Barayuwa Munungurr b. 1980

  • Artist (Painter)

The youngest artist, Barayuwa Munungurr, (born in 1980, Wandawuy, NT), paints both his own Djapu clan designs as well as his mother’s Munyuku clan. His father is recently deceased, and mother is Bingitj Nurruwutthun, a sister to the late great ritual specialist and artist, Dula Nurruwutthun. Barayuwa has exhibited since 2007 and, in 2009, collaborated with Sydney-based artist Ruark Lewis in Transcriptions for the Perfect House, a multi media installation at The Cross Art Projects and Macquarie University Art Gallery. Barayuwa’s gadawulkwulk (shelter) installation featured in Primavera 2014 at the Museum of Contemporary Art.

Writers:
Jo Holder
Date written:
2015
Last updated:
2015