Angus Tjungurrayi

Claypan at Murmur

2018

This painting is related to the a large claypan called Murmur, where his parents often camped before coming to Kiwirrkura. In ancestral times, a large group of ancestral Tingarri men travelled through and among this place on their journey further south and east. Their journey begins in the northwest.

Language Group: Pintupi
Date: Born 1988

Angus Tjungurrayi was born in Kiwirrkura in Western Austrralia. He is the son of Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri and Yalti Napangati and he began painting for Papunya Tula Artists in 2017. Angus lives and works in Kiwirrkurra community. In 2024, he held his first solo exhibition at Station Gallery in Melbourne, and in 2025 he was a finalist in the Wynne Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. His work is held in the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art.

Biographical information courtesy of Papunya Tula Artists.

ANGUS TJUNGURRAYI, Claypan at Murmur, 2018

Synthetic polymer paint on canvas. 24 × 21 5/8 in. (61 × 55 cm). Commissioned by Richard Klingler and Jane Slatter for Irriṯitja Kuwarri Tjungu | Past and Present Together.

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