Anniebell Marrngamarrnga
Biography
I learnt how to weave from my mother, Nancy Djulumba, who passed away a long time ago [1995]. I first made coiled baskets, twined bags and string bags. I then learned how to paint from my husband [Dick Nadjolorro].
My favourite subject is the yawkyawk ngalkuburriyaymi, female spirit, who lives in the water at Kubumi. It is my husband’s Dreaming. I represent her in my bark paintings, in my timber carvings and also in my weaving.
I came with the idea to make flat yawkyawk from pandanus [Pandanus spiralis]. First I build the bamboo frame and I then weave with colourful pandanus in the same technique I used when making twined bags. I use lots of different colours and I like it. Colours are important in my work.
– Anniebell Marrngamarrnga, interview by Apolline Kohen at Maningrida Arts and Culture, 12 February 2007
Past Exhibitions
Solo
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2021 Ngalkunburriyaymi, Jam Factory, Adelaide
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2009 Anniebell Marrngamarrnga & Tjanpi Desert Weavers, Michael Reid at Elizabeth Bay, Sydney, NSW
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2008 Anniebell Marrngamarrnga, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
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2007 Anniebell Marrngamarrnga, William Mora galleris, Melbourne, VIC
Group
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2023 Shadow Spirit curated by Kimberley Moulton, RISING, Flinders Street Station, Melbourne VIC
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2023 RISING: Shadow Spirit, Flinders St Station, Melbourne, VIC
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2022 An-jawa (creek), Sabbia Gallery, Redfern NSW
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2021 Spirit Worlds: Contemporary Works from Maningrida, Michael Reid Berlin
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2021 Lineage, Delmar Gallery, Ashfield NSW
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2020 Tarnanthi Art Fair, Lot Fourteen, Adelaide SA
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2020 RESILIENCE: The power of the past today - Maningrida, Aboriginal Signature Estrangin Fine Art, Brussels, BELGUIM
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2020 Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair 2020, Online
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2020 Kun-waral Spirit Shadows, Salon Project Space, Darwin
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2018 Mardayin - Aboriginal Art von Maningrida Arts, ARTKELCH, Freiburg, Germany
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2018 Mardayin – Aboriginal Art von Maningrida Arts, Art Kelch
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2018 Djang in Fibre: From Bim to Form, Aboriginal & Pacific Art Gallery, Waterloo, NSW
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2018 Barring-bul (Many Walks), Trinity Gallery, University of Melbourne
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2017 34th National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Arts Awards, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
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2017 Into the Water curated by Maningrida Arts & Culture, Tactile Arts, Darwin, NT
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2016 Whos Afraid of Colour?, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
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2014 Mayh, Body & Spirit in Kunwinjku Fibre Art, Aboriginal & Pacific Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW
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2012 Maningrida – contemporary work from arnhem land, Gallery Ecosse, Sydney, NSW
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2012 Dream Catchers, Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery, Sydney
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2011 The Dreaming Changes Shape, Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Australia
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2011 Lovelace, Powerhouse, Sydney, Australia
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2010 Best of Maningrida, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, Australia
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2009 Maningrida Group Show, Maningrida Arts & Culture Gallery, Darwin, NT
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2009 Orche - A Study in Materiality, Short Street Gallery, Broome, WA
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2009 Survey from Maningrida Arts & Culture, The Mossenson Gallery, Perth, WA
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2009 Togart Contemporary Art Award, The Toga Group, NT
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2009 Pandanus Spiralis, Aboriginal & Pacific Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW
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2009 Beautiful Beasts, Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
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2008 Lost & Found, Tarrawarra Biennial
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2008 Womens show, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
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2008 Interwoven, Indigenart, Perth, WA
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2008 Palya Art at Mary Place, Mary Place, Sydney, NSW
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2008 Melbourne Art Fair, Art Fair, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne
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2007 Culture Warriors, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
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2007 Selected new works from Maningrida, Maningrida Arts & Culture, Darwin
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2007 24th Telstra National & Torres Strait Islander Art Award Exhibition, Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
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2007 Womens show, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
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2006 23rd Telstra National & Torres Strait Islander Art Award Exhibition, Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
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2003 Weave, Federation Centre for the Arts, Bundoora Homestead, VIC
Collections
- National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
- Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Australia
- The Toga Group Collection, Australia
- Aimee Proost Private Collection, Queensland, Australia
- Axel Arnott Collection
- Charles Darwin University Art Collection, Darwin, Australia