Warlimpirrnga was born east of Kiwirrkura in the late 1950’s.

Along with eight of his relatives, they emerged from the desert in 1984 and where described as the “Lost Tribe “.

Warlimpirrnga is the brother of Thomas and Walala he also has three sisters Yikuljti, Tjakaraia and Yardi Napaltjarri. Warlimpirrnga paints the Pintubi designs of the Tingari which tells of his country and the secret and sacred ceremonial sites. This painting is linked to the sites associated with lake Mckay. Like his Brothers Warlimpirrnga produced his first pieces of work for Papunya Tula in 1987. In his first showing of his artworks (eleven pieces) where exhibited in the Gabrielle Pizzi Gallery in Melbourne, where the entire collection was purchased and then donated to the National Gallery of Victoria.

Like European art, Aboriginal art represents and symbolises the world and the beliefs of people. Traditional Aboriginal art represent the Dreaming but is often also a vital part of ceremonies.

The concept of art in traditional Aboriginal society is very different to the concept of art in European society. In traditional Aboriginal societies, activities like dancing, singing, body decorations, sand drawings, making implements or weaving baskets were not considered to be separate activities called art and design. All of these activities were a part of the Dreaming and a part of normal daily life.

Aboriginal people traditionally used the materials available to them to symbolise the Dreaming and their world. As a result, art forms varied in different areas of Australia. In the central desert, ground drawing was a very important style of art and throughout Australia rock art as well as body painting and decoration were common although varying in styles, method, materials and meaning. There is and was a wide range of traditional Aboriginal art forms.

Communities today throughout Australia such as ours still produce traditional art, which has traditional content and meaning.