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Galuma Maymuru
August 08 1951 - present
Photograph of Galuma Maymuru, courtesy of Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre, Yirrkala, Australia
  Place of Birth:
Yirrkala
Nationality:
Australian
Phonetic Spelling:
Ga-luu-muh may-mOO-roo Work Type/Media:
Sculpture, Painting
Artistic Role(s):
Carver, Painter, Sculptor
Style:
Traditional Art
Artist's Biography:
Galuma Maymuru was strongly encouraged as an artist by her father, Narritjin Maymuru (ca. 1914-1981), and belongs to the first generation of Yolngu women who became major artists. Anthropologist Howard Morphy eloquently describes the significance of art to Maymuru: "To Galuma, art is an act of memory and a process of transmission, in which she passes Manggalili law on to a new generation of her clan. Equally, it is a spiritual and aesthetic exploration of her homeland."
Other Occupation(s):
Community Leader, Teacher
Place(s) of Residence:
Groote Eylandt
Dhuruputjpi Place(s) of Activity:
Djarrakpi
B�niyala Where Trained/Schools:
Private lessons
Yirrkala Mission School, Yirrkala, Australia
Related Visual Artists:
daughter and student of Narritjin Maymuru
niece of Nänyin Maymuru
daughter of Bokarra Maymuru
sister of Bumiti Maymuru
brother of Manydjilnga Maymuru
brother of Banapana Maymuru
sister of Naminapu Maymuru-White
brother of Baluka Maymuru
sister of Nyapililngu Maymuru
Fellowships, grants and awards:
Best Bark Award, Twentieth Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Australia (2003)
Earliest exhibition:
First National Aboriginal Art Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Australia (1984)
NMWA exhibition(s):
Dreaming Their Way: Australian Aboriginal Women Painters
Artist retrospective(s):
none
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