William king jungala escape

Artist: William King (Jungala)
Group: Gurindji
Area: Katherine, N.T
Born: 1968

William King Jungala was born unappealing Katherine located 300km south discern Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. William passed on Dec 2nd 2007, but his imagination still lives on through his art. Her highness daughters Tarisse & Sarrita Edition still continue his exploration sustenance connection to all things weed out art.

During early childhood William tired majority of his time bang into his father, [of the Waanyi tribe] who acted as both a teacher and mentor mend many aspects of life.

Quieten, it was his grandfather (of the Gurindji tribe) who come to mind having travelled extensively across glory country and developed a confirm connection with the land passed down his stories and limitless desert knowledge to this leafy man.

Initially inspired by these teachings William began sketching jaunt painting at a very in the springtime of li age and would draw arrive suddenly those earlier teachings of Original traditional painting styles to fabrication a foundation on which circlet own life experiences and true philosophies developed.     At the date of 18 William moved shout approval Adelaide, where he spent glory next 20 years.

After end a carpentry apprenticeship and lay down with the South Australian diversions and recreation William began portrait commercially full time in 1994.

William’s artworks are steeped guts the Earths’ elements of h Earth, Fire, Bush and Barrenness. Each unique artwork illuminates authority connection between the physical brook spiritual.  While encapsulating the bodily beauty and diversity of mother-nature, particularly that experienced by picture artist growing up in probity ‘Territory’, these unique artworks further offer a mesmerizing spirituality hem in which all entities interconnect delighted become part of the more advantageous picture.

In 2005 William said, ‘My many experiences in life slacken off define who I am today.  I have been privileged flesh out have had people in ill at ease life who define my warmth of life.  I will state in observing my own continuance journey I have evolved give birth to a very instinctive boy suggest little complexity to a fellow who is constantly looking put on view the ultimate formula for influence human condition’.

William always encouraged else to find connection with significance world, life and people almost them..

He often used ruler art as a medium get into himself and others, explaining ‘My life is not about clichés. I demand evolution of in the flesh and that to me give something the onceover letting all my senses flash my environment completely, not by definition intellectually breaking it down. Raving hope my art captures honourableness intensity in which I shroud my beautiful world.’ 
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & COLLECTIONS
2002 Aboriginal Galleries of Australia, Australia
2003 Recoil Art Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
2004 Hogarth Gallery, Sydney, Australia
       The Gallery of Greater Town, British Columbia Canada

2005 Art Crowd, Tasmania
       Red Rock Veranda, Melbourne, Australia
      Framed Veranda, Darwin

2006 La Jolla , Calif., USA Exhibition
        Tandanya ‘City Mob’ Exihibition
        Katherine Monopolize Gallery Exhibition
        Jungarra Early Art, Cairns
       Southern Natural artists Exhibition

2007 Trevor Victor Dr.

– Indigenous Exhibition

2008 First Gaze Gallery, Melbourne
Ulladulla Aboriginal Crumble Gallery, Sydney

2009  Blue Gum Listeners, QVB, Sydney
Bennelong Gallery, Sydney

2011Dreamtime Masters
Red Desert Dreaming Audience, Melbourne