Melba Gunjarrwanga
Biography
Kuninjku artist, Melba Gunjarrwanga, was born in 1959 at Maningrida in the Northern Territory. Melba is a skilled printmaker, sculptor, weaver and bark painter represented by both the Bábbarra Women’s Centre and Maningrida Arts and Culture.
Over the last decade, Melba has taken part in multiple group exhibition across Australia and the world and her works have been presented by Maningrida Arts and Culture and within their collective shows. Her work is also held in the collections of Art Gallery of Western Australia, Museum of Contemporary Art, Museum of Victoria and National Gallery of Australia and The Australian National University Collection. Melba has also featured as one of the emerging artists in a group exhibition, Báb-barra: Women’s Printing Culture at The Cross Art Projects (2017)
Past Exhibitions
Group
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2022 Top End Bugi, Koskela Gallery Rosebery
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2020 Tarnanthi Art Fair, Lot Fourteen, Adelaide SA
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2020 Top End Bugi, Koskela, Sydney, NSW
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2020 Kunmadj - Woven Objects, Japingka, Perth, WA
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2019 Tarnanthi Art Fair, Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide
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2019 Tarnanthi Art Fair 2019, AGSA
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2019 Bukkan Rowk: I am teaching you, Outstation Gallery, Parap
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2019 Bukkan Rowk – ‘I am teaching you’ THE CONTINUING TRADITION OF BALANG JAMES IYUNA, Outstation Gallery
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2017 Karridjowkke Kunronj (Crossing Streams), Nomad Art, Darwin, NT
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2017 Karridjowkke Kunronj (Crossing Streams), Nomad Art, Darwin, NT
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2009 Sculptures, Josh Lilley Fine Art, National Geographic Store, London, UK
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2008 Iyuna & Melba Gunjarrwanga, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
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2008 "Gungura - The Spiraling Wind”, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW
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2008 Maningrida Arts, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, NSW
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2008 Maningrida survey show, Short Street Gallery, Broome, WA
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2008 Ecorces recentes de Maningrida, Galerie Luc Bertier, Paris, France
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2008 Palya Art at Mary Place, Mary Place, Sydney, NSW
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2007 James Iyuna & Melba Gunjarrwanga, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne,VIC
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2007 Spirit in Variation Part II, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW
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2007 rarrk, Bargehouse Gallery, London, UK
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2007 Selected new works from Maningrida, Maningrida Arts & Culture, Darwin
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2007 Maningrida group show, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, NSW
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2007 Bark paintings from Maningrida, Short Street Gallery, Broome, WA
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2007 Lorrkon, Spirit Beings, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, VIC
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2006 Lorrkons and Spirit Figures, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW
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2006 Maningrida, Short Stree Gallery, Broome, WA
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2006 Dream stories, The Bahrain Art Society, Kingdom of Bahrain
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2006 Dream Tracks, Aboriginal art of Arnhem Land, La Fontaine Centre of Contemporay Art, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain
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2006 Sculptures from Maningrida, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
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2006 Mumeka to Milmilngkan, Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra, ACT
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2005 Bark paintings and carvings from Maningrida, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, NSW
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2005 Recent works from Maningrida, Short Street Gallery, Broome, WA
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2005 Rarrk, Raft Artspace, Darwin, NT
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2005 22nd National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Arts Awards, MAGNT, Darwin, NT
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2005 New works from Maningrida, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, UK
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2004 Crossing country: the alchemy of western Arnhem Land art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
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2004 Bark paintings, carvings and fibre works from Maningrida, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, NSW
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2004 Maningrida Recent Works, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
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2004 James Iyuna & Melba Gunjarrwanga, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
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2003 Maningrida Threads, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW
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2003 Threads of time, Burrinja gallery, Upwey, VIC
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2003 Next Generation, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
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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 Dreamtime, contemorary aboriginal art, Cankarjev Dom Ljubljana, Slovenia
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2000 Land mark : mirror mark, University of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT, Touring regional centres
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1999 Organic Forms, Aboriginal and Pacific Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW
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1999 Bushcolour: Works on paper by female artists from the Maningrida region, Northern Territory University Gallery, Darwin, NT
Collections
- Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Maningrida Collection, Sydney, NSW
- National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
- Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
- ANU Collection, Canberra, ACT