Born:
c. 1932
Deceased:
2020
Language Group:
Luritja and Warlpiri
Country:
Ikuntji (Haasts Bluff) and Papunya, North West of Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Medium:
Acrylic on Canvas and Board
Subjects:
Hare, Wallaby, Kingfisher, Dingo Dreaming, Five Dreamings, Wallaby and Possum Hunting, Water Dreaming
Long-Jack was born at Kalipinpa, a rain Dreaming site northeast of Kintore. During his childhood, he lived with his family on their traditional lands before moving to Haasts Bluff settlement in his teens. Later in life, he became a resident of Papunya, where he served as a councillor in the 1970s and was ordained as a Lutheran pastor in 1984. A former stockman, Long-Jack was also one of the founding members of the Papunya Tula Artists.
Mbantua Gallery Collection, Alice Springs, NT
Artbank, Sydney, NSW
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA
Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
1974
Anvil Art Gallery, Albury, NSW
1974-1976
Art of Aboriginal Australia, touring Canada, Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Ltd, Canada
1984
Papunya and Beyond, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT
1971-1984
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
1987
Circle Path Meander, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
1989
A Myriad of Dreaming: Twentieth Century Aboriginal Art, Westpac Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
1990
L'ete Austrazlien a'Montpellier, France
1993
Tjukurrpa, Desert Dreamings, Aboriginal Art from Central Australia 1971-1993, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA
1994
Power of the Land - Masterpieces of Aboriginal Art, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
1983
Northern Territory Golden Jubilee Art Award
1984
Alice Springs Art Prize, NT
