Welcome to Yirrkala Print Studio at Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka. Yirrkala Print Studio is one of the Australia’s premier print studios specialising in limited edition works on paper produced on its own press. The intricacies of each new technique – from Japanese woodblocks, etchings, linocuts, screenprints and collographs – has been learnt, absorbed and applied by the artists and printmakers together.

We pride ourselves on being one of a few printmaking facilities that employ and train local Indigenous printmakers. By building on this local connection, the growing and sharing of skills stay with and strengthen our community. Yirrkala Print Space facilitates Yolngu artists sharing their visions and knowledge through works on paper that are made on their own press by their own family members. The art ‘Every print has to be the design of the artist’s own clan or connecting clans.

The design has to be done very carefully so as not to mix them up and to understand their story. We have to talk about it with other people in that clan, so when the design is printed there is no problem. It’s a similar idea to the traditional designs used in the bark paintings and the wood carving, but in printmaking we get the direction from our elders to design the image of the outside story only. In the workshop a lot of Yolngu come and watch what we do in the print shop so they can understand the process.’

Marrnyula Mununggurr and Mundul Wunungmurra Mununggurr While the artists are respectful of the discipline of miny’tji (sacred design), the nature of the printmaking process has provided artists freedom of expression by enabling them to experiment with colour, imagery, concepts and design without compromising their spiritual identity. The art of Yirrkala Print Space is being collected and exhibited by galleries around Australia. It is available for purchase online through the shop (insert hyperlink here), at the Garma Festival and through exhibitions held in conjunction with the Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre.

You can also see some of our prints as you arrive at the airport if you are coming to visit the Centre. If you would like to know about upcoming exhibitions, please go to the Exhibitions Page on the Yirrkala Art Centre site.


Artists

The artists who produce work at Yirrkala Print Space have established a worldwide reputation for excellence, having won many of Australia’s major Indigenous art prizes. Many of the artists who have worked in the studio are women who have been leaders in innovation and change, including senior women of the Yunupingu family.

Ruby Djikarra Alderton

Dhalmula Bararrwaŋa

Nuwaniny Bararrwaŋa

Dipililŋa Bukulatjpi / Marika

Ngalkuma #2 Burarrwaŋa

Milminyina Dhamarrandji

Ralmirri Dhamarrandji

Gunybi#2 Mununggurr

Gawirrin Gumana Malaluba

Gumana Buŋamana Ganambarr

Gunybi Ganambarr

LakLak #2 Ganambarr

Manybarr Ganambarr

Djalu Gurruwiwi

Aleisha Isaacs

Boŋu Malaypa Bakulaŋay

Marawili Dhaŋayal Marawili

Djambawa Marawili

Gamaliny Marawili

Gurrundul Marawili

Marrirra Marawili

Noŋgirrŋa Marawili

Napuwarri Marawili

Nyaŋuŋu Marawili

Yalmakany Marawili

Banduk Marika

Barrata Marika

Djerrkŋu Marika

Dhurrumuwuy Marika

Dhuwarrwarr Marika

Yalmay Marika

Baluka Maymuru

Galuma #1 Maymuru

Malumin Maymuru

Naminapu#2 Maymuru

Naminapu Maymuru-White

Balwaldja Munuŋgurr

Barayuwa Munuŋgurr

Dhambit Munuŋgurr

Dindirrk Munuŋgurr

Djarpirr Munuŋgurr

Dundiwuy #2 Munuŋgurr

Lirrina Munuŋgurr

Marrnyula Munuŋgurr

Rerrkirrwaŋa Munuŋgurr

Yananymul Munuŋgurr

Multhara #2 Mandy Munuŋgurritj

Waŋgawuy Munuŋgurritj

Mamburra #2 Raymond

Bawaka Dion Yunupiŋu

Binmila #1 Yunupiŋu

Birrpunu Yunupiŋu

Deturru Yunupiŋu

Dhapanbal Yunupiŋu

Bulmirri Yunupingu

Dhopiya Yunupiŋu

Djakanŋu Dorothy Yunupiŋu

Djalinda #1 Yunupiŋu

Djakanŋu Dorothy Yunupiŋu

Djerrkŋu Yunupiŋu

Djolu Yunupiŋu

Gaymala #1 Yunupiŋu

Maŋatjay Yunupiŋu

Nyapanyapa Yunupiŋu

Ranydjupi Yunupiŋu

Yalpi Yunupiŋu

Yirrinyina #2 Yunupiŋu

Gundimulk Wanambi

Ralwurrandji Wanambi

Wukun Wanambi

Yarraŋku Winunguj

Liyawaday Wirrpanda

Mulkun #1 Wirrpanda

Djirrirra Wunuŋmurra

Nawurapu Wunuŋmurra

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