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Her Milky Way paintings are created using black and white stone and clay pigments, and comprise streams of stars. The connection between the earthly, space, and spiritual elements reflects the Maŋgalili view that there is no separation between them. It is meant to represent a journey after death to
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songline relates the story of two ancestral spirits known as Guwak who travelled from the Maŋgalili homeland (200 km (120 mi) south of
Yirrkala, down the Milŋiya River. Upon reaching the mouth, their vessel capsized, and their spirits were transformed into stars, known to non-Indigenous
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in 2021 where she presented her piece, Riŋgitjmi Gapu, further elaborating upon her conception of the Milŋiyawuy. The title Riŋgitjmi Gapu roughly translates to 'river of Heaven and Earth', and the work depicts the Milŋiyawuy river also known as the
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will be exhibited at the
Biennale. Maymuru-White was not at first keen on making the trip, but her 24-year-old grandson, musical artist and arts worker Ngalakan (Billy) Wanambi, encouraged her and will travel with her and give a welcome
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Maymuru-White's work has often been included in group exhibitions both in
Australia and internationally, and is represented in most Australian major institutional collections as well as several overseas ones.
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for some time with her second husband. In 1985 she returned to live at
Yirrkala, now a self-governed Indigenous community, with her family, and started teaching art at the local school.
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She later married Leon White, who was teaching in the
Northern Territory, and lived in Melbourne and Darwin for several years before returning to Yirrkala in 1985.
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of Gurka'wuy after its establishment in 1973. There she worked as a teacher trainee, and afterwards trained as a teacher in
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group, especially the stars and their reflections in the local rivers. She has been invited to exhibit at the
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Maymuru-White has travelled around
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of the newly-established art museum attached to the centre. She remained in this position until 1996.
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Hong Kong exhibited installations by
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people of northern Australia). Mentored by her father Nänyin Maymuru (1918–1969) and his
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allowing the audience to walk across the stars which unite us all.
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Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award
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In February/March 2022 an exhibition of her work entitled
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As well as painting, Maymuru-White is skilled in carving,
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Maymuru-White has three children by her first husband.
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with whom she had established a business relationship.
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of Australia. She is known for representing her the
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229:Milŋiyawuy
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49:Leon White
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360:Art Basel
353:Melbourne
325:in 1990.
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156:Melbourne
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