Dhambit Mununggurr

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Dhambit Mununggurr
Born1968
Nationality
larrakitj
SpouseTony Gintz

Dhambit Mununggurr (born 1968) is an

Aboriginal artists, each having won first prizes at the Telstra National Aboriginal & Torress Strait Islander Awards (NATSIAA).[1] After a vehicular accident in 2005, Mununggurr was severely injured, but returned to painting in 2010.[2]

Biography

Dhambit Mununggurr was born in 1968 to Mutitjpuy Mununggurr (1932-1993) and Gulumbu Yunupingu (1945–2012).

Yirrkala Church Panels (which would lead to the creation of the Yirrkala bark petitions of 1963), and served as a great inspiration for Mununggurr.[2] In 2004, Mununggurr became the first Yolngu woman to graduate as a tour guide in Yirrkala.[2]

In 2005, Mununggurr was hit by a truck, leaving her needing a wheelchair and unable to use her right hand to paint.

NATSIAA curators agreeing she could no longer grind traditional ochres used for bark painting with her limited dexterity in her right hand.[1][4]

Her work was acquired by Artbank in 2018 in a collection which details Mununggurr's life and her familial ties.[5] At the top, her maternal grandfather Mungurrawuy Yunupingu is pictured, and further down her uncles Galarrwuy and Mandawuy are shown.[5] Her mother, Gulumbu Yunupingu, is represented through the stars which show what she had painted on the ceiling of the Musee du Quai Branly in Paris, France. Lastly, Dhambit herself is represented as a monolithic rock on Elcho Island.[5]

Collections

Significant exhibitions

  • Mirdawarr Dhulan, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (2011)
    • Mununggurr's first solo exhibition was named after her experience driving through remnants of burnt-out forest around King Lake with her partner Tony where she noticed green shoots sprouting from burned trees.[1][2] The title refers to the "land after fire" and the "regrowth after fire."[2]
  • Gaybada - My Father was an Artist, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (2015)
    • Mununggurr's second solo exhibition is inspired by her father Mutitjpuy Mununggurr.
      larrakitj (hollow poles), and credits her father as the driving force behind her art.[8]
  • Provenance Does Matter - Living with Contemporary Art, Alcaston Gallery at Gallery 369, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia (2016)
  • Can We All Have A Happy Life, National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), Victoria, Australia (2019-2020)
    • This installation consisted of 15 bark paintings and nine larrakitj.[11] NGV director Tony Ellwood commented on her work saying, "It's a story about coming out of adversity after a severe accident... It's profoundly beautiful."[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Dhambit Mununggurr". Artist Profile. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Dhambit Mununggurr". Alcaston Gallery (in Polish). Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Dhambit Munuggurr | Artist Profile, Exhibitions & Artworks". ocula.com. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Dhambit Mununggurr". Salon Art Projects. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d "Artbank Staff Picks: Dhambit Mununggurr My Story II, 2018". Artbank. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Bänhdharra | Ocean". Kluge-Ruhe: Madayin. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Artists | NGV". National Gallery of Victoria. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  8. ^ a b ""Dhambit Mununggurr - Gaybada - My Father was an Artist"". Alcaston Gallery. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  9. ^ a b Pedler, Chris (25 June 2016). "Contemporary works arrive at Gallery 369". Bendigo Advertiser. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Provenance Does Matter: Living with Contemporary Art at Gallery 369 Bendigo". Alcaston Gallery. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  11. ^ a b "NGV Triennial: a bold and urgent artistic intervention, studded with beauty and calm". the Guardian. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2021.

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