Long-Jack Phillipus
Long-Jack Phillipus
Born: c. 1932
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, the rain Dreaming site North East of Kintore. He lived in Papunya and became councillor in the 1970's and was ordained as a Lutheran pastor in 1984.
Collections
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
Exhibitions
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
AWARDS
1983
Northern Territory Golden Jubilee Art Award -
1984
Alice Springs Art Prize, NT -