OTHER NAMES: Narrangurgli, Ulitjirri,Yulidjari, Yulitjirri, Ulidjirri GENDER: Male BORN: c.1930 – Deceased 1 October 2009 LANGUAGE: Kunwinjku LANGUAGE GROUP: Mayali CLAN: Djalama SOCIAL AFFILIATIONS: Duwa moiety, Nakodjok subsection COUNTRY/OUTSTATION: Namagudabadiyi_ Community Centre: Gunbalanya [Oenpelli], Western Arnhem Land, N.T. Australia ART CENTRE: Injalak Arts & Crafts Association PMB 131 Oenpelli N .T. 0822 MEDIUM/FORM: Bark painting, ochres on Arches paper, ochres on bark THEMES: Common subjects are Ngalkordow (brolga) eating yams. Bream, nailfish, geese, catfish, emu & eggs, Sugarbag, goanna, blue tongue, frogs, bandicoot,kolobarr, karurken, barramundi, kangaroo, Mimi, crocodile & goanna, paperbark canoe, brolga, long neck turtle, lotus lily, Yawk Yawk, frill neck lizard story, echidna, crayfish, fresh water scene, Yirrabadbad, freshwater prawns. Bangkerreng season, after the monsoon. Dilly bag djang. Ubarr ceremony. COLLECTIONS: Artbank, Sydney. Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide. Australian Museum, Sydney. Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. The Holmes a Court Collection, Perth. Dept. Trade & Foreign Affairs, Canberra John Kluge Collection, Virgina USA. GROUP EXHIBITIONS: • 1984, The First National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin. • 1984, Aboriginal Art, an Exhibition Presented by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra. • 1985, The Second National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museums and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin. • 1987, The Fourth National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, • Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin • 1989, Masterpiece Fine Art Gallery, Hobart. • 1990, Spirit in Land, Bark Paintings from Arnhem Land, • National Gallery of Victoria. • 1992, The Ninth National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin. • November 1992 Traditions in Transit The Australia Gallery New York, New York USA • February 1993 Burukmarri Gallery, Fremantle WA • March 1993 Western and Central Arnhem Land Art Framed Gallery Darwin NT • Feb./March1993 “Stories” Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art Kerava Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland Rovaniemi Art Museum, Lappland, Finland • October 1993 Hogarth Aboriginal and Tribal Art Gallery, The Rocks Sydney NSW • 1993, The Tenth National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin. • 1994, Power of the Land, Masterpieces of Aboriginal Art, National Gallery of Victoria. • December 1994 Hogarth Aboriginal & Tribal Art Gallery, The Rocks Sydney NSW • 1994, The Eleventh National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin. • 1996, The Thirteenth National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin. • April 1998 Desert Designs Japingka Gallery, Perth WA • April 1998, “Dreamings” Spazio Pitti Arte, Florence, Italy • September1998, The Fifteenth National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award Exhibition, Museums and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin NT • Oct 1998 From Bush to City, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney. • Aug 1998 Meerzigt, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands • October 2009 – Unwrapped – Works from the USU Art Store, University of Sydney AWARDS/GRANTS/COMMISSIONS: 1993, FAC Darwin Airport Commission-painting on permanent display in Darwin Airport Foyer SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY: Isaacs, J., 1989, Australian Aboriginal Paintings, Weldon Publishing, New South Wales. Ryan, J., 1990, Spirit in Land, exhib. cat., National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. NT News, 27/12/1993, p. 6 1994, Kunwinjku Art from Injalak 1991-1992, The John W. Kluge Commission, Museum Arts International Pty. Ltd., North Adelaide. 1995 Readers Digest, March (Australian Edition), “Painting the Hungry Crocodile” (Printed in 28 overseas editions in 19 languages) 1998 Readers Digest, June (Australian Edition). “Dreamtime Journey”(From Twined Together)