David Cooley

David Cooley is the eldest son of Billy and Lulu Cooley, a renowned husband and wife carving partnership from the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands in South Australia. Born in the bush at Mulga Park Station, David lives with his family on their homeland east of Amata Community, He has worked variously with the CDEP Community works program, as a Community Police Aide and currently works with the local Amata Community School.

Group Exhibitions
2021 Walytjarara Walytjarara – Punu Painta Putukurapa: All in the Family – wood carving, painting, photography, June.
Marriott Gallery, Central Craft Araluen Cultural Precinct, Alice Springs NT.
2019 Ngananampa Ngura - Nganampa Tjukurpa, Red Poles Gallery, McLaren Vale, SA.
2019 OUR MOB: Art by South Australian Aboriginal Artists, Adelaide Festival Centre, SA.
2019 Punu - Living Wood, Sturt Gallery, Mittagong, NSW.
2018 Desert Mob Show, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs Cultural Precinct, NT.
2018 Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Convention Centre, Darwin, NT.
2014 Desert Mob Show, Araluen Galleries, Alice Springs Cultural Precinct, NT.

Collections
National Museum of Australia, Canberra, ACT.