Clan
Gupa-Djapu’
Artist Dates
Born 1980
Barayuwa Munuŋgurr
Barayuwa Munuŋgurr is the grandson of Woŋgu Munuŋgurr and Djimbaryun Ŋurruwutthun, giving him authority to paint both Djapu’ and Munyuku designs. In recent years, he has gained acclaim for his dense paintings of the Munyuku saltwater estate of Yarrinya. His 2015 wall drawing Manbuyŋa was acquired by the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney. In 2019 he traveled to the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth and the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection to work on Maḏayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala.
Collections Represented
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Berndt Museum of Anthropology, University of Western Australia
Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia