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MUNUPI ARTS

Ngini Ngarwulla Kirrijipuni Our Clay - Natural Ochres for Painting and Story Martin Browne Contemporary 6–27 June 2026 Sydney
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Located in Pirlangimpi (Garden Point) on Melville Island, Munupi Arts & Crafts Association was established in 1990 as a place for artists to continue and celebrate Tiwi cultural knowledge through both traditional and contemporary mediums. Since its founding, the art centre has supported a diverse range of practices including painting, pottery, carving, weaving and printmaking, while remaining deeply connected to Tiwi ceremonial and artistic traditions.

Working predominantly with natural ochres, Tiwi artists draw from ceremony, dance, storytelling and everyday life on the islands. Intricate ceremonial designs known as Jilamara, traditionally painted onto the body during yoi (dance) and ceremony, continue to form the foundation of contemporary Tiwi painting through rhythmic patterning and repeated mark-making.

Life on the Tiwi Islands remains closely connected to Country, seasonal cycles and community. Families travel across the landscape to fish, hunt and gather food from the beaches, mangroves and rivers, while ceremony, football, storytelling and collective gatherings continue to shape everyday life. These experiences, rhythms and inherited cultural traditions remain deeply embedded within the works presented throughout this exhibition.

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Exhibition view: Leon Russell Black, Ngini Ngarwulla Kirrijipuni Our Clay - Natural Ochres for Painting and Story, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney (6–27 June 2026). Courtesy Martin Browne Contemporary.

Selected Works

Bush Holiday Dreaming 24-219 by Leon Russell Black contemporary artwork painting
Leon Russell Black Bush Holiday Dreaming (24-219), 2024 Natural ochres on stringybark
93 x 260 cm
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Bush Holiday Dreaming 25-222 by Leon Russell Black contemporary artwork painting
Leon Russell Black Bush Holiday Dreaming (25-222), 2025 Ochre on stringybark
191 x 68 cm
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Bush Holiday Dreaming 25-26 by Leon Russell Black contemporary artwork painting
Leon Russell Black Bush Holiday Dreaming (25-26), 2025 Ochre on canvas
78.5 x 117 cm
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Bush Holiday Dreaming 25-401 by Leon Russell Black contemporary artwork painting
Leon Russell Black Bush Holiday Dreaming (25-401), 2025 Ochre on canvas
120 x 180 cm
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Bush Holiday Dreaming 25-405 by Leon Russell Black contemporary artwork painting
Leon Russell Black Bush Holiday Dreaming (25-405), 2025 Ochre on salvaged car bonnet
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Bush Holiday Dreaming 25-83 by Leon Russell Black contemporary artwork painting
Leon Russell Black Bush Holiday Dreaming (25-83), 2025 Ochre on canvas
80 x 120 cm
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Bush Holiday Dreaming 26-10 by Leon Russell Black contemporary artwork painting
Leon Russell Black Bush Holiday Dreaming (26-10), 2026 Ochre on canvas
120 x 180 cm
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Bush Holiday Dreaming 26-49 by Leon Russell Black contemporary artwork painting
Leon Russell Black Bush Holiday Dreaming (26-49), 2026 Ochre on canvas
120 x 80 cm
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Bush Holiday Dreaming 24-107 by Leon Russell Black contemporary artwork painting
Leon Russell Black Bush Holiday Dreaming, (24-107), 2024 Ochre on canvas
100 x 100 cm
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Jilamara Design 22-211 by Jacqueline Puruntatameri contemporary artwork painting
Jacqueline Puruntatameri Jilamara Design (22-211), 2022 Ochre on canvas
50 x 100 cm
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Kulama Design 23-341 by Jacqueline Puruntatameri contemporary artwork painting
Jacqueline Puruntatameri Kulama Design (23-341), 2023 Ochre on canvas
80 x 120 cm
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Kulama Design 25-347 by Jacqueline Puruntatameri contemporary artwork painting
Jacqueline Puruntatameri Kulama Design (25-347), 2025 Ochre on canvas
80 x 120 cm
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Kulama Design 26-45 by Lidwina Tepomitari contemporary artwork painting
Lidwina Tepomitari Kulama Design (26-45), 2026 Ochre on canvas
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Pupuni Jilamara 25-389 by Jacqueline Puruntatameri contemporary artwork painting
Jacqueline Puruntatameri Pupuni Jilamara (25-389), 2025 Ochre on canvas
80 x 120 cm
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Pupuni Jilamara 25-400 by Simplicia Tipungwuti contemporary artwork painting
Simplicia Tipungwuti Pupuni Jilamara (25-400), 2025 Ochre on canvas
80 x 120 cm
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Pupuni Jilamara 26-44 by Jacqueline Puruntatameri contemporary artwork painting
Jacqueline Puruntatameri Pupuni Jilamara (26-44), 2026 Ochre on canvas
80 x 120 cm
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Pupuni Jilamara 26-51 by Jacqueline Puruntatameri contemporary artwork painting
Jacqueline Puruntatameri Pupuni Jilamara (26-51), 2026 Ochre on stringybark
97 x 47 cm
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Pupuni Jilamara 26-52 by Jacqueline Puruntatameri contemporary artwork painting
Jacqueline Puruntatameri Pupuni Jilamara (26-52), 2026 Ochre on stringybark
143 x 60 cm
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Pupuni Jilamara 26-53 by Jacqueline Puruntatameri contemporary artwork painting
Jacqueline Puruntatameri Pupuni Jilamara (26-53), 2026 Natural ochre on stringybark
143 x 60 cm
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Pupuni Jilamara 26-90 by Simplicia Tipungwuti contemporary artwork painting
Simplicia Tipungwuti Pupuni Jilamara (26-90), 2026 Ochre on canvas
100 x 160 cm
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Pupuni Jilamara 26-93 by Dorothy Noni Poantimului contemporary artwork painting
Dorothy Noni Poantimului Pupuni Jilamara (26-93), 2026 Ochre on canvas
120 x 180 cm
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Untitled 24-281 by Simplicia Tipungwuti contemporary artwork painting
Simplicia Tipungwuti Untitled (24-281), 2024 Ochre on canvas
120 x 180 cm
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Winga Tidal Movement Waves 24-55 by Delores Tipuamantumirri contemporary artwork painting
Delores Tipuamantumirri Winga (Tidal Movement’ Waves) (24-55), 2024 Ochre on linen
100 x 159.5 cm
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Yilinga Snake Design 24-59 by Paulina Puruntatameri contemporary artwork painting
Paulina Puruntatameri Yilinga Snake Design (24-59), 2024 Ochre on canvas
100 x 160 cm
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Artists Exhibiting

Leon Russell Black contemporary artist
Leon Russell Black b. 1993 Follow +
Delores Tipuamantumirri contemporary artist
Delores Tipuamantumirri b. 1959 Follow +
Jacqueline Puruntatameri contemporary artist
Jacqueline Puruntatameri b. 1970 Follow +
Simplicia Tipungwuti contemporary artist
Simplicia Tipungwuti b. 1979 Follow +
Lidwina Tepomitari contemporary artist
Lidwina Tepomitari b. 1971 Follow +
Dorothy Noni Poantimului contemporary artist
Dorothy Noni Poantimului Follow +
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