Name: Judith Coppin
Language: Yindjibarndi
Biography:
Judith is an Yindjibarndi Elder and Cultural Custodian, highly respected artist and community worker. Since 2010, Judith has been creating beautiful acrylic paintings on canvas. In the past three years she has extended her art practices to her very beautiful yarranga marni (carved boards), her artworks are highly valued and selected for major Perth-based exhibitions. Judith’s artworks are intricately constructed, bold, deeply cultural, evolving from her passionate love of her Ngurra (country) and creation stories from Ngurra Nyujunggamu (when the world was soft). Yarranga Marni artworks by Judith have sold to the WA Department of Arts and Culture Collection, and her work featured on the cover of the 2019 Rio Tinto Colours of our Country Catalogue more recently they were exhibited in The Track We Share Exhibition at The Art Gallery of Western Australia
Yindjibarndi Munggu- Anthill Country – Judith Coppin “This work is about Yindjibarndi Munda (rocky hills) on the tablelands, on my Ngurra (country). My ancestors walked the land. The old ladies would get the seeds from the Read more…
Burndud Ground The Burndud is the sacred Marrga creation spirits dance ground at Birlinbirlin on the Fortescue River. It is an important story in Yindjibarndi culture which relates to Birdarra Law. Its a dance in our traditions, It’s a unique Read more…