yanipuy-munungurrHomeland: Waṉḏawuy Clan: Djapu Moiety: DhuwaYanipuy was born at Wandawuy and has spent most of her life living there. 2010: Yanipuy works as a Laynhapuy ranger. There are 17 Laynhapuy Rangers who live in 7 different homelands. Their main office is...
yalpi-yunupinuHomeland: Biranybirany Clan: Gumatj, Rrakpala group Moiety: YirritjaAlthough relatively young Yalpi is a senior ceremonial leader of Arnhem land. Yalpi has two wives Yananymul Mununggurr and Rerrkirrwanga Munungurr with whom he has ten children. Both...
yalmay-marikaHomeland: Yalaŋbara / Gulurunga Clan: Rirratjiŋu, Miliwurrwurr group Moiety: DhuwaDaughter of the late Rirratjiŋu warrior and artist Mathaman who taught her to paint and wife of the Yothu Yindi lead singer Mandawuy Yunuŋpiŋu – a Gumatj man. She is a...
yalmakany-marawiliHomeland: Bäniyala Clan: Madarrpa, Yithuwa group Moiety: YirritjaYalmakany’s father was legendary leader Wakuthi Marawili, who established the homeland for Maḏarrpa people at Yilpara on Blue Mud Bay in the 1970s. Her brother is high...
wunduru-mununggurrHomeland: Clan: Moiety: Father is Nganditiku. Wunduru mostly lives between her own homeland of Wandawuy and her son’s homeland of Biranybirany. Her artwork exclusively depicts either of these two estates.Wunduru was married to important artist...
wulu-marawiliHomeland: Yilpara Clan: Maḏarrpa Moiety: YirritjaWulu Marawili is a Yolŋu artist of the Maḏarrpa clan and the eldest son of Barunga Statement artist Marrirra Marawili’s second wife. Now living in Yirrkala with his family, he works within the...
wangawuy-munungirritjHomeland: Bawaka Clan: Gumatj- Dhä- Luku Moiety: YirritjaWaŋgawuy is a young mother and Artist. Her mother’s father was Dadayŋa Roy Marika-great leader and spokesperson for Rirratjiŋu. Waŋgawuy creative ideas stem from watching Djarrpirri...
wanapati-yunupinuHomeland: Biranybirany Clan: Gumatj, Rrakpala group Moiety: YirritjaWanapati is a Yolŋu artist who lives in the remote Gumatj homeland of Biranybirany, North East Arnhemland in the Northern Territory. This is a coastal community set amongst sand dunes...
ruby-djikarra-aldertonHomeland: Yirrkala Clan: Gumatj Moiety: YirritjaI am the daughter of Banduk Marika and the grand daughter of Mawalan Marika (1). There has always been alot of influence from this side of the family when it comes to art, especially as most of the...
rrawun-maymuruHomeland: Djarrakpi Clan: Maŋgalili Moiety: YirritjaRrawun Maymuru is the lead singer of East Journey Band. As a young artist, Rrawuṉ became involved in printmaking. He worked at the local Yirrkala Banana Plantation. Rrawuṉ attended the Yirrkala...
rerrkirrwana-munungurrHomeland: Waṉḏawuy Clan: Djapu Moiety: DhuwaRerrkirrwaŋa is the youngest daughter of the late senior Djapu statesman and award winning artist Djutjadjutja. She was taught to paint by him, in fact many of the paintings attributed to Djutjadjutja...
ranydjupi-yunupinuHomeland: Dhanaya Clan: Gumatj Moiety: YirritjaMy name is Ranydjupi Yunupingu. I’m a Gumatj woman i live at Wallaby Beach. My father is Mungurrawuy he’s an artist. I went to school here at Yirrkala when i finished school here at Yirrkala...
ralwurrandji-wanambi-decHomeland: Gurka’wuy Clan: Marrakulu, Dhurili Moiety: DhuwaFather is Mithili, deceased leader of the Marrakulu clan and documented artist. Ralwurrandji married Maḏarrpa artist Nuwandjali with whom she resides at his country at...
paula-manhanhayun-gumanaHomeland: Gangan Clan: Dhalwaŋu Moiety: YirritjaMy name is Paula Gumana. I was born in Nhulunbuy Hospital. My mother is Bawuli Marika and my father is Gutjapin Gumana. I am married to a nice man and we have a son Dhunumbu. I have been working...
nonu-ganambarrHomeland: Rorruwuy Clan: Daṯiwuy Moiety: Dhuwa“I am the son of Manydjarri Ganambarr (father) and Gudaltji Munyarryun (mother). My father is an elder or clan leader for the Ḏatiwuy mala (clan) after Mowarra. Manydjarri has taught me how to make...
nyuka-marawiliHomeland: Bäniyala / Yilpara Clan: Madarrpa, Yithuwa group Moiety: YirritjaFather was Maḏarrpa clan leader Mundukul. She splits her time between her own homeland of Yilpara, and the Dhuḏi-Djapu clan homeland of Dhuruputjpi, where she lived with her now...
nawurapu-wununmurra-decHomeland: Gurrumuru Clan: Dhalwaŋu, Narrkala group Moiety: YirritjaThis artist is the eldest son of 1997 Telstra National Aboriginal and Islander Art Award Overall First Prize winner, the late Yaŋgarriny Wunuŋmurra. He has been trained in the...
napuwarri-marawiliHomeland: Yilpara Clan: Maḏarrpa Moiety: YirritjaNapuwarri is the third son and fourth child of the great artist Bakulaŋay Marawili. In the last years of his father’s life it was he who worked most closely on art with him. They completed a...
naminapu-maymuru-whiteHomeland: Djarrakpi Clan: Maŋgalili, Belaŋ group Moiety: YirritjaNaminapu’s major interest is her art. She is an extremely versatile artist with skills in the areas of painting, carving, screen-printing, weaving, lino-cuts and batik work....
