Kay Lindjuwanga
Biography
Kay Lindjuwanga is a Kuninjku artist born in 1956. Lindjuwanga is the daughter of renowned painter Peter Marralwanga. She was taught to paint by her husband and acclaimed artist, John Mawurndjul. Lindjuwanga has often assisted Mawurndjul with his painting. In the early 1990’s, she was among the first Kuninjku women to paint on bark. As well as bark paintings, her repertoire includes lorrkon (hollow logs), mimih carvings and etchings. She had her first solo show in 2004 at Aboriginal & Pacific Arts in Sydney and her work was included in the landmark exhibition Crossing Country at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. In 2004 she won the Telstra Bark Painting Award.
Throughout the last two decades Lindjuwanga has gained critical acclaim for her work seeing it shown internationally, presented by many galleries such as La Fontaine Centre of Contemporary Art, Kingdom of Bahrain, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, UK, the African Muse Gallery, France and Bargehouse Gallery, UK.
Over the years Lingjuwanga’s work has been presented nationally by William Mora, Annandale Galleries and most recently by Paul Johnston Gallery, Darwin.
Her work is held in a number of public and private collections, including the National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of South Australia and the Macquarie Bank Art Collection.
Ochre and pigment on bark (E.Tetradonta), 134x67cm.
Image credit: Paul Johnstone Gallery
Resources
Art is in the blood for Arnhem Land bark painter Kay Lindjuwanga, Bronwyn Watson, The Weekend Australian, September 10, 2011
Past Exhibitions
Solo
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2005 Bark paintings from Duwa Country, Aboriginal & Pacific Arts, Sydney
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2004 Kay Lindjuwanga, Aboriginal and Pacific Arts, Sydney, NSW
Group
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2022 Legacy — the influence of Balang John Mawurndjul, Outstation Gallery
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2019 art Karlsruhe 2019, ARTKELCH @ art Karlsruhe 2019, Karlsruhe, Germany
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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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2016 Maningrida Arts, Paul Johnstone Gallery, Darwin, NT
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2015 Exploration of Bark, Outstation Gallery, Darwin, NT
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2014 Lift, Palya Art, WA
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2014 Tracks: Land and Landscape in Aboriginal Art, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, UK
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2011 28th Telstra National Aboriginal Art Award, Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
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2011 Maningrida, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW
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2010 Gathered up : the Robin Gurr Collection, Penrith Regional Gallery
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2009 Recent Works by Maningrida, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
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2009 Orche - A Study in Materiality, Short Street Gallery, Broome, WA
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2008 Gungura - The Spiraling Wind, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW
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2008 Melbourne Art Fair, Art Fair, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne
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2008 African Muse, Ecorces recentes de Maningrida, Galerie Luc Bertier, Paris, France
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2007 Spirit in Variation, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW
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2007 rarrk, Bargehouse Gallery, London, UK
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2007 After the Wet, Maningrida Arts & Culture, Darwin, NT
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2006 Peintures sur ecorce de Maningrida, African Muse Gallery, Paris, France
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2006 Australian Aboriginal Art 2006/2007, John Gordon Gallery, Coffs Harbour, NSW
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2006 Mumeka to Milmilngkan, Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra, ACT
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2006 Aboriginal printmakers, Framed Gallery, Darwin, NT
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2006 New prints from Maningrida, MAC, Darwin, NT
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2006 A survey show from Maningrida, Raft artspace, Darwin, NT
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2006 Dreaming their Way, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, USA
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2006 Dream Tracks, Aboriginal art of Arnhem Land, La Fontaine Centre of Contemporary Art, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain
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2006 Sculptures from Maningrida, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
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2005 rarrk, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW
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2005 New works from Maningrida, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, UK
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2005 Paris-Djinkarr-Milmilngkan, Maningrida Arts & Culture, Darwin, NT
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2005 Recent works from Maningrida, Short Street Gallery, Broome, WA
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2004 21st Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, Museum & Art Gallery of Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
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2004 Divas of the Desert:Maningrida, Minymaku, Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs, NT
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2004 Maningrida Recent Works, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
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2004 Hollow Logs from Maningrida, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, VIC
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2004 Maningrida Burial Poles, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, UK
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2004 Crossing Country - The alchemy of Western Arnhem Land art, AGNSW, Sydney, NSW
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2004 Maningrida Print Show, Maningrida Arts & Culture, Darwin, NT
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2004 New Etchings from Mimilngkan, Aboriginal & Pacific Arts, Sydney, NSW
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2003 The Visit, Annandale galleries, Sydney, NSW
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2003 20th Telstra national Abortiginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
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2003 Bark paintings, sculpture and fibre work by the Maningrida women artists, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, VIC
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2003 Out of the wet - new art by Kuninjku artists, Framed gallery, Darwin, NT
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2003 Mythological Beings from Maningrida, Hogarth Galleris, Sydney, NSW
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2002 Kuninjku, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, UK
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2002 Inspiral, Gallery Gondawana, Alice Springs, NT
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2002 East + West, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW
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1999 My Country: Australische Aboriginal Kunst, Brandweer Kazerne, Utrecht, Netherlands
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1993 Group Maningrida Exhibition, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, NSW
Collections
- Macquarie Bank Art Collection
- National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
- Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
- Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
- Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
- Walonia Aboriginal Art, Netherlands