Aubrey Tjangala Australian, Pintupi, b. 1974
Aubrey was born on the 11th of February 1974 at the Pintupi outstation of Yayi Yayi, approximately 30km west of Papunya. Yayi Yayi was a temporary settlement set up by the Pintupi people as they began their migration back to their Western Desert homelands from Papunya, where they had earlier been centralised by the government welfare branch. After Kintore Community was established in the early eighties, he lived for a while on his father’s outstation known as Ininti, which was slightly north-west of the community. Aubrey went through traditional law in Tjukurla and has since been a permanent resident of Kintore.
Aubrey is the son of the world-renowned painter Ronnie Tjampitjinpa, a shareholder, and former Director of Papunya Tula Artists, and one of the most important and successful artists in the company’s history. His style closely resembles his father’s art, no doubt a result of watching and studying his father’s work for over four decades. Aubrey painted his first works for the company in 2019 and has since become a regular figure in the Kintore studio. As a traditional owner of the country close to Kintore, his paintings refer to the stories central to that area; including the story of the Two Travelling Women, the Perentie Dreaming, and the Fire Dreaming at Wilkinkarra (Lake Mackay).