Tjapangati's works are part of major collections in Australia and the USA. He continues to recieve acclaim for his remarkable works.
selected EXHIBITIONS
1980, Contemporary Australian Aborigine Paintings, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California, USA;
1981, Australian Perspecta, A Biennial Survey of Contemporary Australian Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney ;
1982, Brisbane Festival, Brisbane; 1982, Georges Exhibition, Melbourne;
1983, Mori Gallery, Sydney; 1989, Masterpiece Fine Art Gallery, Hobart.;
1990, Paintings from the Desert, Contemporary Aboriginal Paintings, Plimsoll Gallery, Centre for the Arts, Hobart, Tasmania;
1992, Crossroads-Towards a New Reality, Aboriginal Art from Australia, National Museums of Modern Art, Kyoto and Tokyo
2004, 21st Telstra National Aborigainal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin.
2005, Papunya Tula Artists, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne; Papunya Tula Artists – new work for a new space, Utopia Art Sydney; Rising Stars Papunya, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne.
2006, Papunya Tula Artists – across the board, Utopia Arts Sydney, Sydney; Rising Stars 2006, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne.
COLLECTIONS
Art bank, Sydney
Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide.
National gallery of Australia
Museums & Art galleries of the Northern Territory
Victoria Art Centre
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane.
The Holmes a Court Collection, Perth.
Aboriginal Art Museum, Netherlands
University of Virginia USA
Kelton Foundation Collection