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Ronnie Tjampitjinpa |
 Ronnie was born approximately 1942 near Muyinnga, about 100 kilometres west of the Kintore ranges. His family travelled widely through the Pintupi lands, living a traditional nomadic life. He was initiated into manhood in the early 1950s at Yumari near his birthplace. Shortly afterwards, due to drought conditions in the 1950s, Ronnie and his family moved towards Haasts Bluff and then later joined relatives at the newly settled Papunya community. Like many of his contemporaries, he found work as a fencer making the yards for cattle in the surrounding area. It was during this time that he started to take an interest in the art movement at Papunya. Always wishing to move back to his traditional country, he eventually was able to do so when the Kintore settlement was established in 1981. Always strongly affiliated with his country, Ronnie soon emerged as one of Papunya Tulas major artists. The content of his works are indicative of his cultural beliefs and his artwork has enduringly reflected a purist style of Tingari Dreaming. He is a major Australian Artist, and his work has featured in numerous exhibitions and collections around Australia. He has had solo exhibitions at the Utopia Gallery and the prestigious Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi. Several of his group exhibitions include the Dreamtime Gallery, The Australian National Gallery and the Art Gallery of South Australia. He is also in permanent collections at the National Gallery and the Art Gallery of Victoria and the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory. Selected Exhibitions 1983 Mori Gallery, Sydney 1986 Roar Studios, Melbourne 1987 Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne 1988 Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne 1989 Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne Aboriginal Art: The Continuing Tradition, National Gallery of Australia 1990 Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne Paintings from the Desert, Contemporary Aboriginal Paintings, Plimsoll Gallery, Centre for the Arts, Hobart The Seventh National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome 1991 The Eighth National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Flash Pictures, National Gallery of Australia Australian Aboriginal Art from the Collection of Donald Kahn, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, USA Aboriginal Paintings from the Desert, Union of Soviet Artists Gallery, Moscow and Museum Art, St. Petersburg, Russia 1992 Central Australian Aboriginal Art and Craft Exhibition, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs The Ninth National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory 1993 Aboriginal Art Exhibition, Kung Gubunga, Oasis Gallery, Broadbeach, QLD Tjukurrpa, Desert Dreamings, Aboriginal Art from Central Australia (1971-1993), Art Gallery of Western Australia Central Australian Aboriginal Art and Craft Exhibition, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs 1994 Dreamings - Tjukurrpa: Aboriginal Art of the Western Desert; The Donald Kahn collection, Museum Villa Stuck, Munich Central Australian Aboriginal Art and Craft Exhibition, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs The Eleventh National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Australian Heritage Commission National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award Exhibition, Old Parliament House Power of the Land, Masterpieces of Aboriginal Art, National Gallery of Victoria Yiribana, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 1995 Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne 1998 Jinta Gallery, Sydney 1999 Twenty-five Years and Beyond, Flinders Art Museum, Adelaide Embassy of Australia, Washington U.S.A. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco U.S.A. 2000 Aboriginal Art Galleries of Australia, Melbourne 2001 Chapel off Chapel Gallery, Melbourne 2007 Redrock Gallery, Group Exhibition, China World Exhibition Centre, Beijing, China Awards 1988, Alice Prize, Alice Springs, NT Selected Collections Artbank, Sydney Art Gallery of New South Wales Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth Campbelltown City Art Gallery Donald Kahn collection, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami Musee des Arts Africans et Oceaniens, Paris Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin National Gallery of Australia, Canberra National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne The Holmes a Court Collection, Perth |
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