Galeria Aniela, Kangaroo valley, Australia
Ronnie Tjampitjinpa Biography
Muyinnga, Australia, 1943
Established aboriginal artist Ronnie Tjampitjinpa?s work reflects his strong ties to his culture, maintaining a purity that many other aboriginal artists have lost.
His work strictly follows Pintupi style, with strong circles joined by lines, that make a connection between the people, their land, and Dreamtime.
Ronnie?s work possesses a simplicity that makes it very attractive, mysterious and inviting to newcomers to try to comprehend what is painted. His work helps aboriginal culture to re-emerge and permits people from other cultures to learn about one of the oldest cultures of the planet.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
1994 - Dreamings - Tjukurrpa: Aboriginal Art of the Western Desert - The Donald Kahn collection, Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, Alemania. - 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, Darwin, Australia. - Australian Heritage Commission National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award Exhibition, Old Parliament House, Canberra, Australia. - Power of the Land, Masterpieces of Aboriginal Art, National Gallery of Victoria, Australia. - Yiribana, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
1993 - Aboriginal Art Exhibition, Kung Gubunga, Oasis Gallery, Broadbeach. - Tjukurrpa, Desert Dreamings, Aboriginal Art from Central Australia (1971-1993) , Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth. - Central Australian Aboriginal Art and Craft Exhibition, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs
1992 - Central Australian Aboriginal Art and Craft Exhibition, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs, Australia. - The Ninth National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Australia.
1991 - The Eighth National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Australia. - Flash Pictures, National Gallery of Australia - Australian Aboriginal Art from the Collection of Donald Kahn, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, U.S.A. - Aboriginal Paintings from the Desert, Union of Soviet Artists Gallery, Moscu y Museo de Arte Etnografico. St Petersburg, Russia.
1990 - Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Australia. - Paintings from the Desert, Contemporary Aboriginal Paintings, Plimsoll Gallery, Centre for the Arts, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. - The Seventh National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Australia. - National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome, Italy.
1989 - Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Australia. - Aboriginal Art: The Continuing Tradition, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia.
1987 - Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Australia.
1986 - Roar Studios, Melbourne, Australia.
1983 - Mori Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
COLLECTIONS AND MUSEUMS - Artbank, Sydney, Australia. - Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney , Australia. - Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide , Australia. - Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth , Australia. - Campbelltown City Art Gallery - Donald Kahn collection, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami. - Musee des Arts Africans et Oceaniens, Paris, France. - Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin , Australia. - National Gallery of Australia, Canberra , Australia. - National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne , Australia. - The Holmes a Court Collection, Perth.