Kay Lindjuwanga

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Kay Lindjuwanga
Born (1957-12-31) December 31, 1957 (age 65)
Mumeka, Northern Territory, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Known for Bark painting, contemporary Indigenous Australian art
Spouse John Mawurndjul
ChildrenPamela Djawulba, Anna Wurrkidj, Jimbesta/Sylvester Wurrkidj, Noah Wurrkidj, Josephine Wurrkidj, Semeria Wurrkidj
Parent
AwardsBark Painting Prize, 2004 National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award

Kay Lindjuwanga is an Aboriginal Australian artist from Maningrida in the Northern Territory of Australia. She is known for her bark paintings which often make use of Aboriginal rrark designs.

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Biography

Kay Lindjuwanga was born in 1957 and is part of the Kuninjku language group in Australia. [1] Her father is artist, Peter Marralwanga and she learned to paint with the help of her husband and acclaimed artist, John Mawurndjul. [2]

Lindjuwanga grew up with brothers, Ivan Namirrkki and Samuel Namunjdja, who both became successful artists. [3]

Lindjuwanga and Mawurndjul were married in 1973, and Lindjuwanga gave birth to their first child, daughter Pamela Djawulba, later that year. The couple went on to have their second child, daughter Anna Wurrkidj in 1975, and their son Jimbesta (referred to as Sylvester) in 1978. Another son, Noah Wurrkidj was born in 1981, followed by daughters Josephine Wurrkidj and Semeria Wurrkidj are born, in 1983 and 1985, respectively. [4] Their daughter Anna Wurrkidj is now an accomplished painter. [2]

Mawurndjul would help Lindjuwanga develop her skills in art by letting her fill in various sketches he created. This process was also a way of Mawurndjul giving her permission to use his Kurulk clan designs. Lindjuwanga now paints both the clan designs of her husband, and the Kardbam designs from her own clan. [5]

Career

Lindjuwanga followed her husband John Mawurndjul the development of an abstract style of painting, which draws upon ceremonial cross-hatched designs, known as rrark. As a part of this group, Lindjuwanga uses abstract images inspired by ceremonial designs and ancestral power. [3] Kay Lindjuwanga was awarded the Telstra Bark Painting prize at the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards for her work Buluwana at Dilebang on August 13, 2004. The award exhibition was held at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory in Darwin between August and November of that year. Her first commercial solo exhibition was at Aboriginal and Pacific Art in Sydney. [4]

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Significant exhibitions

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References

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  3. 1 2 Watson, Bronwyn (2011). "Public Works VISUAL ARTS". The Australian.
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