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Adrian Tjupurrula (also known as Adrian Young Tjupurrula, born around 1951–1960, died 2012) was a prominent Western Desert Indigenous Australian artist and community leader from the Pintupi/Ngaanyatjarra language groups. He was closely associated with the Papunya Tula art movement, painting sacred ancestral Tingari Cycle narratives. [1, 2, 3]
(Note: If you were instead looking for the contemporary international didgeridoo performer who goes by the stage name Tjupurru, his real name is Adrian Fabila Tjupurrula, a descendant of the Djabera Djabera tribe.) [1]
Background and Early Life
Born in the Western Desert region, with strong ties to areas such as Tjukurla, Docker River, and Papunya.
Experienced traditional desert life and the transitional era of mission relocations during his youth.
Served as a senior community member, traditional custodian for local Tjukurrpa (Dreaming stories), and a community pastor later in life. [1, 2]
Artistic Career
Trained in the distinct contemporary dot-painting and narrative traditions of the Western Desert art block.
Authorized to depict vital and sacred Tingari Cycle stories passed down through his father, detailing ancestral journeys and creation laws.
Jun. 02, 2026
ADRIAN YOUNG TJUPURRULA, “Untitled”, Acrylic on canvas., 128cm x 158cm
Est: $1,000 – $2,000
ADRIAN YOUNG TJUPURRULA “Untitled” Acrylic on canvas. Comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. This artwork is not stretched. Signed verso.
Ozbid Auctions
ADRIAN YOUNG TJUPURRULA, “Untitled”, Acrylic on canvas., 128cm x 158cm
Est: $1,000 – $2,000
ADRIAN YOUNG TJUPURRULA “Untitled” Acrylic on canvas. Comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. This artwork is not stretched. Signed verso.
Ozbid Auctions
Passed
Nov. 02, 2025
ADRIAN YOUNG TJUPURRULA, “Untitled”, Acrylic on canvas., 128cm x 158cm
Est: $2,000 – $3,000
Passed
ADRIAN YOUNG TJUPURRULA “Untitled” Acrylic on canvas. Comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. This artwork is not stretched. Signed verso.
Ozbid Auctions
Adrian Young Tjupurrula, (1946-), Untitled, Acrylic on canvas
Est: $700 – $1,000
Passed
Adrian Young Tjupurrula 1946- Untitled Acrylic on canvas The certificate is in digital format.
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Adrian Young Tjupurrula, (1946-), Untitled, Acrylic on canvas
Est: $700 – $1,000
Passed
Adrian Young Tjupurrula 1946- Untitled Acrylic on canvas The certificate is in digital format.
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Adrian Young Tjupurrula, (1946-), Untitled, Acrylic on canvas
Est: $1,000 – $1,500
Adrian Young Tjupurrula 1946- Untitled Acrylic on canvas The certificate is in digital format.
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
ADRIAN TJUPURRULA “Tingari” Acrylic on canvas
Est: $500 – $1,000
ADRIAN TJUPURRULA “Tingari” Acrylic on canvas Comes with Certificate of Authenticity Artwork is stretched and ready to hang 41cm x 117cm
Ozbid Auctions
![ADRIAN TJUPURRULA (Aboriginal), Kaakaratintja (Lake MacDonald), synthetic polymer paint on board, 45 x 35cm. Artist's statement and gallery number [AT860740] verso. Provenance: The Joyce Evans estate.](https://image.invaluable.com/housePhotos/LeskiAuctions/21/758621/H21350-L352072703.jpg)
Sold
Nov. 19, 2023
ADRIAN TJUPURRULA (Aboriginal), Kaakaratintja (Lake MacDonald), synthetic polymer paint on board, 45 x 35cm. Artist’s statement and gallery number [AT860740] verso. Provenance: The Joyce Evans estate.
Est: $400 – $600
Sold:$300
ADRIAN TJUPURRULA (Aboriginal), Kaakaratintja (Lake MacDonald), synthetic polymer paint on board, 45 x 35cm. Artist’s statement and gallery number [AT860740] verso. Provenance: The Joyce Evans estate.
Leski Auctions Pty Ltd
![ADRIAN TJUPURRULA (Aboriginal), Kaakaratintja (Lake MacDonald), synthetic polymer paint on board, 45 x 35cm. Artist's statement and gallery number [AT860740] verso. Provenance: The Joyce Evans estate.](https://image.invaluable.com/housePhotos/LeskiAuctions/79/736779/H21350-L310886110.jpg)
Passed
Dec. 04, 2022
ADRIAN TJUPURRULA (Aboriginal), Kaakaratintja (Lake MacDonald), synthetic polymer paint on board, 45 x 35cm. Artist’s statement and gallery number [AT860740] verso. Provenance: The Joyce Evans estate.
Est: $600 – $800
Passed
ADRIAN TJUPURRULA (Aboriginal), Kaakaratintja (Lake MacDonald), synthetic polymer paint on board, 45 x 35cm. Artist’s statement and gallery number [AT860740] verso. Provenance: The Joyce Evans estate.
Leski Auctions Pty Ltd
Passed
Mar. 23, 2014
ADRIAN YOUNG TJUPURRULA, ‘My Country’
Est: $800 – $1,200
Passed
ADRIAN YOUNG TJUPURRULA (c. 1946 – ), Medium: Original Acrylic Painting, Title: ‘My Country’, Image Size: 165cm x 117cm, Material: Canvas, Condition: Excellent, Signed Verso, A Certificate of Authenticity Comes with the Artwork, Artwork is Unstretched,
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Dec. 09, 2012
ADRIAN YOUNG TJUPURRULA (BORN CIRCA 1946) Tingari acrylic on canvas
Est: $800 – $1,200
Passed
ADRIAN YOUNG TJUPURRULA (BORN CIRCA 1946) Tingari acrylic on canvas 123.5 x 225.5cm OTHER NOTES Accompanied by photocopied documents from Mia Mia Gallery, Melbourne referring to artist
Leonard Joel
![[ Aboriginal Art ]](https://image.invaluable.com/housePhotos/Millon/61/310461/H0769-L25764106.jpg)
Dec. 04, 2011
[ Aboriginal Art ]
Est: €2,000 – €2,500
Passed
Adrian Young Tjupurrula Sans titre-Tingari Acrylique sur toile-126 x 150 cm Ethnie Pintupi-Communauté de Kintore-Désert Occidental Depuis quelques années le style du regretté Dr…
Millon & Associes
Est: $3,000 – $5,000
Sold:$3,360
Adrian Tjupurrula, born circa 1960, TINGARI JOURNEY synthetic polymer paint on linen bears artist’s name, Papunya Tula Artists catalogue number AT870740 and the numbers PA96 and AAC3 on the reverse 152 BY 122CM Provenance: Painted at Kintore in 1987 Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs Donald Kahn CollectSmith & Singer
Moments on Country brings together a selection of works by artists living and working on their homelands through community-governed Aboriginal Art and Craft Centres. Drawn from remote art centres across Australia, these paintings reflect a breadth of cultural knowledge, material expression and lived connection to Country.
Spanning a full spectrum of colour, style and approach, the exhibition reveals the diversity of contemporary Indigenous artistic voices. Each work carries its own rhythm and authority—grounded in place, yet expansive in its visual language.
Selected by Mark Chapman through his ongoing connections with artists and art centres, these paintings have been chosen for their resonance and strength. Some are exhibited for the first time in Melbourne, and others are worth another look in a new context.
Moments on Country offers an encounter of Country through works that hold presence—quietly powerful, deeply rooted, and unmistakably alive.
Works
Pauline Wangin
Kapi Tjukula (Water Hole), 2025
Acrylic on canvas
121.5 x 121.5 cm
$ 4,000.00
Maggie Green
Myroodah Station, 2019
Acrylic on canvas
101.5 x 101.5 cm
$ 5,450.00
Carbiene McDonald Tjangala
Four Dreamings, 2024
Acrylic on canvas
152 x 122 cm
$ 17,500.00
Amy Yilpi
Maku, 2018
Acrylic on canvas
100 x 50 cm
$ 1,150.00
Amy Yilpi
Maku, 2018
Acrylic on canvas
100 x 50 cm
$ 1,150.00
Aileen Napaljarri Long
Wanakiji (Bush Tomato), 2024
Acrylic on canvas
61 x 41 cm
$ 1,600.00
Mulyatinki Marney
Nyinyiri, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
121 x 76 cm
$ 4,500.00
February 23, 2025