Dindirrk Mununggurr - Nomad Art

Artist: Dindirrk Mununggurr
Art Centre: Buku Larrnggay Mulka
Region: Arnhem Land

Artwork Story

When I was a little girl I grew up at Numbulwar (Roper River) with my Mum and Dad, we stayed there for a long time until my other sister was born, her name is Betsy Mununggurr. Then we came back to Yirrkala and I went to school here. Then after that we moved to Wallawuy and I attended school up there, until I was 16 yr’s old. I learnt art by watching my grandfather,my mother, my father and my aunty Marrnyula Mununggurr, that’s how I wanted to become an artist. I like doing art because it’s good for me to learn more of art then being at home without anything to do. So art is my priority in my life. This was the first step for me to print a reduction print. In 2007 I started working at Buku Larrnggay Mulka with my mulkul (auntie) Marrnyula Mununggurr where I started to work in the print space. I have learnt screenpring, woodblocking. Now I’m working in the multi media Mulka centre at Bulu Larrnggay where I have learnt about making short films. Filming, editing, sound. The first workshop we produced three films. I filmed one about the healing centre at Gulkula (the Garma site) at Yirrkala. The old ladies use bush medicine to heal.

I traveled to Sydney with Marrnyula Munugurr for her exhibition opening at Annandale Galleries.

I traveled to Sydney with Marrnyula Mununggurr for her exhibition opening at Annandale Galleries. This was my first trip to Sydney. I visited the Saltwater bark paintings at the Maritime Museum and helped guide Gough Whitlam through the collection.