Beautiful morning colours we wake up to when out at ngurra. I focused on the carved feature named Yandi-urru. Yandi means north and urru means river, in Yindjibarndi. My father taught me the songs of this place, that’s why I know its proper name.
Name: Wendy Hubert
Language: Yindjibarndi
Biography:
Wendy Hubert is a respected Yindjibarndi Elder, cultural custodian, artist and linguist. Born at Red Hill Station on Guruma Country, Wendy lived at Red Hill Station, Minderoo Station and Onslow before settling in Roebourne. Now a widow, Wendy met her husband in Roebourne through her work in community health and together they had three sons. Wendy began painting with Juluwarlu Art Group in 2019 and has become a dedicated artist known for her landscape paintings recounting scenes from her childhood and featuring important places on Yindjibarndi and Guruma Country. Wendy was selected for the 2023 Telstra NATSIAA and the 26th Sydney Biennale. She has exhibited her artworks across Australia as well as her home state of WA, in the Pilbara and Perth including multiple Cossack Art Awards and Revealed: New and Emerging WA Aboriginal Artists at Fremantle Arts Centre.
In December 2024, with support from Creative Australia and Juluwarlu Arts, Wendy launched her Autobiography, to tell her incredible life story alongside a comprehensive retrospective of her paintings and notations.
The great response to her book has inspired Wendy to continue creating and embark on new projects for 2025 and 2026. Diving deeper into her stories and developing new ideas with her art practice. Wendy will be reaching an international audience with a commission completed for the 2025 Japanese Triennial and designing a Pilbara garden project for the 2026 Sydney Biennale.
“I know my Ngurra. I know its Laws. I am a Yindjibarndi Custodian, old now, but strong in my thinking and my life.” Wendy Hubert, 2021
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