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Helicopter Tjungurrayi Biography
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1947
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Born Western Australia
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Helicopter Tjungurrayi is is one of the younger generations of artists at Balgo Hills in Western Australia. Born at Nynmi, Helicopter was brought up in the nomadic lifestyle and learnt from a young age everything about the plants and the water sources to ensure survival. Helicopter was given his name as a result of an incident in the 196Os, when he fell seriously ill and was collected by a flying doctor in the first helicopter seen in the area. Now a “Marpan” or medicine man himself, Helicopter practices as a traditional healer in the Balgo community and people travel hundreds of miles to see him for healing. From the beginning of the 90’s he painted artworks together with his wife, Lucy Yukenbarri Napanangka, who is also a well-known artist and who recently passed away. Since 1994 Helicopter has been painting in his own distinctive linear style. His artworks relate often to his land and that of his mother and father and usually depict water-holes as central elements. Helicopter travelled widely during the mission days to pick up supplies (Broome, Alice Springs, and 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.
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2009 |
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Wangkartu Dreaming: Helicopter Tjungurrayi & Lucy Yukenbarri, Whiford Fine Art, London (solo) |
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2007 |
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Survey, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne; Survey, Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney;Survey, |
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2007 |
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They Might be Giants, Wooloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane |
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2006 |
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Helicopter Tjungurrayi, Christine Yukenbarri, Imelda (Guguman) Yukenbarri,Carmel Yukenbarri, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne |
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2006 |
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Warlayirti Suite Print Exhibition, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne; Survey, Short St. Gallery, Broome |
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2006 |
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Recent Works, Raft Art Space, Darwin; Singing and Dancing up the Country, Raft Gallery, Darwin |
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2006 |
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Big Country, Gallery Gondwana, Sydney |
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2006 |
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Desert Mob, Aruluen Art Center, Alice Springs |
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2005 |
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Balgo 2005, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne |
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2005 |
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Helicopter Tjungurrayi, Christine Yukenbarri, Carmel Yukenbarri, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne |
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2005 |
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Glass from the Sand Country, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne |
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2004 |
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29th Annual Shell Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle; Balgo A Go Go, GrantPirrie. Sydney |
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2004 |
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Helicopter Tjungurrayi, Alcaston Gallery @ Depot Gallery, Sydney; Solo Exhibitions (with Napanangka Yukenbarri) |
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2003 |
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Always together painting, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne (solo) |
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2003 |
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Eight by Three, Scott Livesey Art Dealer, Melbourne |
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2003 |
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Desert Mob, Araluen Centre for Arts, Alice Springs |
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2003 |
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Balgo Prints, Northern Editions, Darwin |
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2003 |
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Balgo Brilliance, Art Mob, Hobart |
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2003 |
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Palya Minyirri, Thornquest Gallery, Gold Coast |
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2002 |
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Balgo Hills, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne |
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2002 |
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9th NATSIAA, Museum and Art Gallery of NT, Darwin |
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2002 |
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Balgo Hills Artists 2002, Art Mob, Aboriginal Fine Art, Tasmania |
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2002 |
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Art from Balgo, Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs |
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2002 |
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Kutjungka, Passing it On: Works from Balgo Hills, Coomalie Cultural Centre, Batchelor; |
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2002 |
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Big Colour My Country, Thornquest Gallery, Gold Coast |
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2002 |
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Balgo Hills: An artist's survey, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney |
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2001 - 2002 |
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The Westside: Images in Ochre and Colour, Coo-ee II Exhibiting Gallery, Yuwayi Art Precinct, World Square, Sydney |
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2001 - 2002 |
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; Olympic Exhibition, Coo-ee Exhibiting Gallery, Yuwayi Art Precinct, World Square, Sydney |
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2001 - 2002 |
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Past, Present and Future, Gallery East, Sydney; Balgo Hills, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne |
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2001 |
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Past Modern: an exhibition of Kimberley Landscapes, Short Street Gallery conjunction with Australia Square, Sydney |
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2001 |
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Short on Size, Short St. Gallery, Broome |
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2001 |
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Balgo Men, Framed Gallery, Darwin |
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2001 |
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All About Art, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne |
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2001 |
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Kutjungka, Bett Gallery, Hobart |
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2001 |
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Balgo Works, Staedtische Gallery, Wolsfburg Germany |
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2001 |
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New paintings from Balgo, Cutliffe Gallery, Sydney |
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2001 |
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Recent Works by Artists from Balgo Hills, Ochre Gallery, Collingwood, Victoria |
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2001 |
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Balgo Artists Return to Country, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne |
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2001 |
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Spirituality and Australian Aboriginal Art, Alcaston Gallery, Madrid, Spain |
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2001 |
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Yvonnou Balgo Exhibition, AMG Gallery, Paris |
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2001 |
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Spirituality and Australian Aboriginal Art, Department of Culture Madrid, Spain |
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2000 |
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All About Art, Alcaston Gallery Melbourne, Australia |
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1999 |
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Miliynyin, Hogarth Galleries Sydney, Australia |
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1999 |
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Tjurrnu-Living Water, Alcaston Gallery Melbourne, Australia |
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1999 |
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Tjurrnu: Living Water, Alcaston Gallery , Melbourne (solo) |
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1998 |
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Culture Store, Art Gallery Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
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1997 |
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, Hogarth Galleries Sydeny, Australia |
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1997 |
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, Seywald Gallery Salzburg |
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1996 |
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Balgo Hills: Art of the Place, Derek Simpkins Gallery of Tribal Art Vancouver, BC |
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