
Wolpa Waṉambi | Marrakulu Clan Designs
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Wolpa Wanambi is the youngest daughter of one of the best known Yolŋu artists of the 1980s Duṉḏiwuy Waṉambi and learned to paint under his instruction. She assisted him on all of his major works produced during the 1990s, including Wuyal ≤Internal Link>, which was awarded the bark painting prize at the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards in 1994. This painting is the first formally attributed to Wolpa. It was painted with instruction from her father, who would die later that year.
– Henry Skerritt and Kade McDonald
Additional Information
Decade
1996
Medium
Natural pigments on eucalyptus bark
Dimensions (IN)
112 5/8 x 44 ¼
Dimensions (CM)
286.1 x 112.4
Credit
Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia. Gift of John W. Kluge, 1997. 1996.0035.019
Clan
Marrakulu
The Marrakulu clan’s homeland is Gurka’wuy, a village on the northern shores of Trial Bay....
Narrative
Wuyal
“My first name, Dhukumul, is the name for a particular kind of rain, dark raindrops....
Location
1990
Due to innovations in technology, communication was expedited in the 1990s. For example, Buku-Larrŋgay received...
About The Artist

Clan
Dates
Born 1970
Alternative Names
Wolpa Waṉambi
Wolpa Waṉambi is the youngest daughter of Duṉḏiwuy Waṉambi and learned to paint under his instruction. She assisted him on all his major works produced during the 1990s, including the work that was awarded the bark painting prize at the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards in 1994. In 2000, she was awarded the National Indigenous Heritage Art Award.
Art Gallery of New South Wales
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/?artist_id=wanambi-wolpa
National Gallery of Australia