Nyapanyapa Yunupingu

Once Upon a Time

Nyapanyapa’s paintings—natural earth pigments on bark—are unique for paintings from the Yirrkala region in their energetic roughness and elemental wildness. They are openly playful even in the use of symmetries.

Exhibition Dates: 18 September – 11 October 2008
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16. Gatapangawuy Dhawu 3, 2008
natural earth pigments on bark
52 x 166 cm

4. Artist with Granddaughters and White Apples, 2008
natural earth pigments on bark
77 x 159 cm

17. Japanese in Port Bradshaw, 2008
natural earth pigments on bark
55 x 155 cm

20. Snake Eggs, 2008
natural earth pigments on bark
49 x 130 cm

13. Banyan Trees and Bulldozers, 2008
natural earth pigments on bark
181 x 43 cm

19. Mungurrawuy Saved by Dolphins, 2008
natural earth pigments on bark
156 x 41 cm

10. Hunting Stingray at Birany Birany, 2008
natural earth pigments on bark
58 x 194 cm

11. Wild Apple Orchard, 2008
natural earth pigments on bark
63 x 193 cm

3. Airlift to Darwin Hospital, 2008
natural earth pigments on bark
53 x 165 cm

5. Bukulup Cleansing Ceremony 2, 2008
natural earth pigments on bark
42 x 210 cm

24. Bukulup Cleansing Ceremony 1, 2008
natural earth pigments on bark
45 x 90 cm

1. Japanese in Port Bradshaw 2, 2008
natural earth pigments on bark
93 x 157 cm

2. They put me on a plane, 2008
natural earth pigments on bark
184 x 90 cm

Gatapangawuy Dhawu 2, 2008
3307Q
natural earth pigments on bark
35 x 171 cm

18. Collecting Eggs, 2008
natural earth pigments on bark
51 x 118 cm

21. Japanese Submarine, 2008
natural earth pigments on bark
41 x 130 cm

8. Collecting Wild Apples, 2008
natural earth pigments on bark
150 x 63 cm

9. Gatapangawuy Dhawu 1, 2008
natural earth pigments on bark
187 x 57 cm

Biranybirany, 2008
3242A
natural earth pigments on bark
136 x 54 cm

22. 2 Wild Apple Trees, 2008
natural earth pigments on bark
81 x 35 cm

6. Buffalos in the Apples, 2008
natural earth pigments on bark
152 x 72 cm

12. 4 Buffalos 4 Wendys, 2008
natural earth pigments on bark
112 x 62 cm

23. 3 Wild Apple Trees, 2008
natural earth pigments on bark
40 x 94 cm

Bungul Djama Ceremony, 2008
3372K
natural earth pigments on bark
167 x 70 cm

Mokuy (small), 2008
incised Beech Hibiscus, natural earth pigments
15 - 50 cm
Edition of 20

Mokuy (large), 2008
incised Beech Hibiscus, natural earth pigments
15 - 50 cm
Edition of 15

Mokuy (medium), 2008
incised Beech Hibiscus, natural earth pigments
15 - 50 cm
Edition of 15

Nyapanyapa Yunupingu
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2021

Nyapanyapa Yunupingu the moment eternal
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, 2020

Group Show, Workshop
University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, 2019

Nyapanyapa Yunupingu Ganyu
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2019

Nyapanyapa Yunupingu Encounters, Art Basel | Hong Kong
Art Basel Hong Kong, 2018

Nyapanyapa Yunupingu
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2017

Nyapanyapa Yunupingu
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2016

Nyapanyapa Yunupingu Lawarra Maypa
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2015

Nyapanyapa Yunupingu all our relations
18th Biennale of Sydney, 2012

Nyapanyapa Yunupingu Birrka'
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2011

Nyapanyapa Yunupingu In Sydney Again
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2010

Nyapanyapa Yunupingu Once Upon a Time
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2008