Organized by the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection

Clan

Dhaḻwaŋu

Artist Dates

Born 1968

Alternative Names

Yukuwa

Djirrirra Wunuŋmurra

Djirrirra Wunuŋmurra assisted her father, Yaŋgarriny Wunuŋmurra, and her brother Nawurapu Wunuŋmurra on their paintings before being granted permission to paint by her father. In 2008, she was winner of the TOGART Northern Territory Contemporary Art Award, and in 2012, she received the bark painting prize at the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards.

Collections Represented

Art Gallery of New South Wales

Australian Parliament House Collection

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth

Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia

Monash University

National Gallery of Australia

Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory

Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art