Artist Profiles
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Middleton Bunja Cheedy
Middleton is an Yindjibarndi Elder andĀ Cultural Custodian. For most of his life, he has created traditional artefacts in wood, stone, grass, kangaroo hide and paint. Much of his work is created for Yindjibarn...Read more -
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 Person of the Year, be...
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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.
āWhen I paint, I think of my Ngurra ...
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Tenellia Lockyer
Biju is a young prolific emerging Yindjibarndi Artist with strong cultural knowledge and connections with her Cheedy Grandparentsā country who began creating yarranga marni (carved boards) and acrylic paintings on canvas in 2017 as pa...
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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 2012 Australi...
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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 2012 Australian NAIDOC Aborig...
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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 of renowned Y...
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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.Read more -
Lorraine Coppin
Read moreFilm-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 Julu...
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Joelene O'Meara
Joelene began painting and makingĀ yarranga marniĀ carvings at the Juluwarlu Art Space in 2018. Now an emerging artist, her work has been selected for showing at Perth-base...Read more -
Jean Norman
Read moreJean is a Yindjibarndi Elder who paints with Juluwarlu. Jean often paints native flowers on her Ngurra (Country).Ā After the rain I love to go out on Ngurra (Country) and see all the beautiful native flowers ...
