Semeria Wurrkidj
Biography
Semeria is a painter and sculptor. She specialising in bark painting, dolobbo bim, and carvings depicting spirit beings, such as yawkyawk and mimih that reside on her clan estate, Kurulk. She is the daughter of acclaimed artists John Mawurndjul and Kay Lindjuwanga. She is part of the next generation of Kuninjku artists trained and working in the designs of her father whose career has been celebrated for decades. She depicts designs for which Mawurndjul has given permission to represent, including Wak (Black Crow) and mankabo, the creek that runs from Milmingkan to Kurrurldul outstations.
Like other Kuninjku artists, Wurrkidj maintains the cultural knowledge and practices of working with natural materials: ochres which are mixed with water and PVA fixative and applied with manyilk (sedge grass) to bark (stingybark) in the Wet season and lorrkkon (hollow log burial poles) and spirit carvings in the Dry season. She primarily engages the red, yellow, black and white palette of her father, but achieves a softer effect.
Past Exhibitions
Group
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2022 Legacy — the influence of Balang John Mawurndjul, Outstation Gallery
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2020 Legacy – the influence of Balang John Mawurndjul, Outstation Gallery, Parap, NT 0820
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2020 The Womens Show, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
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2019 Summer Collectors Show, Everywhen Artspace, Flinders, VIC
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2019 Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin
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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 Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin
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2009 Recent Works by Maningrida, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
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2007 Spirit in Variation, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW
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2006 Mumeka to Milmilngkan, Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra, ACT
Collections
- ANU Collection, Canberra, ACT