Adrian Jangala Robertson

Adrian was born at Papunya in 1962. He went to school in Papunya and remembers Geoff Bardon as a school teacher and working alongside the early Western Desert painters. Adrian's fathers' country travels from west of Walungurru through Karku at Nyirrpi to Warlurkurlangu at Yuendumu. His father, Jampitjinpa, lived at Mount Doreen close to Yuendumu and later worked at Papunya as a Gardener and Builder. Jampitjinpa is a brother to the late Darby Ross Jampitjinpa, sharing the same mother and father. Adrian's mother is the late Eunice Napangardi, a well known painter herself. It is her country, Yalpirakinu, that Adrian paints.

Adrian joined The Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Artists in 2002. He is a landscape painter and uses a predominantly restricted palette. His paintings consistently refer to the desert mountains, ridges and trees which are part of Yalpirakinu. His brushwork is loaded with energy, drama and memories. He is a deliberate and thoughtful painter; reworking, pushing and pulling the image to completion.

Solo Exhibitions
2025 Nyinami Karna Nyampurla, Mangunganyi Karna Ngula-Ju - Sitting here, thinking there - 8 Hele Gallery. Mparntwe, NT.
2024 Unspoken Memories; a journey through Yalpirakinu - 8 Hele Gallery. Mparntwe, NT.
2024 Yalpirakinu - Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery. London, UK.
2024 Ngaju nyangu warlalja, ngaju nyangu ngurra (my family, my country) - Redot Gallery. Singapore. online exhibition.
2021 Yalpirakinu, Mothers Country - RAFT Artspace. Mparntwe, NT.
2018 Paint Country - RAFT Artspace. Alice Springs, NT.
2010 RAFT Artspace - Alice Springs, NT.

Group Exhibitions
2024 Bindi Magic - Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Arists Gallery. Alice Springs, NT.
2024 Desert Mob - Araluen Art Centre. Mparntwe, NT.
2024 Sir John Sulman Prize - Art Gallery of NSW. Sydney, NSW.
2024 Archibald Prize - Art Gallery of NSW. Sydney, NSW.

2024 Wynne Prize - Art Gallery of NSW. Sydney, NSW.
2024 Lookin at that Plane, Lookin at Countryside - Coconut Studios. Darwin, NT.
2024 The Alice Prize - Araluen Art Centre. Alice Springs, NT.
2024 Ode to Country: Three Painters (Adrian Robertson, Idris Murphy, Lance James) - Delmar Gallery. Sydney, NSW. curator Dallas Gold.
2023 Bindi Magic - Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Arists Gallery. Mparntwe, NT.
2023 Desert Mob Exhibition - Araluen Art Centre. Alice Springs, NT.
2023 Salon des Refusés (NATSIAA) - Salon Projects. Gallery 5, Darwin NT.
2022 Portrait of a Senior Territorian - Araluen Art Centre. Mparntwe, NT.
2022 Bindi Magic - Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Arists Gallery. Mparntwe, NT.
2022 The Footy Show - Watch This Space. Mparntwe, NT.
2022 Desert Mob Exhibition - Araluen Art Centre. Mparntwe, NT.
2022 Salon des Refusés - Gallery 5. Darwin, NT.
2022 Clay on Country - Araluen Art Centre. Mparntwe, NT.
2022 The Sir John Sulman Prize - Art Gallery of NSW. Sydney, NSW.
2022 The Alice Prize - Araluen Art Centre. Mparntwe, NT.
2021 3 Out of Alice - Harvey Art Projects. Sun Valley, USA.
2021 Bindi Magic 10th Anniversary - Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Arists Gallery. Mparntwe, NT.
2021 Desert Mob 30 - Araluen Art Centre. Mparntwe, NT.
2021 Vincent Lingiari Art Award, Ngawa, Ngapa, Kapi, Kwatja, Water - Tangentyere Artists Gallery. Mparntwe, NT.
2021 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA - Telstra) - MAGNT. Darwin, NT.
2020 Paper Trails - Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Arists Gallery. Mparntwe, NT.
2020 Bindi Magic - Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Arists Gallery. Mparntwe, NT.
2020 Desert Mob - Araluen Art Centre. Mparntwe, NT.
2020 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA - Telstra) - MAGNT. Darwin, NT.
2020 Petite - Mitchell Fine Art. Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, QLD.
2019 Bush Christmas - Talapi Art. Mparntwe, NT.
2019 Bindi Magic - Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Arists Gallery, Mparntwe, NT.
2019 Desert Mob - Araluen Art Centre. Mparntwe, NT.
2019 Gesture - Aboriginal Bush Traders. Darwin, NT.
2019 Inbetween |the gaps| act I - Marché aux Vins- Beaune, France.
2018 Bindi Magic - Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Arists Gallery, Mparntwe, NT.
2018 Desert Mob - Araluen Art Centre. Mparntwe, NT.
2018 Work by a selection of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Art Award Finalists 2018 - Tunbridge Gallery. Cottesloe, WA.
2018 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA - Telstra) - MAGNT. Darwin, NT.
2018 Bold and Beautiful - Talapi . Alice Springs, NT.
2018 Alice Prize - Araluen Art Centre. Mparntwe, NT.
2017 Parrtjima, A Festival in Light - Desert Park. Alice Springs, NT.
2017 Bindi Magic - Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Artists Gallery. Alice Springs, NT.
2017 Desert Mob - Araluen Art Centre. Mparntwe, NT.
2017 Soft Light - Talapi. Alice Springs, NT.
2016 Bindi Magic - Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Artists Gallery. Alice Springs, NT.
2016 Desert Mob - Araluen Art Centre. Mparntwe, NT.
2015 Bindi Magic - Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Arists Gallery, Alice Springs, NT.
2015 Desert Mob - Araluen Art Centre. Mparntwe, NT.
2015 Holding Silence - Godinymayin Yijard Rivers Arts & Cultural Centre. Katherine, NT.
2015 Bold and Beautiful - Talapi. Alice Springs, NT.
2015 Desert Colour - Talapi. Alice Springs, NT.
2014 Bindi Magic - Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Arists Gallery, Mparntwe, NT.
2014 Desert Mob - Araluen Art Centre. Mparntwe, NT.
2014 Cars, Cowboys and Cockatoos - Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery. Sydney, NSW.
2013 Bindi Eye - Tali Gallery. Rozelle, NSW.
2013 Bindi Magic - Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Arists Gallery, Mparntwe, NT.
2013 Desert Mob - Araluen Art Centre. Mparntwe, NT.
2013 Broncos, Birds and Boulders - Charles Darwin University Gallery. Darwin, NT.
2012 Bindi Magic - Bindi Mwerre Anthurre Arists Gallery, Mparntwe, NT.
2012 Desert Mob - Araluen Art Centre. Mparntwe, NT.
2011 Desert Mob - Araluen Art Centre. Mparntwe, NT.
2011 Kate Owen Gallery - Rozelle, NSW.
2011 Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi - Melbourne, VIC.
2010 Karen Brown Gallery - Darwin, NT.
2010 Gallery Gondwana - Gallery Gondwana, Mparntwe, NT.
2010 Alcaston Gallery - Melbourne, VIC.
2010 Indigenart - Perth, WA.
2010 Desert Mob - Araluen Art Centre, Mparntwe, NT.
2010 RAFT Artspace - Alice Springs, NT.
2009 Desert Mob - Araluen Art Centre, Mparntwe, NT.
2009 Tony Bond - Adelaide, SA.
2009 Gabrielle Pizzi - Melbourne, VIC.
2009 Bindi Group Show - Gallery Gondwana, Mparntwe, NT.
2009 Gallery Gondwana - Alice Springs NT.
2008 Desert Mob - Araluen Art Centre, Mparntwe, NT.
2008 Landscape Masters - Alcaston Gallery. Melbourne, VIC.
2008 Gallery Gondwana - Alice Springs, NT.
2007 Gabrielle Pizzi - Melbourne, VIC.
2007 Desert Mob - Araluen Art Centre, Mparntwe, NT.
2007 Tony Bond - Adelaide, SA.
2007 Alcaston Gallery - Melbourne, VIC.
2006 Karen Brown Gallery - Darwin, NT.
2006 Alcaston Gallery - Melbourne, VIC.
2006 Tony Bond - Adelaide, SA.
2006 TogArt : Celebrating Northern Territory Inspired Contemporary Art - Parliament House. Darwin, NT.
2006 Naïve - Gallery Gondwana . Alice Springs, NT.
2006 Gabrielle Pizzi - Melbourne, VIC.
2006 Gallery Gondwana - Sydney, NSW.
2005 Big Country - Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs NT.
2005 Gabrielle Pizzi - Melbourne, VIC.
2005 Gallery Gondwana - Sydney, NSW.
2005 Karen Brown Gallery - Darwin, NT.
2005 Tony Bond Gallery - Adelaide, SA.
2005 Desert Mob - Araluen Art Centre, Mparntwe, NT.
2004 Karen Brown Gallery - Darwin, NT.
2004 Desert Mob - Araluen Art Centre. Mparntwe, NT.
2004 Big Country - Gallery Gondwana. Alice Springs NT.
2004 Telstra Art Award - MAGNT. Darwin, NT.
2004 Bindi Boxes - Alcaston Gallery. Melbourne, VIC.
2004 Apmere - Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi. Melbourne, VIC.
2003 Desert Mob - Araluen Art Centre. Mparntwe, NT.
2003 The Bindi Perspective - Gallery Gondwana. Alice Springs NT.

Collections

Wollongong University Collection.
ARTBANK Collection. Acquired from Desert Mob, Araluen Arts Centre, NT in 2020.
Museum And Art Gallery Northern Territory, Darwin NT. Acquired from NATSIAA Painting Award, 2020.
Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs, NT. Acquired from
NATSIAA Painting Award 2021.
CDU Art Collection and Art Gallery, Charles Darwin University, NT. 

2021. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney NSW.

2015 artwork gifted to the gallery in 2024.

AIATSIS Aboriginal Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 2023.

Awards
2022 Winner - 2022 42nd Alice Prize - Araluen, Alice Springs.
2021 Winner - Artist of the Year - 2021 Mparntwe NAIDOC
Awards.
2021 Finalist - 2021 Vincent Lingiari Art Award - Ngawa,
Ngapa, Kapi, Kwatja, Water.
2021 Finalist - 2021 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA - Telstra).
2020 Winner - General Painting Award - 2020 National
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA - Telstra).
2018 Finalist - 2018 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA - Telstra).
2004 Finalist - 2004 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA - Telstra).