Jennifer Wurrkidj

2019, etching
IMAGE SIZE: 50 x 33 cm
PAPER SIZE: 66 x 47 cm
Edition of 20
Cat No. 1016-19

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Kun-waral: Spirit Shadows
A collaboration between Bábbarra Women’s Centre and Maningrida Arts & Culture 

Jennifer Wurrkidjis a highly regarded textile artist who has been working at Bábbarra Designs since 2007. Her print designs often feature bush foods and food-collecting and reference the activities of ancestor beings and the ceremonial sites of her homeland, Mumeka. Jennifer works at Bábbarra Women’s Centre alongside other members of her family who are also accomplished artists: her mother, Helen Lanyinwanga, and sister Deborah Wurrkidj. She is a daughter of Australia’s most highly acclaimed bark painter, John Mawurndjul, and she is renowned, in her own right, for her bark paintings, hollow logs and carved sculptures. Jennifer’s artwork has been exhibited throughout Australia and her textile art is in the collection of the Art Gallery of South Australia.

– BÁBBARRA WOMEN’S CENTRE