Clan
Rirratjiŋu
Artist Dates
1954-2021
Alternative Names
Mamburra, Wananamba
Dr. Banduk Marika AO
In 1972, Banduk Marika moved away from Yirrkala, first to Darwin and then to Sydney, to pursue her artistic career. Best known as a printmaker, she held residencies at Canberra School of Art and Flinders University. In 1988, she returned to Yirrkala to manage the Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre. In 2005, she received the bark painting prize at the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards. In 2018, she was awarded an honorary doctorate from Flinders University, and in 2019, she was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia.
Collections Represented
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Australian Catholic University
Australian Museum
Australian National Maritime Museum
Australian National University
Flinders University Museum of Art
Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Powerhouse Museum, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney
Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art
Queensland Museum
South Australian Museum
Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand