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Artist Dates

Born c.1939

Noŋgirrŋa Marawili

Noŋgirrŋa Marawili is among Australia’s most acclaimed contemporary artists. She is the daughter of Mundukuḻ Marawili, the wife of Djutjatjutja Munuŋgurr and the mother of Marrnyula and Rerrkirrwaŋa Munuŋgurr—all significant artists. Her works are held in every state collection in Australia, and in 2018, she was honored with a retrospective at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney. She has received numerous awards, including the Telstra Bark Painting Award, which she won in both 2015 and 2019, and the Roberts Family Prize in association with the Art Gallery of New South Wales’ Wynne Prize, which she won in 2019.