Organized by the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection

Clan

Gupa-Djapu’

Artist Dates

c.1935-1999

Alternative Names

Djudjadjudja, Djutadjuta, Jujajuja, Tjutjatjutja

Djutjatjutja Munuŋgurr

Djutjatjutja Munuŋgurr was a son of Woŋgu Munuŋgur. In 1994, with the assistance of his wife Noŋgirrŋa Marawili, he painted the first in a series of large bark paintings that would revitalize the practice of painting monumental bark paintings at Yirrkala. In 1997, he was awarded the bark painting prize at the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards.

Collections Represented

Art Gallery of Western Australia

Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia

Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory

National Gallery of Victoria