Artist Profiles

Middleton Bunja Cheedy

Middleton is an Yindjibarndi Elder and  Cultural Custodian. For most of his life, he has created traditional artefacts in wood, stone, grass, kangaroo hide and paint. Much of his work...

Gabrielle Cheedy

Gabby is an emerging Yindjibarndi artist and maker. She is a granddaughter of renowned YIndjibarndi Cultural Custodian, Teacher and Elder, Ned Mayurabingu Cheedy, (winner of the 2012 Australian NAIDOC Aboriginal...

Margaret Read

Margaret is a Yindjibarndi Elder and Cultural Custodian and community worker who began painting in 2017. She says her Ngurra (country) and Culture are essential to Yindjibarndi wellbeing.“When I paint,...

Tenellia Lockyer

Biju is a young prolific emerging Yindjibarndi Artist with strong cultural knowledge and connections with her Cheedy Grandparents’ country who began creating yarranga marni (carved boards) and acrylic paintings on...

Lyn Cheedy

Lyn is an Yindjibarndi Custodian, Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation Chair, and passionate Artist. She is a daughter of renowned Yindjibarndi Cultural Custodian, Teacher and Elder, Ned Mayurabingu Cheedy, (winner of the...

Banyji (Pansy) Cheedy

Banyji is an Yindjibarndi Elder and Cultural Custodian and highly respected artist. She is a daughter of renowned YIndjibarndi Cultural Custodian, Teacher and Elder, Ned Mayurabingu Cheedy, (winner of the...

Jane Cheedy

Jane Cheedy is a respected Yindjibarndi Elder, Cultural Custodian, and Yindjibarndi Linguist who has worked as an Aboriginal Education Officer at Roebourne District High School for many years. A daughter...

Landon Punch

Mary Watson

Mary Watson is a Yindjibarndi woman living in Roebourne, daughter to famed artist Alice Guiness. Mary is an emerging artist and started painting at Juluwarlu in 2020.

Lorraine Coppin

Film-maker, Archivist and Recorder of Cultural History and Knowledge, and Publisher, Lorraine Coppin with her partner, Michael Woodley, conceived and developed the Juluwarlu Group Aboriginal Corporation and Juluwarlu’s  Archive, Language,...

Joelene O'Meara

Joelene began painting and making yarranga marni carvings at the Juluwarlu Art Space in 2018. Now an emerging artist, her work has been selected for showing at Perth-based and Pilbara exhibitions.  She...

Jean Norman

Jean is a Yindjibarndi Elder who paints with Juluwarlu. Jean often paints native flowers on her Ngurra (Country). After the rain I love to go out on Ngurra (Country) and see...

Ashleigh Hicks

I'm a young Nyiyaparli/Ngarluma woman who grew up in a small ex Gold mining town Marble Bar. Growing up in such a small town was amazing for me, being constantly...

Courtney Mckay

Courtney is a Yindjibarndi and Guruma woman living in Roebourne, WA. She started painting in year nine with paint and watercolour, and never got to keep her paintings as they always...

Alison Woodley

Alison is a young Yindjibarndi mother and painter who lives between the Ngurrawaana Aboriginal Community on the Yindjibarndi tablelands and Roebourne. Her paintings have been selected by Revealed 2020 for...

Rebecca Williams

Rebecca is a young emerging Yindjibarndi artist who began participating in Juluwarlu Art Group Nyinyart Yinda Water Arts and Cultural Futures program workshops, artist camps and field trips in 2018. Her acrylic paintings celebrate her...

Pamela Standard

Harry Mills

Harry is a Yindjibarndi Elder and Cultural Custodian with deep and abiding connections with his ngurrra (country) and culture. He creates yarranga marni carved boards.“I am an old man. 78...

Aneisha Larry

Aneisha Larry- I am a young Yindjibarndi woman, who grew up in Roebourne. I love going out on country, listening to my elders, and looking at my country. Law time is...

Denise Kelly

Joylene Warrie

Joylene is a Yindjibarndi cultural knowledge holder and artist who has been exhibiting her paintings and achieving strong sales for more than ten years. She lives in the small Aboriginal...

Tootsie Daniels

A respected Elder and holder of Yindjibarndi cultural knowledge from the tableland, Millstream way, Tootsie Daniels is a committed contributor to the Roebourne community. She has a Graduate Diploma in...

Mitchell Tigan

Mitchell Tigan is a proud and respected Bardi Elder and Cultural Custodian from north of Broome. He creates stunning yarranga marni boards and exciting acrylic paintings that illustrate his deep relationship with his Kimberley homelands, sea world...

Sharona Walker

Sharona is a young emerging Yindjibarndi Artist who began creating yarranga marni (carved boards) and acrylic paintings in 2017 as part of Juluwarlu’s Nyinyart Yinda Water Artists Cultural Futures Residencies...

Wimiya Woodley

Wimiya is a young Yindibarndi emerging artist who has a passionate interest in his culture and all art forms including performance and dance. He has grown up in the midst...

Alice Guiness

Alice Guinness is a Yindjibarndi woman who was born at Goodabinyia. Alice has been painting for many years at art centres across Roebourne. Her work features the Burndud/ Bundut Circle,...

Judith Coppin

Judith is an Yindjibarndi Elder and Cultural Custodian, highly respected artist and community worker. Since 2010, Judith has been creating beautiful acrylic paintings on canvas. In the past three years...

Wendy Hubert

Wendy Hubert is a respected Yindjibarndi Elder, Cultural Custodian and Linguist who has lived passionately and supported her Roebourne and Yindjibarndi community for more than 40 years.  As Wendy paints,...