Walala Tjapaltjarri was born in the late 1960s in East of Kiwirkurra, Western Australia. His language group is Pintupi. Since he began painting in 1997, Walala Tjapaltjarri has gained worldwide recognition, participating in several national and international solo and group exhibitions. Walala Tjapaltjarri was first introduced to painting by his brother Warlimpirrnga, also a painter of international acclaim. Walala Tjapaltjarri began abstracting the classical Pintupi designs, creating a highly graphic language to speak of his country and ceremonial sites. It is this sacred landscape of Gibson Desert with its significant sites that Walala so strikingly describes in his paintings. He paints the Tingari Cycle (a series of sacred and secret mythological song cycles) which are associated with the artist's many dreaming sites - they are Wilkinkarra, Maruwa, Tarrku, Njami and Yarrawangu, to name a few. Walala Tjapaltjarri uses a highly personalised and minimal style to represent aspects of the sacred Tingari Cycle, an epic journey of Ancestors of the TJukurrpa (Creation Era).