John MAWURNDJUL - Kandakidj Red Kangaroo
John MAWURNDJUL - Kandakidj Red Kangaroo
John MAWURNDJUL - Kandakidj Red Kangaroo
John MAWURNDJUL - Kandakidj Red Kangaroo

John MAWURNDJUL - Kandakidj Red Kangaroo

1997, 68 x 46cm ADG:1549

ADG: 1549

Description

ADG:1549

John (Johnny) MAWURNDJUL
Kandakidj
- Red Kangaroo, 199
7
68 x 46cm
Ochre (natural earth pigment) on bark (stringybark Eucalyptus tetrodonta)

John Mawurndjul - Biography

Born 1952
Skin name
Balang/Duwa
Birth place
Maningrida
Region
Arnhem Land, Northern Territory
Language
Kunwinjku
Medium
Ochres on cotton rag paper, ochres on bark, carved and painted wooden sculpture, etchings
Dreamings
Common subjects are ngalyod (rainbow serpent), namarrkon (lightning), mother's country (kakodbebuldi), water and sacred objects under water, yawkyawk (female mermaid spirits), ngalyod (attacking human ancestor beings), various fish species including saratoga, freshwater longtom, catfish, barramundi and sooty grunter fish; black wallaroo, antilopine kangaroo, Kandakidj - red-kangaroo, mardayin (ceremony themes), crow dreaming at Kurrurldul, buluwana (woman killed by the death adder), wayarra (spirit beings), trainsformational rainbow serpents (as buffalo and other species), crocodiles

John Mawurndjul is a well-known Kunwinjku artist from Maningrida in Western Arnhem Land. He was taught to paint by his brother Jimmy Njiminjuma and his uncle Peter Marralwanga. His early work depicted his totem animals and mythological beings in rarrk designs (cross hatching).

Mawurndjul’s recent work has centred on more abstract Mardayin themes, a ceremony he was initiated into early in life with connections to important places in his clan lands, exploring new ways to express land, water and spirituality. Mawurndjul’s work is included in the Musée du quai Branly, Paris, as well as major international and national art institutions.

Solo Exhibitions

2007 John Mawurndjul, Cornice Art Fair, Venice, Italy

2006 Solo Show, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW

2004 John Mawurundjul, Annadale Galleries, Sydney, NSW

2002 Kabarlekidyo to Milmilngkan, John Mawurndjul's Country, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne

1999 John Mawurndjul, Annandale Galleries, Sydney

1998 John Mawurndjul: recent works from Mimilngkan, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne

1995 Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne

1994 Savode Gallery, Brisbane

1993 Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne

Group Exhibitions

2008 Palya Art at Mary Place, Mary Place, Sydney, NSW

2008 Spirit in variation Part 2, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW

2008 Gifted: New to the Griffith University Art Collection, Griffith University, QLD

2007 Spirit in Variation, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW

2007 Culture Warriors, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT

2007 Rarrk - London-, Bargehouse Gallery, London, UK

2007 After the Wet, Maningrida Arts and Culture, Darwin, NT

2006 Proof Contemporary Australian Printmaking, NGV, Melbourne, VIC

2006 Australian Aboriginal Art 2006/2007, John Gordon Gallery, Coffs Harbour, NSW

2006 Mumeka to Milmilngkan, Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT

2006 Maningrida, Short St Gallery, Broome, WA

2006 New prints from Maningrida, MAC, Darwin, NT

2006 A survey show from Maningrida, Raft Artspace, Darwin, NT

2006 Peintures sur ecorce de Maningrida, African Muse Gallery, Paris, France

2006 Dream tracks, Aboriginal art of Arnhem Land, La Fontaine Centre of Contemporary Art, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain

2006 Sculptures from Maningrida, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, VIC

2005 Rarrk, flowing on from Crossing Country, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW

2005 New works from Maningrida, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, UK

2005 Pais-Djinkarr- Milmilngkan, Maningrida Arts and Culture, Darwin, NT

2005 Aboriginal Vision in Contemporary Australian Art, Wright exhibition space, Seattle, USA

2005 Lorrkons and spirit figures from Maningrida, Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney, NSW

2004 New etchings from Mimilngkan, Aboriginal and Pacific Arts, Sydney, NSW

2004 Maningrida print show, Maningrida Arts and Culture, Darwin, NT

2004 Crossing Country: the Alchemy of Western Arnhem Land Art, AGNSW, Sydney, NSW

2004 Maningrida Burial Poles, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, UK

2004 Hollow logs from Maningrida, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, VIC

2004 Kokok-older brothers from the Kurulk clan, Aboriginal and Pacific Art Gallery, NSW

2003 Works on paper, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW

2003 The Visit, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW

2003 Moon, Short St. Gallery, in conjunction with ArtHouse Gallery, Sydney, NSW

2003 Maningrida Threads, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW

2003 Mythological beings from Maningrida, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, NSW

2002 Kuninjku Show, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, United Kingdom

2002 NATSIA, 19th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin

2002 East and West, Annandale Galleries, Sydney

2001 18th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award Exhibition, Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin

2001 Arnhem Land Carvings and Bark Paintings, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney

2001 Outside in: Research Engagements with Arnhem Land Art, Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra

2001 In the Heart of Arnhem Land - myth and the making of contemporary Aboriginal Art, Musee del l'Hotel-Dieu,Mantes-la-Jolie, France

2001 MAC Unpacked, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

2000 Transitions: 17 years of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award,

Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin

2000 Aboriginal Art in modern worlds, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

2000 Aboriginal bark paintings, sculptures & hollow logs, Annandale Galleries, Sydney

2000 Biennale of Sydney 2000, various venues at various locations

2000 Maningrida, Framed Gallery, Darwin

1999 Fighting for Culture, Indigenart, Perth

1999 Aboriginal Art in Modern Worlds, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT; toured to State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

1999 My Country: Australische Aboriginal Kunst, Brandweer Kazerne, Utrecht, Netherlands

1999 16th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award Exhibition, Campbelltown, NSW

1999 The Memorial: A Masterpiece of Aboriginal Art, Musee Olympique, Lausanne, Switzerland

1999 Spinifex Runner: a collection of contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Fibre Art, Campbelltown, NSW

1998 Sixth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

1998 a material thing: objects from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

1996 Eye of the Storm, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

1996 Dreaming: Aboriginal Art from Australia, Galerie Kouwenhoven, Delft, Netherlands

1995 12th National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award Exhibition, Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin

1995 Stories My Parents Sang, National Maritime Museum, Sydney

1994 Power of the Land: Masterpieces of Aboriginal Art, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

1994 Art of the Rainbow Snake, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

1994 Gemaltes Land: Kunst der Aborigines aus Arnhem Land Australien, Linden Museum, Stuttgart, Germany

1994 Maningrida Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

1993 Artjara: Art of the First Australian, Touring: Kunstammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf; Hayward Gallery, London; Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek, Denmark; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

1993 The Tenth National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin

1993 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, Parliament House Art Collection

1992 Crossroads: Towards a New Reality: Aboriginal Art from Australia, National Museums of Modern Art, Kyoto and Tokyo, Japan

1992 The Ninth National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin

1991 Flash Pictures, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

1991 The Speaking Land and Sea, Australian National Maritime Museum,. Sydney

1991 Canvas and Bark, South Australian Museum, Adelaide

1990 Keepers of the Secret: Aboriginal Art from Arnhem Land, Art Gallery of Western Australia

1990 l'ete Australien, Montpellier Musee Fabre Gallery, Montpellier, France

1990 Painted Ship, Painted Oceans, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney

1990 Spirit in Land: Bark Paintings from Arnhem Land, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

1990 Contemporary Aboriginal Art 1990 from Australia, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow, Scotland;

toured to Swansea and Manchester UK

1989 Aboriginal Art: the continuing tradition, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

1989 Kunwinjku, Deutscher Gertrude Street, Melbourne

1989 Magiciens de la Terre, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

1989 The Sixth National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin

1989 Recent Works from Maningrida and Ramingining, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

1988 Dreamings: the Art of Aboriginal Australia, the Asia Galleries, New York, USA

1988 Gunwinggu Artists, Beaufort Convention Centre, Darwin

1986 The Art of the First Australians, Kobe City Museum, Japan

1982 Aboriginal Art at the Top. Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin

Awards

2003 Winner of the Clemenger Contemporary Art Prize, National Gallery of Victoria

2002 Telstra Bark Painting Award, National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award,

Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin

1999 Telstra Bark Painting Award, National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award,

Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin

1991 Professional Development Grant, Australia Council for the Arts, Aboriginal Arts Unit

1988 First prize, Barunga Festival Art Exhibition, Barunga, NT

1988 Rothmans Foundation Award (best painting in a traditional medium), National Aboriginal Art Award, Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin

Collections

Aimee Proost Private Collections, QLD

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW

Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA

Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA

Artbank, Sydney, NSW

Ballart Fine Art Gallery, VIC

British Museum, London, UK

Charles Darwin University Art Collection

Djomi Museum, Maningrida, NT

Kluge Collection, Morven estate, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

Laverty Collection, Sydney, NSW

Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin

Museum of Contemporary Art, Maningrida Collection, Sydney, NSW

National gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC

National Maritime Museum, Darling Harbour, Sydney, NSW

Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra, ACT

Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD

South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA

The Holmes a Court Collection, Perth, WA

Wolonia Aboriginal Art, Netherlands

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