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Marika Patrick (Nambin) is a young Gija woman who began painting at the Warmun Art Centre in 2005. She paints the Dreaming stories of her grandmothers and her grandmother's father: the Willy Willy dreaming as well as the Dreaming stories associated with rock formations, including the Bungle Bungles (Purnululu) in the country south of Warmun towards Halls Creek and Chinaman's Garden. Nambin was asked by her grandfather to paint when he was still alive but she only became interested in painting as she grew older and realised the value of the old people's stories. Patrick made an immediate impact on the Warmun Art Centre when she started painting in early 2005, and in July of the same year she was voted Chair by the artists' committee. Nambin is one of the rising stars among the Warmun artist group and is also on the board of ANKAAA, the peak advisory and support agency for Aboriginal-owned art centres in the Kimberley and the Top End.

 

Group Exhibitions:
2008 'The Women of Warmun: Ten years on', Gadfly Gallery, Perth, WA
2008 'New Voices in Gija Art', Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Vic
2007 'Dog Dreamings', Seva Frangos Art, Perth, WA
2007 'Ngarrangkarni & Bible Stories', Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, Vic
2007 'Ochre, Brushes, Canvas: new work from Warmun', Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, NSW
2007 'Warmun Snapshot', Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, Darwin, NT
2007 'Greetings from Turkey Creek', Mary Place Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2007 'Warmun Artists in New York', Ralph Pucci Gallery, New York, USA
2006 'Bungle Bungles', Short Street Gallery, Broome, WA
2006 'Warmun Art Centre Presents', Mary Place Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2005 'Big Country', Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs, NT
2005 'Warmun Group Show', Framed Gallery, Darwin, NT
2005 'Gija: Across the Border', Raft Artspace, Darwin, NT

Collections:
Artbank

 

WORKS BY THE ARTIST

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Courtesy Warmun Art