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David Jupurrurla Oldfield

Layer
DAOO Artists with known birth places and birth years
Type
Other
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Latitude
-20
Longitude
133
Start Date
1940-01-01
End Date
1940-01-01

Description

Sources

ID
tb9eca

Extended Data

DAAO URL
https://www.daao.org.au/bio/david-jupurrurla-oldfield
Birth Place
Northern Territory, NT, Australia
Biography
Born in the early 1940s, Big Dave’s country was near Yuendumu and he was custodian for a number of different stories in this region, including Snake, Bush Potato, Black Kite, Emu, Dingo, Bush Yams, Spear, Possum and Witchetty Grubs. He had painted since the mid ’80s for Warlukurlangu Artists and his work was included in many of their exhibitions in the late ’80s in Perth, Alice Springs, Melbourne, Adelaide, Gold Coast, Canberra, Sydney, Portsmouth England, Seattle, USA and in the Dreamscapes exhibition in Pittsburgh USA in 1991. For a time, medical treatment required him to remain in Alice Springs, where he worked as an independent producer, selling his work through the Centre for Aboriginal Artists. Writers: Johnson, Vivien Date written: 1994 Last updated: 2011
Born
b. c.1940
Summary
'Big Dave' Oldfield's work has been included in many group exhibitions of Warlukurlangu Artists and is also held in many private collections and the British Museum. He also sold work through the Centre for Aboriginal Artists and Craftsmen in Alice Springs.
Gender
Male
Died
None listed
Age at death
None listed