Angus Tjungurrayi was born in the bush at the swamp site, Ngukanupalkarrnga, just north of Lake Mackay near Maruwa. He is the son of internationally-renowned Papunya Tula artists Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri and Yalti Napangati, both members of the Pintupi Nine – the last remaining group of traditional hunter-gatherers who first encountered settler Australians in 1984.

Angus lives and works in Kiwirrkurra community, one of the most remote communities in the world situated deep in the Western Desert, 700km west of Mparntwe (Alice Springs). Angus Tjungurrayi regularly paints his custodial sites and associated Tjukurrpa (Dreaming Stories) including Wilkinkarra (Lake Mackay) and the secret-sacred Tingari song-cycle.

Angus learnt to paint watching his father in the Kiwirrkurra studio, utilising the optical techniques his father is famous for – ‘flashes’ that encode and reveal esoteric meaning. Unlike his father, Angus’ works are often hard, angular, geometric compositions with Western characters of personal meaning embedded, merging traditional and contemporary Pintupi life.