| Date of birth : 1961 Language : Ganalbingu Clan : Gurrumba Gurrumba |
Daughter of George Milpurrurru (1934-1998), Gladys Womati is becoming an extremely accomplished artist and follows in her late father’s footsteps in keeping the Ganalbingu tradition of fine artwork alive. Her repertoire includes weaving as well as painting.
Gladys’s scholastic achievements also include Certificates in Business, Community Development and Health Studies. She is a much sought after worker in the Ramingining community. Gladys worked as one of the translators for the film Ten Canoes.
Select Group Exhibitions:
1997, Ramingining Artists, Michel Sourgnes Gallery, Brisbane
1998, New World Art Gallery, Hattem, The Netherlands
1998, Dreamings, Spazio Pitti Arte, Florence, Italy
1998, Dreamings, Vlaams-Europeesch-Conferentiecentrum, Brussels, Belgium
1999, High on Art, Melbourne
2000,17th National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards
2003, Out of the Dilly Bag, Bright!, St Kilda, Victoria
2003, Forms in Fibre, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne
2003, Bula’bula Arts at the Virginia Fringe Film Festival, Virginia, USA
2005, Emergence: Happening Artists from Ramingining, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne
2005, Gamununggu Ganalbingu: Ganalbingu Painters, Indigenart, Perth
2005, Pandanus to Paper: Northern Editions, Charles Darwin University, Darwin
2006, 13 Canoes, (an Adelaide Fringe event), South Australian Museum, Adelaide
2006, Out of the Dilly Bag and into the Canoe, Brightspace! St Kilda
2006, Many many canoes: An exhibition in celebration of the film Ten Canoes, Tandanya, National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide
Publications:
Milpurrurru, G., & Getjpula, G., et al, 1993, The Art of George Milpurrurru, exhib. cat., Australian National Gallery, Canberra
Mundine, Djon, 2001, The Native Born: Objects and Representations from Ramingining, Arnhem Land, MCA & Bula’bula Arts
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