Tjimpayi Presley

AUSTRALIAN. PITJANTJATJARA, B. 1967

TJALA ARTS

Tjimpayi is the daughter of Tjampawa Katie Kawiny who is also a painter at Tjala Arts. Tjimpayi is well known for her ‘punu’ woodblocks, a process that involves burning the design into a wooden surface using hot wire. However, she is also a talented painter and has recently started making beautiful work on canvas.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 Wynne Prize Finalist, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney NSW
2017 TJALA, Harvey Art Projects, Ketchum Idaho USA
2016 Ngayuku ngura - My Country, Short St Gallery, Broome, WA
2015 Kwarila Tjunguringanyi - All Together Now, Short St Gallery, Broome WA
2014 Short St Gallery, Broome - These are the stories we teach our children
2013 Outstation Gallery Darwin - APY Lands Survey Exhibition 2013
2013 Outstation Gallery Darwin - Kunpu Pulka – Strong and Important
2012 Chapman Gallery, Canberra - Tjala Arts - New Paintings
2011 Raft Artspace, Alice Springs - Ngayulu witini ngayuku Mamaku Tjukurpa. Ngayulu witini ngayuku Ngunytjuku Tjukurpa; I hold my Fathers story. I hold my Mothers story
2010 Outstation Gallery, Darwin - Tjukurpa kunpu nganana kanyini pulka- Our stories, we hold strong

AWARDS
2018 Finalist, Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney NSW