Collection: Matthew West Tjupurrula

He was born c. 1979 and commenced painting in Kintore for Papunya Tula Artist in 2001. Matthew's family have a long history of painting. His father was renowned artist Freddy Tjudugudi West Tjakamarra (1940-1994), his mother Payu Napaltjarri (b.1952) is also a well-known artist. Matthew has exhibited extensively with Papunya Tula as well as with Warlayirti Artists. He resides with his wife and three children in Balgo at Kiwirrkura Community in Western Australia. In 2020, Matthew was voted in as chairperson of Warlayirti Artists Board and continues to serve in this role.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018 2017 2016 2015 2012 2011 2010 2009 2007 2006 2004 2003 ‘Community IX’, Utopia Art Sydney, NSW ‘NEW the latest from Kiwirrkurra’, Utopia Art Sydney, NSW ‘Aux origines de l’art’, Aboriginal Signature – Estrangin Gallery, Brussels, Belgium. ‘Papunya Tula Artists – Indigenous Paintings From Australia’s Western Desert’, Brumby Ute Gallery, Aspen, Colorado, USA. 'Desert Mob 2015', Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. ‘Annual Pintupi Exhibition’, Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. ‘Community VII’, Utopia Art Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ‘Papunya Tula: Works On Paper’, Art Gallery Of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. 'Pintupi Art 2011', A P Bond Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. 'Desert Mob 2011', Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. ‘2011 Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, Western Australia 'Pintupi Men’, ReDot Gallery, Singapore. ‘Recent Pintupi Works’, Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. 'Papunya Tula Artists: Art of the Western Desert, Harvey Art Projects USA, Sun Valley, Idaho, USA 'Wilkinkarralakutu - Journeys To Lake Mackay', Cross-Cultural Art Exchange, Darwin, NT, Australia ‘Recent Paintings’, Chapman Gallery, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 'Ngurra Kutju Ngurrara - Belonging To One Country', ReDot Gallery, Singapore. 'Painting the Country', Cross-Cultural Art Exchange, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. 'Pintupi 2009', Tony Bond Aboriginal Art Dealer, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. ‘Nganampatju Kanpatja Winki, Nganampatju Yara Winkii – All Our Paintings, All Our Stories’, Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. ‘Tjukurrpa Palurukutu, Kutjupawana Palyantjanya – Same Stories, A New Way’, Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. 'Master Works From Papunya Tula', Birrung Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia. ‘ST’ART - Contemporary Art Fair’, Strasburg, France. ‘Pintupi Art 2004’, Tony Bond Aboriginal Art Dealer, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. ‘Pintupi Artists’, Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. ‘Young Men From Papunya Tula Artists’, Utopia Art Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

COLLECTIONS

Art Gallery of New South Wales National Gallery of Victoria Harvard Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, USA

 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

 Cross Cultural Art Exchange, 'Wilkinkarralakutu - Journeys To Lake Mackay', exhibition catalogue, Darwin, NT, Australia, 2010. ReDot Gallery, 'Ngurra Kutju Ngurrara - Belonging To One Country', exhibition catalogue, Singapore, 2010. ‘Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award 2011’ exhibition catalogue, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, Western Australia, 2011. Papunya Tula Artists - Indigenous Paintings From Australia’s Western Desert, exhibition catalogue, Brumby Ute Gallery, Aspen, Colorado, USA, 2015.