Jimmy Pike

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Jimmy Pike
Born
Kurnti Kujarra

c1940
Died3 Nov 2002
Nationality Australian
Education Fremantle Prison
Known forPainting, print making, publishing
SpousePat Lowe
Website www.jimmypiketrust.org.au

Jimmy Pike (c1940-2002) was a Walmatjarri Aboriginal artist.

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Life

Born east of Japingka, an important jila or permanent waterhole in the Great Sandy Desert, he grew up as a hunter-gatherer. Like many of his people he drifted north toward the river valleys and the sheep and cattle stations where food was more plentiful. Living as a fringe-dweller around Cherrabun Station he eventually joined relatives at the station camp and worked as a stockman. [1] He was named Jimmy Pike, after Phar Lap's jockey, by a cattle station manager. [2]

Pike learned to use western art materials while in Fremantle Prison. [2] Even before he was released from prison his work was exhibited in major Australian galleries. [3]

In 1989 Pike featured in a documentary The Quest of Jimmy Pike. [4]

He illustrated a book Jimmy and Pat meet the Queen with his wife Pat Lowe. [5] Pike has collaborated on a number of other books with his wife.

He held exhibitions in United Kingdom, Philippines, China, Namibia and Italy. [1] During a solo exhibition of his paintings at the Rebecca Hossack Gallery London in 1998, Pike and his wife Pat Lowe attended a garden party at Buckingham Palace. [3]

He held a joint exhibition with Zhou Xiaoping in the National Gallery of China, Beijing, called "Through the Eyes of Two Cultures". [6] He was the first Australian painter to show there. [3]

Pike died from a heart attack in 2002. [2] [3]

Individual exhibitions

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Group exhibitions

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Collections

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References

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  16. http://www.christensenfund.org/programs/northern-australia/