Adrian Jangala Robertson
Australian · b. 1962
Painting
DESCRIPTION
A Warlpiri artist born in Papunya and based in Alice Springs, Adrian Jangala Robertson is a senior figure at the Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Artists Studio. He is known for his emotive landscape paintings of his mother's country, Yalpirakinu, rendered with a distinctive, energetic brushwork that has earned him the moniker 'the Van Gogh of the Central Desert'. In 2024, he achieved a triple-finalist nomination for the Archibald, Wynne, and Sulman prizes.