Date of birth : 1970 Language : Marrangu Clan : Wurrkigenydjarr Social Affiliations : Dhuwa moiety, Wamut subsection

JB started painting for Bula’bula Arts in around 1998. He spends his time between Ramingining and Maningrida, painting for both art centres. He has also worked as a conservator for both Maningrida Arts and Culture and Bula’bula Arts.

An emerging artist to watch out for, JB is committed to painting in natural bush ochres. He specialises in bark paintings and hollow logs which, in the main, depict stories about honey, (colloquially known as sugarbag) and bush tucker

Select Group Exhibitions:
1999, Ramingining Artists Show, High on Art, Melbourne
2000, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, Sydney
2000, Bula’bula Arts Gallery, Sydney
2000, Aboriginal Bark Paintings, Sculpture & Hollow Logs, Annandale Galleries, Sydney
2000, Maningrida, Framed Gallery, Darwin
2001, In the heart of Arnhem Land: Myth and the making of contemporary Aboriginal Art, Mantes-la-Joili, France:Musee del l’Hotel-Dieu
2003, Identity & Country, Indigenart, Perth
2004, Likan’mirri-Connections, The AIATSIS Collection of Art, Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra
2004, Dupun, Djalumbu, Badurru-Hollow Logs from Ramingining, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
2004, Ramingining Artists, Tandanya, National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide
2004, Bulabula Artists Mala, Bandigan Arts, Sydney
2005, Rarrk on Bark, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, Victoria
2005, Emergence: Happening Artists from Ramingining, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne
2007, Bula'bula Arts: The Next Generation, Australia Dreaming Art, Melbourne

Collections:
Australian Institute of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, Victoria
Museum Victoria, Melbourne

Publications:
Kohen, A., Garde, M., Ryan, J., & Peltier, P., 2001, In the heart of Arnhem Land: Myth and the making of contemporary Aboriginal Art, Mantes-la-Joili, France:Musee del l’Hotel-Dieu

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