Exhibitions

  • Yúbburr yubburr: Dusk at the Euroa Butter Factory
  • Janet Marawarr, Ingrid Johanson and Tally Brian
  • Deborah Wurrkidj, Manwak - Mumeka Blooms
  • Opening event
  • Susan Marawarr, Mandjabu - fish trap
  • Janet Marawarr, Kun kurra (spiral wind)
  • Deborah Wurrkidj, Wak Wak - Black Crow Dreaming
  • Raylene Bonson, Wurridj - Paperbark Canoe

Yúbburr-yubburr: Dusk

06 December - 08 December 2019

 

Nomad Art in conjunction with Bábbarra Women’s Centre and Euroa Butter Factory present Yúbburr-yubburr: Dusk

 

Yúbburr-yubburr: Dusk brings together well-known female artists from the Kuninjku homelands of Arnhem Land. Their colourful and expressive hand printed fabrics integrate time-honoured traditions of art making with contemporary imagery.

 

Deborah Wurrkidj, Jennifer Wurrkidj, Susan Marawarr, Janet Marawarr, Raylene Bonson, Elizabeth Kala Kala and Melba Gunjarrwanga, are women of the stone country who work with Babbarra Designs.

 

These women have formed the backbone of a generation of Kuninjku artists since the 1990s. They continue to forge a path for women in their community and push the boundaries of their creative practice.

 

Yúbburr-yubburr refers to the light just after sundown or ‘dusk’, referencing the pallet of colours the Babbarra artists use to print their fabrics. The colours remind the women of the light and hues from the sun in nature.

 

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  • Dhatam, silkscreen by Malaluba Gumana
  • Dhaŋuniya, etching by Mulkun Wirrpanda
  • Latjin, linocut by Mulkun Wirrpanda
  • Circles, etching by Nyapanyapa Yunupingu
  • Lines, silkscreen by Nyapanyapa Yunupingu

Yirrkala Print Space 2019

01 December - 22 December 2019

 

Yirrkala Print Space is one of the Australia’s premier print studios specialising in limited edition works on paper produced on their own press. The studio continues to expand its collaborations with master printmakers from across Australia and around the world to facilitate new works and continue the development of techniques and experimentation across the generations of Yolngu printmakers. Printmaking techniques including Japanese woodblock, etching, linocut, screenprints and collagraphs have been learnt, absorbed and applied, combining traditional designs and knowledge to create new artworks.

 

While these Yolngu artists are respectful of the discipline of miny’tji (sacred design), the nature of the printmaking process has provided artistic freedom of expression; 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.

 

 

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Exhibitions Archive

North to South

  Nomad Art is now in Euroa, north-east Victoria in Taungurung Country, where we acknowledge the Taungurung people and pay our respects to their Elders past and present.   Nomad Art will continue from our new base in Euroa, where we will promote  prints from over 35 Aboriginal Art Centres and artists based in regional and remote Australia.   Nomad Art […]


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Injalak Arts Prints from the stone country of Western Arnhem Land

  This body of work explores the links between Indigenous cultural heritage, environment and aesthetic traditions of artists from western Arnhem Land.   The artists represent a unique group of painters and print makers who have maintained the distinctive practise associated with the traditions of rock art painting in western Arnhem Land and the knowledge it purveys. The artists, many […]


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Warlayirti Artists and Printmakers

  Warlayirti Artists from Balgo are well known for their beautiful, high quality artworks including limited edition prints.   The prints are the result of a long-standing collaboration between the Balgo artists and the printers from Northern Editions in Darwin. This partnership resulted in numerous editions of etchings and screen prints and expanded to include […]


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Anne McMaster

  Anne McMaster continues her exploration of the natural habitats of the Tiwi Islands including coastal mangroves and coral. Other elements that influence her work are the changing nature of the seasons and the beautiful Island light. These works were created in early 2019 as Anne prepares her departure from Melville Island after many years. […]


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Warlukurlangu Artists

  This month we have delved into the archives to reveal classic etchings by senior Warlukurlangu artists Shorty Jangala Robertson, Paddy Japaljarri Stewart, Paddy  Japaljarri Sims and Rosie Nangala Flemming.  The artists are recognised for their bold colour and strong traditional iconography. The paintings tell the story of the artists’ connection to their country, the features of the landscape, […]


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Sand stories and other collections

  This month we are focusing on historical suites and collections. Works include an exciting series of six ceremonial body paint designs from Kaltjiti Arts, a collection of the first screenprints produced at mimili maku and an amazing folio of milpatjunanyi – sand stories by Nura Rupert and Nungalka (Tjaria) Stanley from Ernabella Arts.   Milpatjunanyi – […]


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Reveal – from the collection

  We have been busy looking through the archive and continually uploading exciting prints to the Nomad Art website.   Reveal includes etching, silkscreen and woodcut prints produced over the last 15 years by artists from the Central Desert, Kimberley, Arnhem Land, Tiwi Islands and Darwin.   View the works on the online gallery: Man, Woman, Child, etching by Rhonda […]


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