Mawukura (Mulgra) Jimmy Nerrimah

Mawukura (born c. 1924) is an Australian Aboriginal artist and a Walmajarri man.

His country is around Wayampajarti, a jila (a permanent waterhole) in the north-western area of the Great Sandy Desert.

10 years after first starting to paint, his works have been sold to overseas collectors and are represented in the National Gallery of Australia.

Exhibition History

Solo Shows

• 1999 Artplace, Perth
• 1994 Artplace, Perth
• 1994 Reflections of the Kimberley Gallery, Derby
• 1993 Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
• 2001 Artplace, Perth
• 2003 Cooee Gallery Sydney
• 2003 Artplace, Perth
• 2004 45 Downstairs Gallery, Melbourne
• 2005 Artplace, Perth
• 2005 Raft Artspace, Darwin

Group shows

• 1999 Selected to hang in 16th National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, Darwin
• 1999 Aboriginal Kunst aus West Australien, Galerie Gaswerk, Germany
• 1999 Cooee Gallery Sydney with Peter Skipper
• 1994 ACAF-4, Fourth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne
• 1994 Eight Western Australian Artists, The Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
• 1994 City of Gosnells Art Award, Art Prize
• 2001 Ngurrara Canvas National Gallery of Australia
• 2001 Framed Gallery, Darwin
• 2001 Cooee Gallery Sydney with Peter Skipper

Collections

• Levy Kaplan Collection, Seattle USA
• Thomas Vroom Collection, Amsterdam
• National Gallery of Australia
• Art Gallery of Western Australia
• Gabrielle Pizzi
• Ian & Sue Bernadt Collections
• Wesfarmers Ltd

Further reading

• 1994 Road O'Brien Playful Air to Dottiness of Bushcapes The West Australian19/5/1994
• 1995 Anna King Murdoch Late Starter Tells Desert Story in Bright Acrylics The Age 3/12/199
• 1998 Jila Painted Waters of the Great Sandy Desert Video Documentary / SBS Television