Adrian Jangala Robertson was born at Papunya in 1962. He went to school in Papunya and remembers Geoff Bardon as a school teacher and working alongside the early Western Desert painters. Adrian's fathers' country travels from west of Walungurru through Karku at Nyirrpi to Warlurkurlangu at Yuendumu. His father, Jampitjinpa, lived at Mount Doreen close to Yuendumu and later worked at Papunya as a Gardener and Builder. Jampitjinpa is a brother to the late Darby Ross Jampitjinpa, sharing the same mother and father. Adrian's mother is the late Eunice Napangardi, a well known painter herself. It is her country, Yalpirakinu, that Adrian paints.

Adrian joined The Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Artists in 2002. He is a landscape painter and uses a predominantly restricted palette. His paintings consistently refer to the desert mountains, ridges and trees which are part of Yalpirakinu. His brushwork is loaded with energy, drama and memories. He is a deliberate and thoughtful painter; reworking, pushing and pulling the image to completion.
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AWARDS

2024 Finalist - The Sulman Prize, Archibald Prize and Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

2022 Winner - 2022 42nd Alice Prize - Araluen, Alice Springs
2021 Winner - Artist of the Year - 2021 Mparntwe NAIDOC
2021 Finalist - 2021 Vincent Lingiari Art Award - Ngawa, Ngapa, Kapi, Kwatja, Water
2021 Finalist - 2021 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA - Telstra)
2020 Winner - General Painting Award - 2020 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA - Telstra)
2018 Finalist - 2018 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA - Telstra)
2004 Finalist - 2004 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA - Telstra)

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024 NGAJU NYANGU WARLALJA, NGAJU NYANGU NGURRA (MY FAMILY, MY COUNTRY) - Redot Gallery - Singapore
2021 Yalpirakinu, Mothers Country - RAFT Artspace - Alice Springs, NT
2018 Paint Country - RAFT Artspace - Alice Springs, NT
2010 RAFT Artspace - Alice Springs, NT

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