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Artists from Balgo Hills -Helicopter
Tjungurrayi
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 Helicopter Tjungurrayi is an Aboriginal artist from Balgo Hills in Western Australia. Born at Nynmi, Helicopter learnt from a young age the location of water sources and how to hunt for bush food. Helicopter is a 'Maparn' (traditional medicine man) and people travel hundreds of miles to see him for healing. He is also a respected painter alongside his wife Lucy Yukenbarri. In the early 1990s he painted with his wife, not seeking any acknowledgement. Since 1994 Helicopter has been painting on his own in a distinctive linear style that emanates from the central feature of a soak water. Helicopter travelled widely during the mission days to pick up supplies (Broome, Alice Springs, Wyndham). There are many stories of the endless tasks performed on the Mission; drilling for water, cutting timber for fencing, fixing the windmill. More recently, Helicopter has travelled from Balgo Hills with his paintings and prints to Darwin, Adelaide and Melbourne. He remains dedicated to painting his country and the country of his mother and father where he lived a nomadic life as a young boy. subjects and themes Pippar Country: his mother's country, Nynmi country: his father's country,Tingari,Soak waters. collections Art Gallery of New South Wales National Gallery of Victoria Kluge Ruhe Collection, USA Gantner Myer Collection Laverty Collection Edith Cowan University Harland Collection Ken Thompson and Pierre Marecaux Collection exhibitions Individual exhibitions 1999 Tjurrnu: Living Water, Alcaston Gallery , Melbourne Group exhibitions 2002 Balgo Hills, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne 2002 19th NATSIAA, Museum and Art Gallery of NT, Darwin 2002 Balgo Hills Artists 2002, Art Mob, Aboriginal Fine Art, Tasmania 2002 Art from Balgo, Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs 2002 Kutjungka , Passing it On: Works from Balgo Hills, Coomalie Cultural Centre, Batchelor 2002 Big Colour My Country, Thornquest Gallery, Gold Coast 2002 Balgo Hills: An artist's survey, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney 2001 Short on Size, Short St. Gallery, Broome 2001 Balgo Men, Framed Gallery, Darwin 2001 All About Art, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne 2001 Kutjungka, Bett Gallery, Hobart 2001 Balgo Works, Staedtische Gallery, Wolsfburg, Germany 2001 New paintings from Balgo, Cutliffe Gallery, Sydney 2001 Recent Works by Artists from Balgo Hills, Ochre Gallery, Collingwood, Victoria 2001 Balgo Artists Return to Country, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne 2001 Spirituality and Australian Aboriginal Art, Alcaston Gallery, Madrid, Spain 2001 Yvonnou Balgo Exhibition, AMG Gallery, Paris 2001 Past Modern: an exhibition of Kimberley Landscapes, Short Street Gallery in conjunction with Australia Square, Sydney 2000 The Westside: Images in Ochre and Colour, Coo-ee II Exhibiting Gallery, Yuwayi Art Precinct, World Square, Sydney 2000 Olympic Exhibition, Coo-ee Exhibiting Gallery, Yuwayi Art Precinct, World Square, Sydney 2000 Past, Present and Future, Gallery East, Sydney 2000 Balgo Hills, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne 2000 Marking the Paper: limited edition prints on paper, Desart, Sydney 2000 Melbourne Artfair 2000, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne 2000 Waltja - Family, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney 2000 Hot Press: Recent Prints from Central Austalia and the Kimberley, Beaver Galleries, Canberra 2000 Peintures des Aborigenes d'Australie, Palais des Congres et des Expositions, Paris, France 2000 Balgo Art, Gondwana Gallery, Alice Springs 2000 Balgo Hills Aboriginal Paintings, Bett Gallery, Hobart 1999 Aboriginal Art, IHK, Würzburg, Germany 1999 Dreaming in Colour: Australian Aboriginal Art from Balgo, University of Virginia, USA 1999 16th National ATSI Art Awards, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin 1999 East Kimberley Art Awards, Kununurra Arts Council, Kununurra 1999 Desert Mob '99, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs 1999 30th Alice Prize, Araluen Centre, Alice Springs 1999 Mularrpa (True) Balgo, Framed, the Gallery, Darwin 1999 Miliynyin, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney 1999 Miliynyin, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle 1998 Culture Store, Art Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 1998 Ngurrara: My Own Country, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney 1998 Dreamings, Spazio Pitti Arte, Florence, Italy 1998 Balgo Men, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne 1998 Hilton Hotel Art Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 1998 Dreamings, Vlaams-Europeesch Conferentiecentrum, Brussels, Belgium 1997 Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs 997 New Paintings from Balgo Artists, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne 1997 Big Balgos: Recent Paintings by Warlayirti Artists, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney 1997 Balgo Paintings, Seywald Gallery, Salzburg, Austria 1997 Dreamings, Arnhem, The Netherlands 1997 Innenseite: Projektgruppe Stoffwechsel, Kassel & Göttingen, Germany 1997 Desert Country, Matso's, Broome 1996 Balgo Hills: Art of the Place, Derek Simpkins Gallery of Tribal Art, Vancouver, BC, Canada 1995 Two Men Dreaming: New Art from Balgo Hills, Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery, Paddington Awards 1999 Special Commendation, East Kimberley Art Awards, Kununurra Arts Council, Kununurra |
 region Nynmi state Western Australia community Balgo Hills born 1947 active language Kukatja art centre Walayiriti Artists, Balgo Hills medium Acrylic paint on canvas, limited edition prints. |
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