Artist Profile

Paddy Bird Jungala

Akaye Soakage, Utopia, Central Australia

Artist Profile

Paddy Bird Jungala

Akaye Soakage, Utopia, Central Australia

Skin Name: Jungala (Ngale)

Language: Anmatyerre

Region: Akaye Soakage, Utopia, Central Australia

Dreaming: Ntang Artitja (Mulga Seed)

Born: c.1940’s

Tyankern (Mulga Berry from mistletoe growing on Mulga tree), Ahakeye (Bush Plum Tree), associated Men’s stories

Paddy started painting when the women from Utopia started up the Batik, around early 1980’s.

He paints Mulga Seed Dreaming with associated ceremonies and hunting. When he is not painting his time is taken up mostly with his tribal obligations.