Tiger Palpatja (c. 1920 - 16 April 2012) was an Australian Aboriginal artist from the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands.
He was born in the bush, at a rockhole called Piltati, which is close to what is now Nyapaṟi in north-west South Australia.
[2][3] When he was a teenager, Tiger's family settled at Ernabella,[1] which at the time was a Presbyterian mission and a sheep station.
[1][8] Tiger mainly painted for Tjala Arts, but from 2009 he also began working for Tjungu Palya in nearby Nyapaṟi.
[7] This place is associated with a creation story involving two sisters and their husbands, who change themselves into Wanampi (a giant water snake).
While he was alive, his paintings were exhibited in several major cities, including Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Fremantle and Perth.