines .

Life

As a boy, Brandy lived nomadically in the bush in the south of Purtutjalpu in the Western Desert of Australia . In the 1950s he and his first wife went to Balgo to the local Aboriginal mission station , where they worked with sheep and goats. He is now married for the second time.

painting

In 1985 he began to paint in Balgo , inspired by the art of Papunya Tula . He exhibited for the first time in a solo exhibition in 2000 and was involved in the retrospective of Papunya Tula art in the Art Gallery of New South Wales that same year . His works are dot paintings that are in private and public collections, such as the National Gallery of Australia , Art Gallery of New South Wales and Art Gallery of Western Australia . He took a short break and has been painting again since 2006.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b yaamaganu.com.au  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Brandy Tjungurrayi , in English, accessed July 28, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.yaamaganu.com.au  
  2. ↑ aboriginalartonline.com : Biographies of Balgo Hills Artists , accessed July 28, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Tjungurrayi, brandy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Nyilla , Western Australia