Unspoken Memories: A Journey Through Yalpirakinu

Adrian Jangala Robertson

20 Jul

2024

2024

10 Aug

2024

Adrian Jangala Robertson is a proud Warlpiri man from the Central Western Desert region. Growing up in Papunya, Robertson witnessed the Western Desert painting movement’s inception. Adrian has since enjoyed strong artistic influences throughout his life including his father’s brother, the late Darby Ross Jampijinpa and his mother, the late Eunice Napangardi. Since 2002 Adria nhas painted with the Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Artists and become a crucial member of the Alice Springs art community.

Unspoken Memories: A Journey Through Yalpirakinu showcases a broad range of recent artworks by Robertson. Adrian paints using a restricted palette, deliberately and thoughtfully pushing, and pulling an image to its completion. Through painting Adrian connects his memories of family and his mother’s country, Yalpirakinu. His distinctive style of brushwork that is loaded with energy, portrays his family and the desert mountains, ridges, and trees, capturing his deep connections and memories of family and country.

An accomplished artist, Adrian has exhibited nationally and internationally. He won the NATSIAA General Painting Award (2020), the Artist of the Year, Mparntwe NAIDOC awards (2021), and The Alice Prize, Mparntwe National Contemporary Art Award (2022). In 2022 he was a finalist in the Hadley Art Prize and Sulman Prize. This year, Adrian is a finalist in the Sulman, Archibald and Wynne, one of only two artists who got accepted in all three prizes. In June this year, Adrian also had his first international, solo exhibition at the Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery in London.

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Adrian Robertson
Yalpirakinu
2017
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July 12, 2024
Adrian Robertson
Adrian Robertson - 2020 - Family in Yalpirakinu
2020
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July 12, 2024
Adrian Robertson
Family in Yalpirakinu
2020
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150
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July 12, 2024
Adrian Robertson
Adrian Robertson - 2020 - Family in Yalpirakinu
2020
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150
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July 12, 2024
Adrian Robertson
Adrian Robertson - 2021 - Yalpirakinu
2021
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Adrian Robertson
Yalpirakinu
2021
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July 12, 2024
Adrian Robertson
Adrian Robertson - 2021 - Family in Yalpirakinu
2021
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Adrian Robertson
Adrian Robertson - 2021 - Family
2021
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July 12, 2024
Adrian Robertson
Adrian Robertson - 2022 - Yalpirakinu
2022
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Adrian Robertson
Family in Yalpirakinu
2022
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July 12, 2024
Adrian Robertson
Adrian Robertson - 2022 - Family in Yalpirakinu
2022
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Adrian Robertson
Family in Yalpirakinu
2022
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Adrian Robertson
Yalpirakinu
2022
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91.5
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Adrian Robertson
Adrian Robertson - 2022 - Family in Yalpirakinu
2022
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Adrian Robertson
Adrian Robertson - 2022 - Yalpirakinu
2022
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Adrian Robertson
Adrian Robertson - 2022 - Yalpirakinu
2022
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Adrian Robertson - 2022 - Yalpirakinu
2022
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Adrian Robertson
Adrian Robertson - 2022 - Yalpirakinu
2022
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Adrian Robertson
Adrian Robertson - 2022 - Yalpirakinu
2022
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Adrian Robertson
Adrian Robertson - 2022 - Yalpirakinu
2022
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Adrian Robertson
Adrian Robertson - 2022 - Family in Yalpirakinu
2022
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Adrian Robertson
Adrian Robertson - 2022 - Yalpirakinu
2022
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Adrian Robertson
Adrian Robertson - 2022 - Family in Yalpirakinu
2022
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Adrian Robertson
Adrian Robertson - 2022 - Family in Yalpirakinu
2022
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Adrian Robertson
Adrian Robertson - 2022 - Family
2022
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Adrian Robertson
Adrian Robertson - 2022 - Yalpirakinu
2022
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Adrian Robertson
Adrian Robertson - 2022 - Yalpirakinu
2022
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Adrian Robertson
Adrian Robertson - 2023 - Yalpirakinu
2023
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Adrian Robertson
Adrian Robertson - 2023 - Yalpirakinu
2023
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Adrian Robertson
Adrian Robertson - 2023 - Family in Yalpirakinu
2023
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Adrian Robertson
Adrian Robertson - 2023 - Yalpirakinu
2023
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Adrian Robertson - 2023 - Yalpirakinu
2023
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Adrian Robertson
Adrian Robertson - 2023 - Yalpirakinu
2023
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Adrian Robertson - 2023 - Yalpirakinu
2023
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Adrian Robertson
Adrian Robertson - 2023 - Family in Yalpirakinu
2023
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Adrian Robertson - 2023 - Yalpirakinu
2023
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Adrian Robertson
Adrian Robertson - 2023 - Family in Yalpirakinu
2023
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Adrian Robertson - 2023 - Yalpirakinu
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Adrian Robertson
Adrian Robertson - 2023 - Yalpirakinu
2023
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Adrian Robertson - 2023 - Yalpirakinu
2023
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Adrian Robertson
Yalpirakinu
2023
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Adrian Robertson - 2023 - Yalpirakinu
2023
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Adrian Robertson
Yalpirakinu
2023
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Adrian Robertson
Family in Yalpirakinu
2023
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Adrian Robertson - 2023 - Yalpirakinu
2023
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Adrian Robertson - 2024 - Yalpirakinu
2024
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Adrian Robertson - 2024 - Family in Yalpirakinu
2024
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Adrian Robertson - 2024 - Yalpirakinu
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Adrian Robertson
Family in Yalpirakinu
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Adrian Robertson - 2024 - Family in Yalpirakinu
2024
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Adrian Robertson - 2024 - Family in Yalpirakinu
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Adrian Robertson - 2024 - Yalpirakinu
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Adrian Jangala Robertson
Family
2022
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Adrian Jangala Robertson
Family in Yalpirakinu
2023
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Adrian Jangala Robertson
Family in Yalpirakinu
2022
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Adrian Robertson
Yalpirakinu
2021
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Adrian Robertson
Yalpirakinu
2021
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Adrian Robertson
Family
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Adrian Robertson
Yalpirakinu
2022
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Adrian Jangala Robertson
Yalpirakinu
2022
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Adrian Robertson
Yalpirakinu
2022
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Adrian Robertson
Yalpirakinu
2022
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Adrian Robertson
Yalpirakinu
2022
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Adrian Robertson
Family in Yalpirakinu
2023
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1180
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Adrian Robertson
Julie Nangala Robertson
2023
30.5
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520
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Adrian Robertson
Yalpirakinu
2023
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Adrian Robertson
Yalpirakinu
2023
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Adrian Robertson Jangala
Yalpirakinu
2023
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Adrian Robertson Jangala
Yalpirakinu
2023
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Yalpirakinu
2024
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Artist Profile/s

Adrian Jangala Robertson

Born
1962
1962
Papunya

Lives

Alice Springs
Skin
Jangala
Language
Walpiri

Adrian was born at Papunya in 1962. He went to school in Papunya and remembers Geoff Bardon as a school teacher and working alongside the early Western Desert painters. Adrian's fathers' country travels from west of Walungurru through Karku at Nyirrpi to Warlurkurlangu at Yuendumu. His father, Jampitjinpa, lived at Mount Doreen close to Yuendumu and later worked at Papunya as a Gardener and Builder. Jampitjinpa is a brother to the late Darby Ross Jampitjinpa, sharing the same mother and father. Adrian's mother is the late Eunice Napangardi, a well known painter herself. It is her country, Yalpirakinu, that Adrian paints.

Adrian joined The Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Artists in 2002. He is a landscape painter and uses a predominantly restricted palette. His paintings consistently refer to the desert mountains, ridges and trees which are part of Yalpirakinu. His brushwork is loaded with energy, drama and memories. He is a deliberate and thoughtful painter; reworking, pushing and pulling the image to completion.

COLLECTIONS

Wollongong University Collection

ARTBANK Collection. Acquired from Desert Mob, Araluen Arts Centre, NT in 2020

Museum And ArtGallery Northern Territory, Darwin NT. Acquired from NATSIAA Painting Award,2020

AraluenCultural Precinct, Alice Springs, NT. Acquired from NATSIAA Painting Award 2021

CDU ArtCollection and Art Gallery, Charles Darwin University, NT. 2021

Art Gallery ofNew South Wales, Sydney NSW. 2015 artwork gifted to the gallery in 2024

AIATSIS Aboriginal Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 2023

 

SOLOE XHIBITIONS

2025 NyinamiKarna Nyampurla, Mangunganyi Karna Ngula-Ju - Sitting here, thinking there - 8Hele Gallery, Mparntwe, NT

2024 UnspokenMemories: A Journey Through Yalpirakinu, 8 Hele Gallery

2024 NGAJUNYANGU WARLALJA, NGAJU NYANGU NGURRA (MY FAMILY, MY COUNTRY) - Redot Gallery -Singapore

2021Yalpirakinu, Mothers Country - RAFT Artspace - Alice Springs, NT

2018 PaintCountry - RAFT Artspace - Alice Springs, NT

2010 RAFTArtspace - Alice Springs, NT

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025 ArchibaldPrize - Art Gallery of NSW. Sydney, NSW

2024 WynnePrize - Art Gallery of NSW. Sydney, NSW

2024 Lookin atthat Plane, Lookin at Countryside - Coconut Studios. Darwin, NT

2024 The AlicePrize - Araluen Art Centre. Alice Springs, NT

2024 Ode toCountry: Three Painters (Adrian Robertson, Idris Murphy, Lance James) - DelmarGallery. Sydney, NSW. curator Dallas Gold

2023 BindiMagic - Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Arists Gallery. Mparntwe, NT

2023 Desert MobExhibition - Araluen Art Centre. Alice Springs, NT

2023 Salon desRefusés (NATSIAA) - Salon Projects. Gallery 5, Darwin NT

2022 Portraitof a Senior Territorian - Araluen Art Centre. Mparntwe, NT

2022 BindiMagic - Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Arists Gallery. Mparntwe, NT

2022 The FootyShow - Watch This Space. Mparntwe, NT

2022 Desert MobExhibition - Araluen Art Centre. Mparntwe, NT

2022 Salon desRefusés - Gallery 5. Darwin, NT

2022 Clay onCountry - Araluen Art Centre. Mparntwe, NT

2022 The SirJohn Sulman Prize - Art Gallery of NSW. Sydney, NSW

2022 The AlicePrize - Araluen Art Centre. Mparntwe, NT

2021 3 Out ofAlice - Harvey Art Projects. Sun Valley, USA

2021 BindiMagic 10th Anniversary - Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Arists Gallery. Mparntwe, NT

2021 Desert Mob30 - Araluen Art Centre. Mparntwe, NT

2021 VincentLingiari Art Award, Ngawa, Ngapa, Kapi, Kwatja, Water - Tangentyere ArtistsGallery. Mparntwe, NT

2021 NationalAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA - Telstra) - MAGNT.Darwin, NT

2020 PaperTrails - Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Arists Gallery. Mparntwe, NT

2020 BindiMagic - Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Arists Gallery. Mparntwe, NT

2020 Desert Mob- Araluen Art Centre. Mparntwe, NT

2020 NationalAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA - Telstra) - MAGNT.Darwin, NT

2020 Petite -Mitchell Fine Art. Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, QLD

2019 BushChristmas - Talapi Art. Mparntwe, NT

2019 BindiMagic - Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Arists Gallery, Mparntwe, NT

2019 Desert Mob- Araluen Art Centre. Mparntwe, NT

2019 Gesture -Aboriginal Bush Traders. Darwin, NT

2019 Inbetween|the gaps| act I - Marché aux Vins- Beaune, France

2018 BindiMagic - Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Arists Gallery, Mparntwe, NT

2018 Desert Mob- Araluen Art Centre. Mparntwe, NT

2018 Work by aselection of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Art Award Finalists 2018- Tunbridge Gallery. Cottesloe, WA

2018 NationalAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA - Telstra) - MAGNT.Darwin, NT

2018 Bold andBeautiful - Talapi . Alice Springs, NT

2018 AlicePrize - Araluen Art Centre. Mparntwe, NT

2017 Parrtjima,A Festival in Light - Desert Park. Alice Springs, NT

2017 BindiMagic - Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Artists Gallery. Alice Springs, NT

2017 Desert Mob- Araluen Art Centre. Mparntwe, NT

2017 Soft Light- Talapi. Alice Springs, NT

2016 BindiMagic - Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Artists Gallery. Alice Springs, NT

2016 Desert Mob- Araluen Art Centre. Mparntwe, NT

2015 BindiMagic - Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Arists Gallery, Alice Springs, NT

2015 Desert Mob- Araluen Art Centre. Mparntwe, NT

2015 HoldingSilence - Godinymayin Yijard Rivers Arts & Cultural Centre. Katherine, NT

2015 Bold andBeautiful - Talapi. Alice Springs, NT

2015 DesertColour - Talapi. Alice Springs, NT

2014 BindiMagic - Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Arists Gallery, Mparntwe, NT

2014 Desert Mob- Araluen Art Centre. Mparntwe, NT

2014 Cars,Cowboys and Cockatoos - Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery. Sydney, NSW

2013 Bindi Eye- Tali Gallery. Rozelle, NSW

2013 BindiMagic - Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Arists Gallery, Mparntwe, NT

2013 Desert Mob- Araluen Art Centre. Mparntwe, NT

2013 Broncos,Birds and Boulders - Charles Darwin University Gallery. Darwin, NT

2012 BindiMagic - Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Arists Gallery, Mparntwe, NT

2012 Desert Mob- Araluen Art Centre. Mparntwe, NT

2011 Desert Mob- Araluen Art Centre. Mparntwe, NT

2011 Kate OwenGallery - Rozelle, NSW

2011 GalleryGabrielle Pizzi - Melbourne, VIC

2010 KarenBrown Gallery - Darwin, NT

2010 GalleryGondwana - Gallery Gondwana, Mparntwe, NT

2010 AlcastonGallery - Melbourne, VIC

2010 Indigenart- Perth, WA

2010 Desert Mob- Araluen Art Centre, Mparntwe, NT

2010 RAFTArtspace - Alice Springs, NT

2009 Desert Mob- Araluen Art Centre, Mparntwe, NT

2009 Tony Bond- Adelaide, SA

2009 GabriellePizzi - Melbourne, VIC

2009 BindiGroup Show - Gallery Gondwana, Mparntwe, NT

2009 GalleryGondwana - Alice Springs NT

2008 Desert Mob- Araluen Art Centre, Mparntwe, NT

2008 LandscapeMasters - Alcaston Gallery. Melbourne, VIC

2008 GalleryGondwana - Alice Springs, NT

2007 GabriellePizzi - Melbourne, VIC

2007 Desert Mob- Araluen Art Centre, Mparntwe, NT

2007 Tony Bond- Adelaide, SA

2007 AlcastonGallery - Melbourne, VIC

2006 KarenBrown Gallery - Darwin, NT

2006 AlcastonGallery - Melbourne, VIC

2006 Tony Bond- Adelaide, SA

2006 TogArt :Celebrating Northern Territory Inspired Contemporary Art - Parliament House.Darwin, NT

2006 Naïve -Gallery Gondwana . Alice Springs, NT

2006 GabriellePizzi - Melbourne, VIC

2006 GalleryGondwana - Sydney, NSW

2005 BigCountry - Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs NT

2005 GabriellePizzi - Melbourne, VIC

2005 GalleryGondwana - Sydney, NSW

2005 KarenBrown Gallery - Darwin, NT

2005 Tony BondGallery - Adelaide, SA

2005 Desert Mob- Araluen Art Centre, Mparntwe, NT

2004 KarenBrown Gallery - Darwin, NT

2004 Desert Mob- Araluen Art Centre. Mparntwe, NT

2004 BigCountry - Gallery Gondwana. Alice Springs NT

2004 TelstraArt Award - MAGNT. Darwin, NT

2004 BindiBoxes - Alcaston Gallery. Melbourne, VIC

2004 Apmere -Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi. Melbourne, VIC

2003 Desert Mob- Araluen Art Centre. Mparntwe, NT

2003 The BindiPerspective - Gallery Gondwana. Alice Springs NT

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