Clan
Rirratjiŋu
Artist Dates
Born 1967
Wanyubi Marika
Wanyubi Marika is the son of Milirrpum Marika, the claimant in Australia’s first native title case. Wanyubi began painting as part of the Saltwater Project in 1997 and later served as chair of the Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre. An important community leader, he was part of the curatorial team for Maḏayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala.
Collections Represented
Australian National Maritime Museum
Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia
Supreme Court of the Northern Territory
Sydney Opera House