Susan Marawarr

Biography
Kuninjku artist Susan Marawarr was born in 1967 into a strong artistic family. She is the daughter of Anchor Kulunba and Mary Wurrdjedje, and the sister of acclaimed bark painters James Iyuna and John Mawurndjul. Marawarr is an accomplished printmaker, sculptor, weaver and bark painter. Common subjects of her work include the powerful djang of wak wak, ngalyod and yawkyawk mythologies alongside the imagery of popular everyday items like dilly bags, fish-traps, mats and baskets. She is known for her striking black and white palette. This combined with her use of deep perspective often creates graphic optical effects, movement and energy in her idiosyncratic works.
In 2000, she collaborated with the Waanyi artist Judy Watson in the development of Watson’s public art commission of fish fences and dilly bags cast in bronze for Sydney International Airport. Marawarr toured the United States in 2001 with the exhibition Bush Colour promoting the work of female printmakers as well as supervising bark painting workshops.
Over the last decade Marawarr’s artwork has been shown at numerous galleries and cultural institutions including, Gabrielle Pizzi, Annandale Galleries, JGM (London) and the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Her work is held in many national collections including the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Museum of Contemporary Art, Museum of Victoria and National Gallery of Australia.
Fabrics for sale

Mandjabu (Fish Trap)

Babbarra Dress Tie – Kun-wadde dja Manyawok (Rocks and Cheeky Yam)

Babbarra Dress Tie – Lorrkon (Funeral Log)

Kunwadde Dja Manyawok (Rocks and Cheeky Yam)- Doris Day Dress

Ka-milemarnbun (Weaving Story)

Kun-wadde dja Manyawok (Rocks and Cheeky Yam)

Kunwardde dja Karrbarda (Rocks and Yam Vine)

Mandjabu (Fishtrap)

Lorrkkon design- Ramona Pant
Artist's designs

Wakwak (Black Crow Dreaming)

Ka-milemarnbun (Weaving Story)

Lorrkkon (Hollow Funeral Log)

Man-mobban (Billygoat Plum)
Past Exhibitions
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Embassy of Australia, Paris
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Euroa Butter Factory
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IDAIA - International Development for Indigenous Arts
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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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Cairns Art Gallery
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Tactile Arts
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National Museum of Australia
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Tamworth Regional Gallery
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