Organized by the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection

Clan

Gumatj

Artist Dates

1947–2008

Miṉyiyawany Dhäkuwal Yunupiŋu

The son of Bunuŋgu Yunupiŋu, Miṉyiyawany Dhäkuwal Yunupiŋu was a respected elder and artist. In the late 1990s, with assistance from his wife Banbiyak #2 Munuŋgurr, he produced a series of very precise, monumental works on bark and ḻarrakitj for projects including the John W. Kluge Commission and the Native Title and Saltwater exhibitions. In recent years, his son Wanapati Yunupiŋu has emerged as an important artist on steel and bark.

Collections Represented

Art Gallery of New South Wales

Australian National Maritime Museum

Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia