Hammerhead Martumili Artists work with over three hundred artists from remote Martu Aboriginal communities, including Punmu, Parnngurr, Kunawarritji, Jigalong, Irrungadji (Nullagine), and Warralong, as well as from the Parnpajinya (Newman) gallery and studio spaces. Known for their diverse, energetic, and unmediated painting styles, their works reflect the dramatic geography and Read more…
Wanti Yuu “Wanti Yuu (Woman Yeah!) is a story of resilience and of women coming together. It is about the strength of the women in our community who put themselves last and take on a lot. She [Wanti Yuu] is someone who looks after her family, putting the grand kids Read more…
Bluen Pool Martumili Artists work with over three hundred artists from remote Martu Aboriginal communities, including Punmu, Parnngurr, Kunawarritji, Jigalong, Irrungadji (Nullagine), and Warralong, as well as from the Parnpajinya (Newman) gallery and studio spaces. Known for their diverse, energetic, and unmediated painting styles, their works reflect the dramatic geography Read more…
Emu Tracks “Emu go to the springs to have a drink of water and then move on to the next one.” – Judith Anya Samson Puntawarri is an important cultural area, as well as the site of a now abandoned community, a waterhole, creek and lake. Puntawarri is located on Read more…
Water Flow “When I paint with these colours and in this style, it reminds me of when I was back in Bidgydanga, watching the water and currents flow.” – Ciarn Dean-Bullen “When Martu paint, it’s like a map. Martu draw story on the ground and on the canvas, and all the Read more…
Water Flow “When I paint with these colours and in this style, it reminds me of when I was back in Bidgydanga, watching the water and currents flow.” – Ciarn Dean-Bullen “When Martu paint, it’s like a map. Martu draw story on the ground and on the canvas, and all the Read more…
Punmu “Punmu, I went there when I was a young girl, a teenager with my mother and father before my mother passed. Big mob of people was there. No building, just little cubby houses [bough shelters]. Long time I been there. These here are the waterholes around Punmu; Rawa spring- Read more…
Mungili Rock Holes “Mungili rock hole. Big rock hole, big Country. I never see that place. My mother born [there], her and her grandmother walk through there, they tell me story [for that place]. Mother born there in the Country Mungili, walking through the bush. There is a camping spot, Read more…
Mungili Rock Holes “Mungili rock hole. Big rock hole, big Country. I never see that place. My mother born [there], her and her grandmother walk through there, they tell me story [for that place]. Mother born there in the Country Mungili, walking through the bush. There is a camping spot, Read more…
My Journey Back Home “My Journey Back Home is about my trip back home. It’s a 10-hour drive back, sometimes it takes longer so we need to camp halfway.” – Ciarn Dean-Bullen Martumili Artists work with over three hundred artists from remote Martu Aboriginal communities, including Punmu, Parnngurr, Kunawarritji, Jigalong, Read more…