George Hairbrush
George Hairbrush Tjungurrayi arrived at Papunya in 1962 after walking in from the Gibson Desert in Western Australia. When the Desert Art painting movement began at Papunya in 1971 George assisted other senior artists with their paintings. Then he began painting his own works around 1976 with the encouragement of senior lawman Nosepeg Tjupurrula. The […]
Benjamin Storch
Nyurapayia Nampitjinpa (Mrs Bennett)
Nyurapayia Nampitjinpa (Mrs Bennett) Born c1938 – 2013 Ningura was born around 1938 at Watulka, south of the Kiwirrkurra Community, west of Alice Springs. Ningura moved to Papunya in the early days of the settlement with her husband Yala Yala Gibbs Tjungurrayi. After originally learning her trade whilst doing the background dotting on Yala Yala’s […]
Stephen Phibbs
Sydney-born Stephen Phibbs is a visual artist residing in the Northern Rivers region. From 2002 his art practice evolved through seeing the landscape through a multi-dimensional approach. He says “these works are about the metaphysical and physical elements of a site. The relationships and juxtapositions discovered in these chance objects signify multiple options of interpretation, […]