Surface of Our Dreaming (Warmun Art) | Warmun Art

  • Warmun Art, Nancy Nodea - Ngarrgurun Hills
  • Warmun Art, Beryline Mung - Untitled
  • Warmun Art, Nancy Nodea - Ginyan and Gunyalgee (Eagle and Crane)
  • Warmun Art, Marika Mung - Wurrerganiny Frog Hollow
  • Warmun Art, Marlene Juli - Gurlabal
  • Warmun Art, Nancy Nodea - Gawinji
  • Warmun Art, Nancy Nodea - Untitled

Surface of Our Dreaming (Warmun Art)
21 May - 10 Jun 10

Chapman Gallery is pleased to showcase the exceptional ochre paintings from the artists of Warmun. This year the exhibition is solely by the women of Warmun and has been created by artists both established and emerging. 

Coming from a place of cultural strength in the Kimberley, these paintings are made in the traditional manner; the artist's hand collecting the pigments from their country and mixing the ochres themselves. The contrast between the thick grains of the ochre and the forms on the canvas is what imbues the Gija works with their unique style and surface texture.

The work of Warmun artists is in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, National Gallery of Victoria, Musee du Quai Branly, Kerry Stokes Collection, Parliament House Collection, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory and many more.

Artists featured in The Surface of Our Dreaming are Lena Nyadbi, Marlene Juli, Nancy Nodea, Marika Mung, Mabel Juli, Phyllis Thomas and Beryline Mung.