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

Languages

Kuninjku

Community

Maningrida

Date of birth

1967-12-31

Past Exhibitions

Solo

  • 2021
    Ngalkunburriyaymi, Jam Factory, Adelaide
  • 2009
    Anniebell Marrngamarrnga & Tjanpi Desert Weavers, Michael Reid at Elizabeth Bay, Sydney, NSW
  • 2008
    Anniebell Marrngamarrnga, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
  • 2007
    Anniebell Marrngamarrnga, William Mora galleris, Melbourne, VIC

Group

  • 2023
    Shadow Spirit curated by Kimberley Moulton, RISING, Flinders Street Station, Melbourne VIC
  • 2023
    RISING: Shadow Spirit, Flinders St Station, Melbourne, VIC
  • 2022
    An-jawa (creek), Sabbia Gallery, Redfern NSW
  • 2021
    Spirit Worlds: Contemporary Works from Maningrida, Michael Reid Berlin
  • 2021
    Lineage, Delmar Gallery, Ashfield NSW
  • 2020
    Tarnanthi Art Fair, Lot Fourteen, Adelaide SA
  • 2020
    RESILIENCE: The power of the past today - Maningrida, Aboriginal Signature Estrangin Fine Art, Brussels, BELGUIM
  • 2020
    Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair 2020, Online
  • 2020
    Kun-waral Spirit Shadows, Salon Project Space, Darwin
  • 2018
    Mardayin - Aboriginal Art von Maningrida Arts, ARTKELCH, Freiburg, Germany
  • 2018
    Mardayin – Aboriginal Art von Maningrida Arts, Art Kelch
  • 2018
    Djang in Fibre: From Bim to Form, Aboriginal & Pacific Art Gallery, Waterloo, NSW
  • 2018
    Barring-bul (Many Walks), Trinity Gallery, University of Melbourne
  • 2017
    34th National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Arts Awards, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
  • 2017
    Into the Water curated by Maningrida Arts & Culture, Tactile Arts, Darwin, NT
  • 2016
    Whos Afraid of Colour?, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
  • 2014
    Mayh, Body & Spirit in Kunwinjku Fibre Art, Aboriginal & Pacific Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW
  • 2012
    Maningrida – contemporary work from arnhem land, Gallery Ecosse, Sydney, NSW
  • 2012
    Dream Catchers, Coo-ee Aboriginal Art Gallery, Sydney
  • 2011
    The Dreaming Changes Shape, Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Australia
  • 2011
    Lovelace, Powerhouse, Sydney, Australia
  • 2010
    Best of Maningrida, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, Australia
  • 2009
    Maningrida Group Show, Maningrida Arts & Culture Gallery, Darwin, NT
  • 2009
    Orche - A Study in Materiality, Short Street Gallery, Broome, WA
  • 2009
    Survey from Maningrida Arts & Culture, The Mossenson Gallery, Perth, WA
  • 2009
    Togart Contemporary Art Award, The Toga Group, NT
  • 2009
    Pandanus Spiralis, Aboriginal & Pacific Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW
  • 2009
    Beautiful Beasts, Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
  • 2008
    Lost & Found, Tarrawarra Biennial
  • 2008
    Womens show, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
  • 2008
    Interwoven, Indigenart, Perth, WA
  • 2008
    Palya Art at Mary Place, Mary Place, Sydney, NSW
  • 2008
    Melbourne Art Fair, Art Fair, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne
  • 2007
    Culture Warriors, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
  • 2007
    Selected new works from Maningrida, Maningrida Arts & Culture, Darwin
  • 2007
    24th Telstra National & Torres Strait Islander Art Award Exhibition, Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
  • 2007
    Womens show, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
  • 2006
    23rd Telstra National & Torres Strait Islander Art Award Exhibition, Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
  • 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