Bob Gibson Tjungarrayi was born at Papunya in 1974, before moving with his family to Tjukurla during the Papunya Tula movement of the 1980s.
Gibson has been painting with Tjarlirli Art since 2007, where he quickly found a unique rhythm and approach to painting; bold colours and an inimitable freedom, expressing ancient stories with contemporary flair. Gibson's bold and energetic paintings have put him amongst some of the most sought-after emerging artists in the contemporary Indigenous art world. His unique and powerful style represents country in a wild and imaginative exploration of colour and form.
Gibson enjoys telling the stories from his father's country of Patjarr and his mother's country of Kulkurta. He is distinguished by the freedom of his composition and his stylistic application of colour, which happens at a frenetic and decisive pace. He carves up the canvas, creating shapes in an evocative and highly contemporary reinterpretation of country.