Details of Ivan Namirrkki
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MEDIA
Ochres and PVC glue on stringy bark and cotton rag paper
Carved and painted wooden sculpture
THEME
The major themes represented in Ivan's work are natural and mythological creatures closely associated with the country where Namirrkki lives. Birmlu and djarlahdjarlah (barramundi), kalawan (goanna), komorlo (little egret), komrdawh (freshwater turtle), nadjinem (black wallarroo), nakidikidi (a harmful and nasty spirit), namorrorddo (a profane spirit), nayuhyungki bininj (ancient people), ngaldjalarrk (snake), ngalyod (rainbow serpent), ngurrurdu (emu), and yawkyawk (a female water spirit).
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2002 Kardam Namurungi-rarrk: Designs From The Kardbam Clan, Aboriginal & Pacific Arts,
Sydney, NSW
1999 Ivan Namirrkki, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2005 Lorrkons and Spirit Figure From Maningrida, Aboriginal &Pacific Art, Sydney, NSW
2004 Crossing Country: The Alchemy of Arnhem Land Art, AGNSW, Sydney, NSW
2004 Bark Paintings, Carvings and Fibre Works From Maningrida, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney
2004 Maningrida Burial Poles, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, UK
2004 Maningrida: Recent Works, Willam Mora Galleries, Melbourne, Vic
2004 Hollow Logs From Maningrida, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne, Vic
2003 Places That Name Us, The Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne, Vic
2003 The Visit, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW
2003 20th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Island Award, Museum & Art Gallery of
Northern Territory, Darwin
2002 Out of the Wet - New Art By Kuninjku Artists, Framed Gallery, Darwin, NT
2002 Mythological Beings From Maningrida, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, NSW
2002 Barks in the Spotlight, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2002 Kuninjku Show, Robecca Hossack Gallery, London, UK
2002 19th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Museum & Art Gallery of
the Northern Territory, Darwin
2002 East + West, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW
2001 18th Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award Exhibition, Museum & Art Gallery of the
Northern Territory, Darwin
2001 Arnhem Land Carvings and Bark Paintings, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, NSW
2001 Outside In: Research Engagements with Arnhem Land Art, Drill Hall Gallery, Australian
National University, Canberra, ACT
2001 In the Heart of Arnhem Land: Myth and the Making of Contemporary Aboriginal Art, Musee
de l'Hotel-Dieu, Mantes-la-Jolie, France
2000 Aboriginal Bark Paintings, Sculptures & Hollow Logs, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW
2000 Biennale of Sydney 2000, NSW
2000 Kuninjku Cosmology: Recent Works by Mick Kubarkku and his sons, Aboriginal & Pacific
Arts, Sydney, NSW
1989 Kunwinjku, Deutscher Menzies, Gertrude St, Melbourne, Vic
1988 Gunwinggu Artists, Beaufort Convention Centre, Darwin, NT
1983 Artists of Arnhem Land, Canberra School of Arts, Canberra, ACT
COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery of South Australia
Artbank, Sydney
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery
Charles Darwin University
Djomi Museum
Laverty Collection
Hogarth Galleries, Sydney
Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
National Gallery of Victoria
SELECT
Bibliography
Hogarth Galleries, Arnhem Land Carvings and Bark Paintings, Paddington NSW, Hogarth
Gallery, 2001
Kohen, A., Garde, M., Ryan, J., Jurzak, I., & Peltier, P., In the Heart of Arnhem Land, Myth and the
Making of Contemporary Aboriginal Art, Mantes-la-Jolie, Musee del l'Hotel-Dieu,
France, 2001
McDonald, E., Oakley, R., Biennale of Sydney 2000: 12th Biennale of Sydney, Biennale of Sydney
Ltd, 2000
Morphy, H., Altman, J.C., Morphy, F, Lendon, N., Outside In: Research Engagements with
Arnhem Land Art, Canberra, ACT, 2001
Shozo, T., Barkpainting of Aboriginal Australia, Tokyo, Tsurumoto Room, 1989
Artworks of Ivan Namirrkki
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