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KANYA TJAPANGATI (born circa 1951)
Acrylic on Belgian linen
122 x 91 cm

This painting depicts designs associated with Yaltintja, a soakwater site north-west
of Jupiter Well. In mythological times a large group of Tingari men camped at this
site before travelling north-east to Lake Mackay. Since events associated with the
Tingari Cycle are of a secret nature no further detail is given.

PROVENANCE
Papunya Tula Artists Pty. Ltd., Alice Springs, painted at Kiwirrkura 2005,
Certificate number KT0506173

Kanya was born at the site of Pamatjatunya, which is west of the Jupiter Well area
in Western Australia. His father has three wives and was the older brother of Pinta
Pinta Tjapanangka. Charlie Tjapangati and Nanyuma Napangati are also closely
related to Kanya, sharing the same father but different mothers. He travelled into
Papunya with Jeremy Long by truck on one of the last government patrols in the
area. Kanya commenced painting for Papunya Tula Artists in 1981 and in 1999
contributed to Kiwirrkura men’s painting as part of the Western Desert Dialysis
Appeal.

REPRESENTED
Art Gallery of South Australia
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Supreme Court of the Northern Territory, Darwin
Araluen Collection, Alice Springs
Robert Holmes à Court Collection
Kelton Foundation Collection, Santa Monica, USA
Groninger Museum, The Netherlands