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Tjungu Palya Artists

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by BERYL JIMMY of Tjungu Palya Artists. The title is Nyangatja Watarru. [14-142] (Acrylic on Belgian Linen)

BERYL JIMMY

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Nyangatja Watarru

14-142
Acrylic on Belgian Linen
100 x 66cm | 39.37 x 25.98in
Tjungu Palya Artists
Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by MAUREEN BAKER of Tjungu Palya Artists. The title is Ngayuku Mamaku Ngura (My Father’s Country). [14-125] (Acrylic on Belgian Linen)

MAUREEN BAKER

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Ngayuku Mamaku Ngura (My Father’s Country)

14-125
Acrylic on Belgian Linen
100 x 120cm | 39.37 x 47.24in
Tjungu Palya Artists
Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by JIMMY BAKER of Tjungu Palya Artists. The title is Kalaya Tjukurpa. [PB7-39/40] (Silkscreen Print - Edition of 40)

JIMMY BAKER

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Kalaya Tjukurpa

PB7-39/40
Silkscreen Print - Edition of 40
59 x 84cm | 23.23 x 33.07in
Tjungu Palya Artists
Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by ANGKALIYA CURTIS of Tjungu Palya Artists. The title is Billynya. [PB9-39/40] (Silkscreen Print - Edition of 40)

ANGKALIYA CURTIS

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Billynya

PB9-39/40
Silkscreen Print - Edition of 40
59 x 84cm | 23.23 x 33.07in
Tjungu Palya Artists
Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by DAVID MILLER of Tjungu Palya Artists. The title is Inarki. [PB1-39/40] (Silkscreen Print - Edition of 40)

DAVID MILLER

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Inarki

PB1-39/40
Silkscreen Print - Edition of 40
59 x 84cm | 23.23 x 33.07in
Tjungu Palya Artists
Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by LANCE PECK of Tjungu Palya Artists. The title is Kata Kata. [PB5-39/40] (Silkscreen Print - Edition of 40)

LANCE PECK

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Kata Kata

PB5-39/40
Silkscreen Print - Edition of 40
59 x 84cm | 23.23 x 33.07in
Tjungu Palya Artists
Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by TJAMPAWA STEVENS of Tjungu Palya Artists. The title is Piltati. [14-046] (Acrylic on Belgian Linen)

TJAMPAWA STEVENS

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Piltati

14-046
Acrylic on Belgian Linen
100 x 66cm | 39.37 x 25.98in
Tjungu Palya Artists
Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by TIGER PALPATJA of Tjungu Palya Artists. The title is Kuka Tjuta – Plenty Food to Cook. [390-07-1/20] (Silkscreen Print)

TIGER PALPATJA (dec)

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Kuka Tjuta – Plenty Food to Cook

390-07-1/20
Silkscreen Print
42.5 x 59.5cm | 16.73 x 23.43in
Tjungu Palya Artists
Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by HELEN CURTIS of Tjungu Palya Artists. The title is Cave Hill. [16-17HC] (Digital Print - Edition of 50)

HELEN CURTIS

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Cave Hill

16-17HC
Digital Print - Edition of 50
42 x 52cm | 16.54 x 20.47in
Tjungu Palya Artists
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In the past two years since its incorporation in 2006, Tjungu Palya has grown to be a dynamic and innovative community art centre.

Located about 100kms south of Uluru (Ayres Rock), Nyapari is set at the base of the majestic Mann Ranges in the heart of country traditionally owned by the Pitjantjatjara people.

Tjungu Palya is an Aboriginal owned and governed art enterprise, where 70% of sales income is returned to the artist and the remaining 30% reinvested in their art centre business.

The art centre plays a vital economic role in the future sustainability of these small communities.

It’s financial strength enables the artists to support community development through projects such as the ‘Thunderboys’ a local band of five young men all under 20, an aged care and lunch program, governance training and cultural maintenance.

The motivation for building up the business of the art centre is to increase the capacity for Anangu to positively take control of their lives.

The art centre also provides a framework for supporting the intergenerational transfer of knowledge.

The artists have a deep connection to country, which is expressed with integrity, beauty and a bold creativity in the canvas paintings as traditional stories of the Ancestors journeys are retold.

Each painting depicts a fragment of a larger story, a living history where an ancestor was involved in creating country.

These spirit men and women from the Tjukurpa are still living in this desert landscape and have an ongoing relationship with the desert people.

Individuals have authority and ownership of this land and the associated sites and stories, and continue to care and manage the land as their ancestors have done.

These links, both spiritual and physical, to the desert are integral to the well being of Anangu.

The senior artists paint continuously and believe that the transfer of traditional knowledge to the young is of upmost importance.

It is not uncommon for four generations of one family to be gathered at the art centre, painting, singing and retelling the Tjukurpa.

It is a hive of activity, of fun, of culture and creativity.

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