Jilamara Arts on Melville Island, Tiwi Islands states: “Freda was born around 1928 in the bush on her own country Mirrikawuyanga on Melville Island. Catholic Missionaries raised Freda after she was taken from her parents. She did not know her…
Jilamara Arts on Melville Island, Tiwi Islands states: “Freda was born around 1928 in the bush on her own country Mirrikawuyanga on Melville Island. Catholic Missionaries raised Freda after she was taken from her parents. She did not know her…
Buku Llarngay Mulka Art Centre states: “Nawurapu Wunuŋmurra was the eldest son of Yaŋgarriny Wunuŋmurra and learnt to paint assisting his father. In the 1990s he participated in all the major group projects from Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka, including the 1996 John…
Born in 1940, Jean Baptiste lived and created on Bathurst Island; the Western Isle of the Tiwi Islands, far North in the Northern Territory. Her Skin Group was Tapatapunga, the March Fly. Tiwi Designs, the community owned Art Centre on…
Laurie Marburduk, born 1951, lives in Wurdeja and is of the Jowunga moiety. She is a senior artist and the partner of the late great bark painter, Johnny Bulunbulun. Her artwork is held in the Charles Darwin University, QUAGOMA and…
“Willie Gudabi (1916-1996) was born on Nutwood Downs Station. He grew up in Alawa country, hunting and gathering on the margins of small cattle stations such as St Vidgeon, Bauhinia Downs, Nutwood Downs and Tanumbirini. Before he went to live…
Lulu Laradjbi is a senior fibre artist born in 1949. Her partner was the acclaimed bark painter Mick Kubarkku. His waterhole djang which he passed on to her often features in her work. Expansive and innovative in scale and composition,…
Jimmy Njiminjuma is one of the most renowned artists from the western Arnhem Land region. For many years he lived with his father, Anchor Kulunba, at Mumeka outstation. Njiminjuma said that his father and his uncle Peter Marralwanga showed him…
Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri was born around 1948 at Haasts Bluff, daughter of Angoona Nangala and Jim Tjungurrayi. Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri’s husband, (now deceased), Jack Tjampijinpa Pollard was a very important artist painting for the Papunya Tula Artists community. Ngoia Pollard…
Mawukura Jimmy Nerrimah grew up in the Great Sandy Desert at a time when traditional life was nomadic and days were spent hunting, socializing and undertaking important ceremonies to nurture the relationship with his land. He moved between the main Jilas…