Marina Murdilnga

Biography

“Fibre sculpture among Kuninjku women was largely pioneered in the early 2000s by Marina Murdilnga, daughter of bark painter Mick Kubarrku. After learning weaving from her mother, she invented a new form of flat fibre sculptures made with a knotting technique. Murdilnga’s work was well-received and it inspired other Kuninjku women to pursue similar work”.

Text from Baskets to Bodies: Innovation Within Aboriginal Fibre Practice By Christiane Keller

Languages

Kuninjku

Community

Maningrida

Date of birth

1960-01-01

Clan

Kulmarru

Past Exhibitions

Group

  • 2011
    2011 The Dreaming Changes Shape, Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Australia, NULL
  • 2011
    2011 Shalom Gamarada Ngiyani Yana, Woollahra, Australia, NULL
  • 2010
    2010 Best of Maningrida, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, Australia, NULL
  • 2010
    2010 Antipodes, Maningrida Fibre Antipodes, Sorrento, VIC
  • 2009
    2009 Ancestral Spirit Beings, Spirit Beings and Ceremonial Lorrkon, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, VIC
  • 2009
    2009 Melbourne Museum, Menagerie Melbourne Museum, Melbourne, VIC
  • 2009
    2009 Framed Gallery, Starry, Starry Night Framed Gallery, Darwin, NT
  • 2009
    2009 Vivian Anderson Gallery, Fibre & Rarrk - Marina Murdilnga & Debra Wurrkidj Vivian Anderson Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
  • 2009
    2009 Short Street, Orche - A Study in Materiality, Short Street Gallery, Broome, WA
  • 2009
    2009 MACD Group Show, Maningrida Group Show, Maningrida Arts & Culture Gallery, Darwin, NT
  • 2009
    2009 26th NATSIAA, National Aboriiginal and Torres Strait Islander Awards, MAGNT, Darwin, NT
  • 2009
    2009 Pandanus spiralis, Pandanus spiralis, Aboriginal & Pacific Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW
  • 2008
    2008 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Award, Museum and Art Gallery of Northern Territory, Australia, NULL
  • 2008
    2008 25th NATSIAA, National Aboriiginal and Torres Strait Islander Awards, MAGNT, Darwin, NT
  • 2008
    2008 Togart Contemporary Art Award, Contemporary Art Award, Togart, Northern Territory
  • 2008
    2008 Maningrida arts, Maningrida Arts, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, NSW
  • 2008
    2008 Interwoven, Interwoven, Indigenart, Perth, WA
  • 2008
    2008 Weaving around the traps, Weaving around the traps, Chapman & Bailey, Melbourne, VIC
  • 2007
    2007 Journeys, Journeys, Outback Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, VIC
  • 2007
    2007 Aboriginal objects, Aboriginal objects, sculpture & bush toys, Michael Reid Gallery, Sydney
  • 2007
    2007 rarrk, Rarrk- london-, Bargehouse Gallery, London, UK
  • 2007
    2007 Lorrkon, spirit beings, Lorrkon, spirit beings and Fibrework, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, VIC
  • 2007
    2007 Spirit in Variation, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, Australia, NULL
  • 2006
    2006 Annandale, Lorrkons and spirit figures, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW
  • 2006
    2006 Peter Bailie, Peter Bailie Art Award, Flinders University City Gallery, Adelaide, SA
  • 2006
    2006 William Mora, Sculptures from Maningrida, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
  • 2005
    rarrk, Rarrk, flowing on from Crossing Country, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW
  • 2005
    2005 22nd arts awards, 22nd National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Arts Awards, MAGNT, Darwin, NT
  • 2004
    2004 21st NATSIAA, 21st Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander art awards, Museum & Art Gallery of Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
  • 2001
    2001 Good Colour : prints from Maningrida Women's Centre, Raft Artspace, Darwin, Good Colour : prints from Maningrida Women's Centre, Raft Artspace, Darwin

Collections

  • National Museum of Australia, Canberra, Australia
  • Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
  • Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW