MICKEY JAMPIJINPA SINGLETON – ABORIGINAL ART
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Artist Profile · Central Desert
Mickey Jampijinpa Singleton
Warlpiri artist painting the Water, Emu and Snake Vine Dreamings handed down by his father.
Language group
Warlpiri
Skin name
Jampijinpa
Country
Pirlinyarnu, Northern Territory
Medium
Acrylic on linen
Life and Country
Mickey Jampijinpa Singleton was born on Mount Doreen Station, where he worked as a stockman. He has lived most of his life between Yuendumu, an Aboriginal community about 290 km north-west of Alice Springs, and Nyirrpi, which began as an outstation of Yuendumu a further 160 km west into the bush. He now lives at Nyirrpi with his wife, the artist Jeanie Napangardi Lewis.
Mickey paints with Warlukurlangu Artists, the Aboriginal-owned art centre at Yuendumu. With no art centre at Nyirrpi, he once travelled to Yuendumu to paint; today Warlukurlangu brings canvas and paint out to Nyirrpi regularly.
His work
Mickey paints Jukurrpa (Dreaming) stories passed down to him from his father and his fathers before him over thousands of years. These are creation stories connected to his traditional Country, painted in a modern, individual style with an unrestricted palette.
Yankirri (Emu)
Wati (Men’s)
Ngalyipi (Snake Vine)
Buying Mickey’s work
For authenticated paintings, buy through his art centre, Warlukurlangu Artists, or a recognised gallery, and always ask for a certificate of authenticity.
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