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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriAcrylic on canvas147 x 38 cm$ 4,250.00 -
Clifford Thompson JapaljarriAcrylic on canvas102 x 98 cm$ 4,250.00
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriAcrylic on canvas152 x 49cm$ 4,250.00
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriAcrylic on canvas113 x 36cm$ 4,250.00
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriKulumindini, 2026Acrylic on canvas85 x 105cm$ 3,250.00
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriTarget Eye, 2026Acrylic on Found Object55 x 55 cmSold
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriTarget Eye, 2026Acrylic on Found Object55 x 55 cm$ 1,500.00
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriTarget Eye, 2026Acrylic on Found Object55 x 55 cm$ 1,500.00
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriTarget Eye, 2026Acrylic on Found Object55 x 55 cm$ 1,500.00
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriTarget Eye, 2026Acrylic on Found Object55 x 55 cm$ 1,500.00
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriTarget Eye, 2026Acrylic on Found Object55 x 55 cm$ 1,500.00
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriTarget Eye, 2026Acrylic on Found Object55 x 55 cm$ 1,500.00
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriTarget Eye, 2026Acrylic on Found Object55 x 55 cm$ 1,500.00
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriTarget Eye, 2026Acrylic on Found Object55 x 55 cm$ 1,500.00
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriTarget Eye, 2026Acrylic on Found Object55 x 55 cm$ 1,500.00
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriTarget Eye, 2026Acrylic on Found Object55 x 55 cm$ 1,500.00
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriTarget Eye, 2026Acrylic on Found Object55 x 55 cm$ 1,500.00
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriTime Travel, 2026Acrylic on canvas50 x 76 cm$ 2,750.00
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriTime Travel, 2026Acrylic on canvas50 x 75 cm$ 2,750.00
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriTime Travel, 2026Enamel and Mixed media on Masonite board108 x 108 cm$ 7,500.00
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriTime Travel, 2026Acrylic on canvas49 x 55 cm$ 2,200.00
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriTimes Square, 2026Acrylic on canvas52 x 57 cm$ 2,200.00
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriTimes Square, 2026Acrylic on canvas114 x 89 cm$ 6,500.00
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriTimes Square, 2026Enamel and Mixed media on Masonite board108 x 108 cm$ 7,500.00
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriFrozen Ice (Tartukula), 2025Acrylic on canvas122 x 122cm$ 4,750.00
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriFrozen Ice (Tartukula), 2025Acrylic on canvas76 x 91cmSold
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriTartukula, 2024Acrylic on canvas91 x 122cm$ 4,750.00
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriTime Travel, 2024Enamel and Mixed media on Masonite board108 x 108 cm$ 7,500.00
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriTime Travel, 2024Enamel and Mixed media on Masonite board108 x 108 cm$ 7,500.00
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriTimes Square, 2024Acrylic on canvas115 X 120 cm$ 6,500.00
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriUntitled, 2024Acrylic on canvas129 x 40 cm$ 3,600.00
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriTarget Eye, 2023Enamel On Gallon Drum Lid55 x 55 cmSold
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriTarget Eye Cb02, 2023Enamel On Gallon Drum Lid55 x 55 cmSold
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriTarget Eye Cb03, 2023Enamel On Gallon Drum Lid55 x 55 cmSold
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriTarget Eye Cb05, 2023Enamel on gallon drum lid55 x 55 cmSold
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriTarget Eye Cb07, 2023Enamel On Gallon Drum Lid55cm DiameterSold
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriTarget Eye Cb07, 2023Enamel on gallon drum lid55 x 55 cmSold
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriTarget Eye Cb08, 2023Enamel on gallon drum lid55 x 55 cmSold
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriTarget Eye Cb09, 2023Enamel on gallon drum lid55 x 55 cmSold
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriUntitled, 2021Enamel On Drum Lid55cm DiameterSold
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriUntitled, 2021Enamel On Drum Lid55cm DiameterSold
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriUntitled, 2021Enamel On Drum Lid55cm DiameterSold
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriUntitled, 2021Enamel On Drum Lid55cm Diameter$ 1,000.00
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriTime Travel, 2018Acrylic on canvas148 x 40 cm$ 4,250.00
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriAcrylic on canvas$ 4,000.00
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Clifford Thompson JapaljarriTarget EyeEnamel On Gallon Drum Lid55cm DiameterSold
Clifford Thompson Japaljarri (b. 1980) is a contemporary Indigenous Australian artist based in Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, living and working on Warumungu Country. He is a proud Kaytetye and Warlpiri man whose artistic practice is deeply rooted in cultural identity, connection to Country, and personal history.
Clifford was brought up in Ali Curung (Alekarenge). His mother’s Country is Karlu Karlu (Devil’s Marbles) and his father’s Country is Jarrah Jarrah; both landscapes inform his creative vision and cultural understanding. Since 2016 Clifford has been a core member of the artist collective Tennant Creek Brio, a group that emerged from an outreach art therapy program led by community members and has evolved into one of Australia’s most vital contemporary Indigenous art practices.
Clifford works across painting, ceramics, and found materials, employing bold, rhythmic lines and dynamic spatial patterning to express abstracted narratives of life, Country, culture, and the lived experience in and around Tennant Creek. His preferred mediums include acrylic on board and enamel on diverse surfaces, including canvases and repurposed industrial objects, reflecting both traditional influences and urban-industrial contexts.
In 2020 he expanded his practice into ceramics, mentored by experienced potters, and began applying his distinctive mark-making onto hand-built mugs, platters and sculptural forms. Painting and ceramics are both meditative practices for Clifford, enabling him to connect with ancestors, recall cultural memory, and sustain a sense of calm and continuity through time.
Clifford has exhibited widely with The Tennant Creek Brio, including at the 22nd Sydney Biennale (2020) and cross-regional presentations in Alice Springs, Darwin, Melbourne, and beyond. His work has also featured in major group exhibitions such as Juparnta Ngattu Minjinypa Iconocrisis at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, a landmark survey highlighting the collective’s cultural resilience and creative innovation.
Through his art, Clifford continues to articulate rich cultural narratives, explore personal and collective histories, and engage viewers with both the beauty and complexity of Indigenous life in the Barkly Region.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026, June, The Rooster King II, NAP Contemporary, Bendigo, VIC
2025, August, The Rooster King, NAP Contemporary, Mildura
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026, October, Clifford and Double O, 8 Hele, Mparntwe/Alice Springs
2026, September, Vincent Lingiari Art Award, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, NT
2026, August, Salon des Refuses 2026, Outstation Gallery, Darwin, NT
2026, August, Brio X, Laundry Gallery, Darwin, NT
2026, February, Tennant Creek Brio, Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne
2025, September, A Gutful of Gold, Cassandra Bird Gallery, Sydney
2024, September, Tennant Creek Brio: Juparnta Ngattu Minjinypa Iconocrisis, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art , Melbourne
2024, September, Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Cassandra Bird Gallery, Carriageworks, Sydney
2024, March, Cross Section, Cassandra Bird Gallery, Sydney
2023, June, Control Point, Delmar Gallery, Sydney
2023, April, Remember Now Old Man Nomad, cbOne Gallery, Melbourne
2023, February, Black Sky, Perth Festival, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Perth
2022, October, Taking Care of Business, Raft Art Space, Alice Springs
2022, September, Desert Mob Exhibition 2022, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Spring
2022, September, Love and Fear, curated by Karla Dickens, Thom Gallery, Byron Bay
2022, August, Shock and Ore, Charles Darwin University & Coconut Studios, Darwin
2022, May, Marcus Camphoo and the Tennant Creek Brio, Raft Art Space, Alice Springs
2022, March, The Borderers, Melbourne Design Week 2022, Modern Times, Melbourne
2022, February, Roger Kemp and the Tennant Creek Brio, Melbourne Art Fair 2022, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
2022, February, The Myth Makers, Chapman & Bailey Gallery, Melbourne
2021, September, Desert Mob 30 Retrospective Exhibition 2021, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs
2021, April, Are you Looking at me?, Raft Artspace, Alice Springs
2020, September, Desert Mob Exhibition 2020, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs
2020, August, IGNITE: Reimagining Connections through Covid, Hilton Double Tree, Darwin
2020, March, NIRIN, We Are The Living History, Cockatoo Island, Sydney Biennale 2020
2020, March, NIRIN, Gangsters of Art, Artspace, Sydney Biennale 2020
2020, March, Brio to the Biennale, Nyinkka Nyunyu
2019, September, Desert Mob Exhibition 2019, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs
2019, April, Tennant Creek Superstars, Nyinkka Nyunyu Art and Cultural Centre, Tennant Creek
2019, April, King of the Roosters, Raft Artspace, Alice Springs
2017, August, Tennant Presence, Present Tense, Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, Darwin
2016, November, Stockman Spirit, Nyinkka Nyunyu Art and Cultural Centre, Tennant Creek
ART FAIRS
2026, August, Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin, NT
ART MARKETS
2027, February, Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, Victoria