Jennifer Wurrkidj
Biography
Jennifer Wurrkidj is a highly regarded textile artist who has been working at Bábbarra Designs since 2007. Her print designs often feature bush foods and food-collecting and reference the activities of ancestor beings and the ceremonial sites of her homeland, Mumeka.
Jennifer works at Bábbarra Women’s Centre alongside other members of her family who are also accomplished artists: her mother, Helen Lanyinwanga, and sister Deborah Wurrkidj. She is a daughter of Australia’s most highly acclaimed bark painter, John Mawurndjul, and she is renowned, in her own right, for her bark paintings, hollow logs and carved sculptures. Jennifer’s artwork has been exhibited throughout Australia and her textile art is in the collection of the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Fabrics for sale
Kukurlk Kare (Going Underground)
Bow tie – Jennifer Wurrkidj Design
Wayuk (Water lily)
Long neck turtle
Buluwana (Kuninjku Spirit Woman)
Birlmu dja Komrdaw (Barramundi and Turtle)
Artist's designs
Collecting Manme (Bush Food)
Birlmu and Komrdaw (Barramundi and Turtle)
Kukurlk Kare (Going Underground)
Kun-djorlok (Waterholes at Dilebang)
Lorrkon (Hollow Funeral Log)
Kunronj (Freshwater Story)
Kun-madj (Dillybag)
Current Exhibitions
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National Museum of Australia
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Cairns Art Gallery
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Past Exhibitions
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Japingka Aboriginal Art
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Embassy of Australia, Paris
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Euroa Butter Factory
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The Project Space - Salon
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Fremantle Arts Centre
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IDAIA - International Development for Indigenous Arts
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Aboriginal Bush Traders
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The Cross Art Projects
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The Cross Art Projects
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Nomad Art
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ANU School of Art
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Tactile Arts
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National Museum of Australia
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