Kanya Tjapangati is a senior Pintupi artist, who was born around 1951 at Pamatjatunya, west of Jupiter Well in Western Australia. One of the many bush people from the desert, who were taken to Papunya Settlement in the 1960s by one of the Northern Territory's Welfare Branch patrols, Kanya began painting for Papunya Tula Artists in 1981 and has since established himself as a well respected artist. Besides participating in numerous group exhibitions, this artist has also had a solo exhibition in 2003 titled `Paintings`, which was held at William Mora Galleries in Melbourne, Australia.
Collections include:
The Supreme Court of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT. Australia.
Art Gallery of Western Australia.
Art Gallery of South Australia.
Groninger Museum, The Netherlands.
Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, NT, Australia.
Northern Territory Art Award Permanent Collection.
Robert Holmes a Court Collection.
The Kelton Foundation Collection.
Publications include:
Kimber R. `Friendly Country-Friendly People`, exhibition catalogue, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, Australia, 1990.
Droombeelden, `Tjukurrpa`, exhibition catalogue, Groninger Museum, The Netherlands, 1995.
Nangara, exhibition catalogue, The Aboriginal Gallery of Dreamings, Melbourne, 1996.
`Dreamings of the Desert, The Art Gallery of South Australia, 1996
Mellor D. & Megaw V. ` Twenty Five Years and Beyond, Papunya Tula Paintings, exhibition catalogue, Flinders Art Museum, South Australia, Flinders Press, 1999.
Scott Livesey Art Dealer, `Aboriginal Art 2001`, exhibition catalogue, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Scott Livesey Art Dealer, `Aboriginal Art 2002`, exhibition catalogue, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Scott Livesey Art Dealer, `Aboriginal Art 2003`, exhibition catalogue, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Scott Livesey Art Dealer, `Aboriginal Art 2005`, exhibition catalogue, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
`Togart Contemporary Art Exhibition`, exhibition catalogue, Darwin, NT, Australia, 2006.
Hamilton's Gallery, `Pintupi`, exhibition catalogue, London, UK, 2006