Name: James Mitjpunun Malibirr
Language: Ganalbiŋu
Community: Gapuwiyak
Biography:
James has been creating art since he was a little boy, he estimates around the age of sixteen. Taught by his father, uncle and adopted father, he learned through sitting, watching and absorbing traditional techniques, knowledge and stories. As James asked about certain stories being painted, his teachers made sure to teach him to only tell the right culture and the right story, as culture is important and it is wrong to tell someone else's story.
Artistic through a variety of mediums including canvas, carving, and yidaki (didj), Jame's recurrent themes are fish and billabong tucker, as well as stone blade paintings which is his mothers story.
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