Banduk Marika

(b Yirrkala, 1954). Daughter of (1) Mawalan Marika. She learnt to paint in the traditional medium of ochres on bark but subsequently gained a reputation as a printmaker, initially producing linocuts before moving on to other lithographic processes. Her prints are based on themes of Yolngu mythology (e.g. Muka Milnymirri Three Snakes, linocut, 1987; see Isaacs, 1989, p. 20). She lived in Sydney from 1980 to 1988; during this time she was artist in residence at Canberra School of Art (1984) and at Flinders University of South Australia, Bedford Park (1986). Her first solo exhibition was at the Old Meadows Gallery, Blacktown, Sydney. In 1987 the Australian Museum, Sydney, held an exhibition focusing on her work and that of her sisters Bayngul Marika and Dhuwarrwarr Marika. In 1988 she returned to Yirrkala, where for a time she managed the Yirrkala community art and craft business. She was one of the artists who was commissioned to produce a print for the The Bicentennial Portfolio exhibition in 1988 (Canberra, N.G.), and in 1990 she was appointed a member of the Council of the Australian National Gallery, Canberra.

Part of the Marika family

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