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Goorrarndal (Brolga) and Jila on Silk – Rowena Morgan

Lengths of handprinted screen printed fabric on 100% silk 137cm wide

The weight of the fabric is 210gsm

The base fabric is ivory in colour and is a three-colour print with light green, light aqua blue and grey coloured details.

Rowena Morgan is a Kija artist based in Broome with strong cultural ties to the country around the Lansdowne Ranges area in the East Kimberley.

Goorrarndal and jila show the capture the brolga meeting up on the plains on Kija Country. They are seeking out the last of the insects that live around the jila before all the water dries up for the season.

Price is per metre.

Categories: Nagula Jarndu Aboriginal Women's Art Centre

Name: Rowena Morgan

Language: Gooniyandi, Kija

Community: Halls Creek

Biography:

Rowena was born in Wyndham and grew up on Kija country in Halls Creek. She remembers spending time as a child sitting down in the dirt painting with her Grandmother, who taught her about important Kija knowledge and the stories she should paint. Rowena began learning printmaking at Nagula Jarndu in 2014, transferring her painting skills into block and screen-printed designs. Her artwork draws on aspects of her custodial country; the Lansdowne Ranges region of the East Kimberley; dry desert country, rocky riverbeds, spinifex grasslands and winding hillscapes and waterholes (full and drying up) and the creatures that inhabit these places. Rowena’s textiles are highly sought after and her choice of ochre and muted tones connects audiences further to her country and the specific colours it evokes. She is also a part-time artworker at Nagula Jarndu, facilitating artist studio support and skills development.

Rowena was the winner of the National Indigenous Fashion Award for Textile Design in 2023 and released her first Fashion collection in 2024. 

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