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Paddy Japaljarri Sims Paddy Japaljarri Sims i(A106322 works by)
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal
(Storyteller) assertion
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BiographyHistory

Paddy Japapjarri Sims is a Walpiri Elder. He comes from the country west of Yuendumu but he has lived in Yuendumu since he was a young man. He is the senior custodian of Kunatjarrayi, a major Dreaming site south-west of Yuendumu. He is a founding member of the Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation. In 1988 he was selected to travel to Paris with five other Warlpiri men from Yuendumu to create a ground painting installation at the exhibition 'Magiciens de la Terre' at the Centre Georges Pompidou. The painting received worldwide acclaim.

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