Organized by the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection

Clan

Marrakulu

Artist Dates

c.1936-1996

Alternative Names

Dundiwui, Dundiwuy, Dundiwoi, Jack

Duṉḏiwuy Waṉambi

Duṉḏiwuy Waṉambi was one of the most successful Yolŋu artists of the 1980s and a close collaborator with filmmaker Ian Dunlop, who chronicled the founding of Duṉḏiwuy’s homeland center of Gurka’wuy. A meticulous painter and carver, he was awarded the Rothmans Foundation Award at the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards in 1994.

Collections Represented

Art Gallery of New South Wales

Art Gallery of Western Australia

British Museum

Campbelltown Art Centre

Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia

Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory

National Gallery of Australia

National Gallery of Victoria