Ngarralja Tommy May


Ngarralja Tommy May was an Indigenous Australian artist. He won the 2020 NATSIAA Telstra Award for his tin-etching art, 'Wirrkanja'. May died in 2022.
He wss a Wangkajungka/Walmajarri man born in Yarrnkurnja in the Great Sandy Desert, in 1935. His work is in the collection of the Art Gallery of Western Australia.

Work

In 1997, May collaborated with over 40 other artists over a period of 12 days to produce Ngurrara Canvas II, a painting with an area of 80 square metres depicting the Great Sandy Desert. In 2019, May and four other artists worked with Lisa Gorman on limited edition clothing.