What is Wingu Tingima?
{{Infobox person | name = Wingu Tingima | birth_name = | birth_date = [[Circa|c.]] 1920 | birth_place = Nyumun, near Kuru Ala,<br>[[Western Australia]] | death_date = {{death date|2010|3|8|df=yes}} (aged about 90) | death_place = [[Irrunytju, Western Australia]] | residence = | nationality = [[Australians|Australian]] | other_names = | occupation = [[Painter]] | years_active = 2001 – present | organization = Tjungu Palya<br>Irrunytju Arts | notable_works = | style = [[Aboriginal art|Western Desert art]] | spouse = | relatives = [[Ginger Wikilyiri]] | awards = | footnotes = }} '''Wingu Tingima''' (died 8 March 2010) was an [[Aboriginal art]]ist from [[central Australia]]. She was born in [[Great Victoria Desert]], and grew up living a traditional way of life in [[the bush]], without any contact with [[Western civilization|Western civilisation]]. A member of the [[Pitjantjatjara]] people, she painted [[Spirituality|spiritual]] stories from her [[Dreamtime|Dreaming]]. Along with her friend and colleague [[Eileen Yaritja Stevens]], Wingu became one of the most well-known artists to paint in the style of the [[Western Desert cultural bloc|Western Desert]]. Although she only began painting less than 10 years before her death, Wingu's work is now held in many of Australia's major [[Art museum|art collections]], including the [[National Gallery of Australia]] and the state galleries of [[Art Gallery of New South Wales|New South Wales]], [[National Gallery of Victoria|Victoria]], [[Art Gallery of South Australia|South Australia]], the [[Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory|Northern Territory]] and [[Gallery of Western Australia|Western Australia]]. ==Life== ===Childhood=== Wingu was born in the late 1910s or early 1920s.{{#tag