Gapuwiyak Culture & Arts
Gapuwiyak Culture and Arts is a remote Art Centre in east Arnhemland. We are owned by our Yolŋu members, have a Yolŋu Board, and employ a Manager and Arts Workers. We support over one hundred artists from Gapuwiyak and surrounding homelands.
Gapuwiyak is a small, Yolŋu town in the middle of Miyarrka, a region around Arnhem Bay. There are eighteen clans in this region each with their own interconnected clan estates, songs, patterns and designs.
The Art Centre assists artists to collect and prepare materials, make high-quality art, explore ideas, develop knowledge and skills, exhibit, market and sell their work.
We run tourism and cultural programs. Our Culture and Art Centre is a great place to meet, relax, enjoy a coffee and learn about Yolŋu culture and art.
Artworks
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Artist Profile/s
Tony Raguwanga Cameron
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My name is Tony Cameron. I live in Gapuwiyak Community with my wife and children. I am a fibre sculpture artist and like to make birds, crocodiles, buffalo and lizards, these are woven from pandanus fibre and filled with paperbark, materials we collect from our local area. I work together with my wife Penny to make these animals.
Joy Gamunbuy Marrkula
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Margaret Bidingal
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Margaret Wanambi
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My name is Margaret Marrarrawuy Wanambi. I was born on the 1st of January 1937 I live in Gapuwiyak in East Arnhen Land.
Mary Bidingal
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My name is Mary Banbalmiya Bidingal. I was born in 1950 in Donydji outstation. My language is Ritharrngu and my clan group is Bidingal. My mother is Yalurr 1 and my father is Dhulutharrama. My older sister taught me to weave at Galiwin’ku, when we used to sit with Mrs Sheppy, Nancy Walinyinawuy, Warranyarr Gelarr and myself. We used to collect pandanus,strip them off and then we used to dry them in the sun. We used to weave in natural colour before, but now we using many different dyes to make basket My totems are the Emu (Wurrpan) and koel cuckoo (Guwak). We used to live at Galiwin’ku before.But we moved to Gapuwiyak. Now I am living at Donydji outstation because that is my homeland.
Mary Rruwaypi Guyula
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Burrayburray Guyamirrilil is my mother, Djukamawuy Guyula is my father. My sisters, Helen Djaypila, and Wininingu and Dorothy are all well known fibre artists. Our mother was our teacher.
Janet Guyala
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Rena Garmundawuy my sister has been teaching me how to work with pandanus and do fibre art
Julieanne Malibirr
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I have been taught how to work with pandanus fibre by two of my grandmothers and my mother. They are well known fibre artists. I live in Mapuru, we have many visitors coming there and I am one of the teachers. I love working with pandanus with my families.
Aleisha Cameron
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I have watched my mum and dad make art for as long as I can remember. Now I have skills from my dad and I like making animals from mums baskets.