About John West Tjupurrula

Born 1968 John West Tjupurrula is the son of Freddy West Tjakamarra and Payu Napaltjarri, and the half-brother of Bobby West Tjupurrula, all highly regarded Papunya Tula artists. Freddy West was one of the founding artists of the Western Desert movement, and a driving force behind the establishment of the Kintore and Kiwirrkura communities during the homelands movement in the 1980s. John is an emerging artist showing incredible promise. He lives and works with his family in Kiwirrkura, regularly painting the sites Winpulpula and Palipalintjanya, associated with the closely guarded Tingari song cycle.