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This body of work emerged from my return to my bush property following the recent Victorian fires. Rather than depicting the visible aftermath of fire, I found myself drawn to something less obvious – the feeling that the land had changed in ways that were difficult to articulate…… Continue reading
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Acrylic on Canvas
83 x 63 cm Framed
A$7,500 Buy NowBorn c.1925
Region Yuendumu
Language Warlpiri
Shorty Jangala Robertson (c.1932–2014) was a senior Warlpiri artist born at Jila (Chilla Well), northwest of Yuendumu in the Northern Territory. Raised on Country, he spent his early life following a traditional nomadic lifestyle before eventually settling in Yuendumu after years of travelling throughout the Central Desert.
His experiences bridged a period of profound change for Aboriginal communities, and his paintings reflect a lifelong connection to Warlpiri law, culture and ancestral Country. Working through Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation, Shorty developed a bold and expressive style that remained deeply grounded in traditional knowledge.
His paintings depict important Warlpiri Dreaming stories, including Ngapa (Water), Watiyawarnu (Acacia), Yankirri (Emu) and Pamapardu (Flying Ant). Characterised by vibrant colour, energetic compositions and confident mark-making, his work celebrates the enduring relationship between people, ceremony and the landscape.
Shorty Jangala Robertson’s paintings have been exhibited throughout Australia and internationally, and his work is represented in significant public and private collections. He is recognised as an important contributor to the contemporary Warlpiri painting movement.
EXHIBITIONS
2003 First Solo Exhibition, A November lcaston Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2004 Coo-ee, Sydney, NSW
2005 Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2005 Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs, NT
2006 Shorty Jangala Robertson, Coo-ee, Sydney, NSW
2007 Singing the rain, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2011 Shorty Jangala Robertson, Kate Owen Gallery, NSW
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2002 Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, VIC
2003 Warlukurlangu Artists’, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2003 All About Art’, Alcaston Gallery at Depot Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2003 Kurruwarri Pipangka Designs on Paper’ CDU Gallery, Charles Darwin University NT
2004 Desert Mob’ Alice Springs Cultural Precinct, Araluen Arts Centre, NT
2004 Painting Country’, Thornquest Gallery, QLD
2004 Dreaming Stories’, Indigenart, Perth, WA
2004 New Works from Yuendumu’, Bellas Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2004 Big Country’ Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs, NT
2004 All About Art ‘ Annual Collectors Exhibition’, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2004 Recent Works from Warlakurlangu’, Hogarth Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2004 The Alice Prize’, Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs, NT
2005 Warlukurlangu Group Show’, Beaver Gallery, Canberra, ACT
2005 WAAA Collection’ Flinders Museum Adelaide, SA
2005 Warlukurlangu Collection’, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs, NT
2005 Jukurrpa Wiri ‘Important Dreaming Stories’ Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs, NT
2005 Recent Works’, Short Street Gallery, Broome, WA
2005 Luminous’, Northern Editions, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT
2005 Big Country Exhibition’, Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs, NT
2005 Land of Diversity’, Hogarth Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2006 Warlukurlangu Artists New Works’, Hogarth Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2006 Warlukurlangu Artists – Recent Works’, Mason Gallery, Darwin, NT
2006 Warlpiri Artists of Yuendumu’, Japingka Gallery, WA
2006 Summer Evening’, Anne Snell Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2007 Warlukurlangu – Aboriginal Art aus Yuendumu’, ArtKelch, Freiburg, Germany
2007 Tiwa Ngurrara, Strangers?’ Artkelch, Freiburg, Germany
2007 Desert Mob’, Baguette Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, in conjunction with Suzanne O’Connell Gallery May
2007 Yuendumu & Kimberley, Twin Indigenous Show’, United Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2007 Couples, painting partners from Yuendumu & Nyirrpi’, Gadfly Gallery, Perth, WA
2007 Desert Dreamings: earth + water’, Artitja Fine Art, Perth, WA
2007 Shalom Gamarada Aboriginal Art Exhibition’, Shalom College, Sydney, NSW
2007 Water for Life’, Victorian Artists Society, World Vision Exhibition, Melbourne, VIC
2007 Above and Beyond’, Caruana & Reid Fine Art, Sydney, NSW
2007 Contemporary Masters of the Central Desert’, SF Fine Art, Sydney, NSW
2007 Above & Beyond’, Caruana Fine Art & Reid Mercantile, Sydney, NSW
2007 The Best of the Best jewels of the desert’, Framed Gallery, Darwin NT
2007 SIPA’, Seoul International Print, Photo & Edition Works Art Fair, Southern Exchange, S Korea
2007 ‘Australian Aboriginal Artists from the Central Desert’, Jeffrey Moose Gallery, Seattle WA, USA November
2007 Tiwa Ngurrara, Strangers?’, Artkelch, Freiburg, Germany
2007 Aboriginal Printmakers NT & QLD’, Framed Gallery, Darwin
2007 Stocking’, Artereal, Sydney, NSW
2007 The Christmas Show’, Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs NT
2007 Warlukurlangu Artists’, Hogarth Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2008 Les couleurs du desert australien’, L’Antidote, Geneva, Switzerland
2008 Desert Mob, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, NT
2008 Aboriginal Art aus der Central und Western Desert’, ArtKelch, Germany
2008 Artists of Nyirripi & Yuendumu’, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle, WA
2008 Warlukurlangu Artists, the art of Yuendumu’, La Fontaine Centre of Contemporary Art, Bahrain UAE
2008 Opening Doors into Colourful Dreamtime, ReDot Gallery, Singapore
2008 Shalom Gamarada Aboriginal Art Exhibition, Caspary Conference Centre, Sydney, NSW
2008 Representations of Country, Artitja Fine Art, Perth, WA
2008 Warlukurlangu Artists, Established & Emerging Artists, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, NSW
2008 New Directions, Gecko Gallery, Broome, WA
2008 Bush Tucker 08, Arereal Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2008 Desert Stories, Artitja Fine Art, Perth, WA
2008 Warlukurlangu Artists’, Beaver Gallery, Canberra, ACT
2008 Warlukurlangu Wonders’, Warlpiri Paintings from Yuendumu, Art Mob, Tasmania
2009 Nyirripi & Yuendumu Artists’, Japingka Gallery, Fremantle, WA
2009 Value of Country, ArtKelch, Freiburg, Germany
2009 Centred Art, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2010 Exposition d’art aborigene d’Australie, IDAIA and Galerie Princesse de Kiev, France
COLLECTIONS
Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs
Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs
Artbank, Sydney, NSW
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Flinders University Art Museum, Melbourne
Gordon Darling Foundation, Canberra
Private Collections
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