Boliny WANAMBI - Balwatja
ADG: 3073
DescriptionBalwatja, 2004 - Story of Painting
Boliny WANAMBI
Born 1957
Language Marrakulu
Region North East Arnhem Land
Community Yirrkala
Outstation Gurka’wuy homeland
Local group Dhurili
Social affiliation Dhuwa moiety
Subjects Djarr ka (Goanna), Balwatja
Medium Ochre (natural earth pigment) on bark (eucalyptus tetrodonta).
Boliny Wanambi is the daughter of artist Mithili (deceased), a Marrakulu leader
Boliny’s father was the late Marrakulu leader and artist Mithili. She spent her chilhood at the Marrakulu homeland Barraratjpi, at Cape Shield on Blue Mud Bay. The new homeland of Gurka’wuy was established in the early 1970s by her father and artist Dundiwuy. Boliny is the widow of Birrikitji, a Dhalwangu clan leader.
Boliny has exhibited since the 1990s and her artwork is represented in national collections. She lives and works in Yirrkala and Yilpara, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory.
Exhibitions
1998 - Buku-Larrangay Mulka Printmakers 1st Exhibition, Yirrkala, NT
1998 - Buku-Larrangay Mulka Printmakers, Northern Territory University Art Gallery, Darwin, NT
1999 - Saltwater Country - Bark Paintings from Yirrkala, the Drill Hall Gallery - touring exhibition to Perth, Sydney, Melbourne and Alice Springs
2001 - 'New from Old', Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW
2003 - Sydney Aboriginal and Oceanic Art Fair, Sydney, NSW
2005 - 'Concord - One Exhibition Eight Communities', Framed Gallery, Darwin, NT
2005 - 22nd Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
2006 - 'Two Sisters - Boliny and Ralwurrandji Wanambi', Framed Gallery, Darwin, NT
2006 - Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
2006 - 'Great Women I Have Met', Boliny and Ralwurrandji Wanambi, Mogo Raw Art & Blues, Mogo, NSW
2007 - 'Two Sisters - Boliny and Ralwurrandji Wanambi', Alison Kelly Gallery, Richmond, VIC
2007 - Galuku Gallery, Festival of Darwin, NT
2007 - 'Bukulungthunmi - Coming Together, One Place', Raft Artspace, Darwin, NT
2007 - Gapan Gallery, Galkula, NT
2008 - 'Outside Inside - bark and hollow logs from Yirrkala' Bett Gallery, Hobart
2008 - 'Yarpany - Honey, The Art of Marrakulu', Framed Gallery, Darwin
2008 - 'Same Only Different', Mogo Raw Art & Blues, Mogo, NSW
2008 - 'Etched in the Sun' Prints made by Indigenous Artists in collaboration with Basil Hall & Printers
2007 - Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
2008 - 'A Few Real Gems I Have Come Across', Mogo Raw Art & Blues, Mogo, NSW
2008 - 'Boliny Wanambi Marrakulu Gapu', Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW
2010 - 'White', Short Street Gallery, Broome, WA
2010 - 17th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
Collections
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Museum of Australia, Canberra
Berndt Museum of Anthropology, University of Western Australia, Perth
University of Wollongong
Kelton Foundation, California, USA
Colin and Liz Laverty Collection
Kerry Stokes Collection
