Our Mayalarri, The Pleides Seven Sisters Star System

Size: A3

Before the first Burndud was sung, Mingkala sang the seven Gurdigurdi sisters, the Mayalarri (Pleiades) into the night sky.  

About the Artist

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 she has extended her art practices to her very beautiful yarranga marni (carved boards), her artworks are highly valued and selected for major Perth-based exhibitions. Judith’s artworks are intricately constructed, bold, deeply cultural, evolving from her passionate love of her Ngurra (country) and creation stories from Ngurra Nyujunggamu (when the world was soft). Yarranga Marni artworks by Judith have sold to the WA Department of Arts and Culture Collection, and her work featured on the cover of the 2019 Rio Tinto Colours of our Country Catalogue more recently they were exhibited in The Track We Share Exhibition at The Art Gallery of Western Australia.