Jimmy Pike
Jimmy Pike grew up as a hunter gatherer. Living as a fringe-dweller around Cherrabun Station he eventually joined relatives at the station camp and worked as a stockman. He was named Jimmy Pike, after Phar Lap's jockey, by a cattle station manager.
Pike learned to use western art materials whilst in Fremantle Prison. Even before he was released from prison his work was exhibited in major Australian galleries.
Pike and his wife Pat Lowe published a book about Queen Elizabeth II coming to visit them in the desert, a fantasy entitled Jimmy and Pat Meet the Queen. During a solo show at the Rebecca Hossack Gallery in 1991, Rebecca Hossack arranged for Pike and Lowe to attend a garden party at Buckingham Palace where they met the Queen, a case of life imitating art.
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Jurtirangu - Para Karpan, n.d.
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Ngurra Wanjulajarra, n.d.
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Untitled , n.d.
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Kurriny Piyirnkujarra, n.d.
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Larripuka Main Country, n.d.
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Japingka Waterhole, n.d.
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Warnti, n.d.
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Payarr Rockhole, n.d.
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Bird, n.d.
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Kartiya Boat, c.1995
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Japingka - Dreamtime Story II, c.1990
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Japingka - My Country, c. 2000
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Kalpurtu, c. 2000
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Two Men Fighting, c. 2000
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Kalpurtu, c. 2000
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Jila Japingka IV, c. 1995
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Kalpurtu, c. 1990
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Mantamarta, 2002
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Japingka Jila, 2002
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Woman and Her Two Sons, 2002
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Kalpurtu II, 2002
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Body Painting, 2001
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Kalpurtu, 2001
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Body Painting, 2001
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Japingka Map II, 2001
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Kalpurtu I, 2000
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Katakarri, 2000
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Billabong, 1999
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Jarlujangka Wangki, 1999
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Larripuka II, 1996
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Partiri - Jilgikarraji, 1990
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Wuntarra Karraji, 1989
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Two Karnanganyja — Two Emus, 1989
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Sandhill Country, 1988
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Parnaparnti and Kurntimaru I - Yellow Goanna and Black Goanna, 1990
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Parnaparnti and Kurntimaru II - Yellow Goanna and Black Goanna, 1990
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Two Karnanganyja — Two Emus
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Kurntumaru and Parnaparti IV
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A Big Rockhole
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Untitled
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Untitled
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Private View Jimmy Pike
The Independent , 12 February 1991 -
Prints, Arts Review Featuring Jimmy Pike
Arts Review, 22 February 1991 -
Jimmy Pike At Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery
Harpers & Queen, 1 March 1991 -
Barbican, Aboriginal Art of Clifford Possum & Jimmy Pike
Time Out, 21 August 1991 -
Jimmy Pike Obituary
Rebecca Hossack, Independent, 8 November 2002 -
Jimmy Pike Exhibition
About Time Magazine, 1 July 2014 -
Jimmy Pike: A Desert Cowboy in London – Retrospective
Studio International, 8 July 2014 -
Jimmy Pike at Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery
Wall Street International, 21 July 2014
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Rebecca Hossack outside the gallery with Jimmy Pike's banners
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Jimmy Pike banners at the Rebecca Hossack Gallery for Desert Cowboy in London Exhibition
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Jimmy Pike and Rebecca Hossack in Suffolk, 1 March 1991
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Jimmy Pike, Pat Lowe and Rebecca Hossack, 12 February 1991
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Jimmy Pike at his exhibition at the Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery, 12 February 1991
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Jimmy Pike at the Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery, 12 February 1991
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Jimmy Pike at Brixton Market, 12 February 1991
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Jimmy Pike painting outside the Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery, 12 February 1991