George 'Hairbrush' Tjungurrayi 1946

Woont in Australian. Werkt in Australian.

Vertegenwoordigd door:

SmithDavidson Gallery

George Tjungarrayi began painting for Papunya Tula Artists in 1976. Since his first two solo exhibitions in 1997 at the Utopia Art Gallery in Alice Springs and at the Gallery Gabreille Pizzi in Melbourne in 1998, he has become one of the master painters of contemporary Pintupi art. George’s early works from the 1970s and early 1980s depicted Tingari imagery by dotted grids on lines and circles in traditional ochres. In the mid-1980s, he experimented with new styles, including a wider range of colors in works that reflected ceremonies and stories about the journeys of his ancestors After his first prominent exhibition in Alice Springs in 1990, George moved away from figurative painting towards more abstract and linear work that depicts the traditional Tingari Dreaming Cycle. Through fine lines and beautiful geometric patterns, George portrays in an abstract style the major sacred sites of the Tingari, as well as their dreamtime stories. His works belong to the same genre as those of Ronnie Tjampitjinpa and Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula.

George has perfected a minimalist and abstracted style of painting that is characterised by intersecting parallel lines that bend with subtle optical rhythm. The delicate fine lines and use of strong color with a limited palette not only provide a convincing impact but also lend his works an aura of spiritual strength. They often create a subtle optical illusion, infusing the work with liveliness and dynamism. His prominence today derives from the fundamentally abstract and modern nature of his works.

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PAN Amsterdam 2024

Pepe Valenti, Ronnie Tjampitjinpa, Nyanyuma Napangati, Timmy Payungka Tjapangati, Paddy Nyunkuny Bedford, Vincent Lagrange, Zhuang Hong Yi, Marc Lagrange, Walala Tjapaltjari, Marie Cecile Thijs, Terry O'Neill, Emily Kam Kngwarray, Matthijs Scholten, George 'Hairbrush' Tjungurrayi, Janette Beckman, Kudditji Kngwarreye, Freddie Timms

24 nov - 1 dec 2024, Amsterdam, Nederland

Art Cologne 2024

Walala Tjapaltjari, Gerard Verdijk, Paddy Nyunkuny Bedford, Rover Thomas Joolama, Yinarupa Nangala, Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula, Bill Whiskey Tjapaltjarri, Emily Kam Kngwarray, George 'Hairbrush' Tjungurrayi, Kudditji Kngwarreye, Barbara Weir, Freddie Timms

7 nov - 10 nov 2024, Cologne, Germany

PALM BEACH

Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri, Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula, Zhuang Hong Yi, Jordy Kerwick, Bill Whiskey Tjapaltjarri, Naata Nungurrayi, Matthijs Scholten, George 'Hairbrush' Tjungurrayi, Lu Luo

24 jan - 28 apr 2024, Amsterdam, USA

KunstRAI 2023

George 'Hairbrush' Tjungurrayi, Vincent Lagrange, Lita Cabellut, Ronald A. Westerhuis, Gavin Rain, Zhuang Hong Yi, Francesco Bosso, Marc Lagrange, Marie Cecile Thijs, Matthijs Scholten, Ingo Arndt, Kudditji Kngwarreye

3 may - 7 may 2023, Amsterdam, Nederland

Dreaming with your Eyes Open

Paddy Nyunkuny Bedford, Nyanyuma Napangati, Emily Kam Kngwarray, George 'Hairbrush' Tjungurrayi, Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri

8 apr - 10 jun 2023, Amsterdam, Nederland

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Groninger Museum

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Selected Exhibitions
2021 - ‘Papunya 50 Years, 1971 - 2021’, SmithDavidson Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2021 - 38th Telstra NATSIAA, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Australia
2020 - ‘Desert Painters of Australia - Two Generations’, Gagosian Gallery, Hong Kong, China
2020 - ‘Reflections on Emily and Papunya’, High Line Nine, New York, USA
2019 - ‘Desert Painters of Australia’, Gagosian Gallery, New York; Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles, USA - from the Steve Martin & Anne Springfield Collections and Kluge-Ruhe Collection of the University of Virginia, USA
2018 - ‘Superposition: Equilibrium and Engagement’, 21st Biennale of Sydney, Carriageworks, Sydney, Australia
2015 - 'Signs and Traces. Contemporary Aboriginal Art’, Zamek Cultural Centre, Poznan, Poland
2014/2015 - ‘ART & INTERIOR Modern Aboriginal Art’, Marcel Wolterinck, Laren, The Netherlands
2014 - ‘Sublime Point: the Landscape in Painting’, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Hazelhurst, Australia
2013 - ‘No Boundaries’, Bayside Arts & Cultural Centre, Melbourne, Australia
2012 - ‘Volume One: MCA Collection’, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
2012 - ‘Ancestral Modern: Australian Aboriginal Art from the Kaplan & Levi Collection’, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Australia
2012 - ‘Unique Perspectives: Papunya Tula Artists and the Alice Springs Community, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, Australia
2011 - 28th Telstra NATSIAA, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Australia
2011 - ‘Sister, Brother Nyarrumparra’, Papunya Tula Artist Gallery, Alice Springs, Australia
2010 - 27th Telstra NATSIAA, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Australia
2010 - ‘Desert Country’, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
2010 - The Desert Mob Art Show, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, Australia
2009 - ‘Painting the Country’, Cross Cultural Art Exchange, Darwin, Australia
2009 - ‘Nganampatju Kanpatja Winki, Nganampatju Yara Winkii - All Our Paintings, All
Our Stories’, Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Australia
2008 - ‘Ngurra Yurru Kulintjaku - Always Remembering Country’, Cross Cultural Art Exchange, Darwin, Australia
2008 - The Desert Art Mob Show, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, Australia
2008 - TogArt Contemporary Art Award, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, Australia
2007 - ‘Recent Paintings 2007’, Cross Cultural Art Exchange, Darwin, Australia
2007 - ‘Pintupi - Mixed Exhibitions’, Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs Australia
2006 - ‘Western Desert Satellites', Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
2006 - Yawulyurru kapalilu paylara nintilpayi’, Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Australia
2005 - ‘Pintupi Artists’, Papunya Tula Artists. Alice Springs, Australia
2005 - ‘Papunta Tula Artists’, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Australia
2004 - ‘Papunta Tula Artists’, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Australia
2004 - ‘Talking About Abstraction, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, College of Fine Arts - University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
2004 ‘The Inner and The Outer’, Stadtgalerie Bamberg, Villa Dessauer, Bamberg, Germany
2004 - ‘Looking Closely at Country’, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, College of Fine Arts - University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
2004 - ‘Pintupi Artists’, Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Australia
2004 - ‘Mythology & Reality’, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, Australia
2003 - 20th Telstra NATSIAA, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Australia
2003 - ‘Pintupi Artists’, Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Australia
2003 - ‘Painters from Mamultjulkulnga and Kirrimalunya’, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Australia
2002 - ‘Meridian: Focus on Contemporary Australian Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
2002 - ‘Structures of Difference’, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, USA
2002 - ‘Pintupi Artists’, Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Australia
2001 - ‘Dreamtime: The Dark and The Light’, Kunst der Gegenwart, Sammlung Essl, Vienna, Austria
2001 - ‘Kintore, Kiwirrkura’, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Australia
2001 - ‘Art Aborigene’, Musee Olympic, Lausanne, Switzerland
2001 - Pintupi Exhibition, Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Australia
2001 - ‘In Concert’, Australian Academy of Science, Canberra, Australia
2001 - ‘Aborigena’, Palazzo Bricherasio, Torino, Italy
2000 - ‘Papunya Tula: Genesis and Genius’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
2000 - Aboriginal Art, Aboriginal Art Gallery Bahr, Spreyer, Germany
2000 - ‘Pintupi Men’, Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Australia
1999 - ‘New Horizons 2000’, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Australia
1998 - Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Australia
1997 - Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Australia
1997 - Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Australia
1996 - C.A.A.A.C.E., Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, Australia
1996 - ‘Pintupi Painters’, Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Australia
1996 - Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Australia
1996 - Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Australia
1996 - Fringe Festival, Adelaide, Australia
1995 - Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Australia
1994 - Group Show, Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Australia
1994 - Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands
1994 - ‘Pintupi Artists’, Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Australia
1990 - Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, Australia

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