Napuwarri Marawili History and Collections
History
Selected Solo Exhibitions2008 Napuwarri, Suzanne O'Connell Gallery, Brisbane
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 Yolngu Power: the art of Yirrkala, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2021 Of the Land, Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney
2019 Tarnanthi, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
2018 Minytji - Essence of the Land, Aboriginal Signature Estrangin Gallery, Brussels
2017 Environmental Defenders Office NT Fundraising Auction, Outstation - art from art centres, Darwin
2017 Mulka, ARTKELCH Collectors Lounge @ kptec, Schorndorf, Germany
2017 Buku-Larrnggay, Art Karlsruhe, Germany
2017 Buku-Larrnggay, ARTKELCH, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
2016 Mala - Together as a Group, Raft Artspace - Core Collective Studio Space, Hobart
2015 Buku-Larrnggay Mulka - Yirrkala Print Space Exhibition, Gapan Gallery, Garma Festival, Gulkula, Northeast Arnhem Land
2015 Lumggurma - Brumby Ute Aspen, Colorado, USA
2012 The Philosophy of Water, Short St Gallery, Broome
2010 17th Biennale of Sydney - Larrakitj, the Kerry Stokes Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
2010 The White Show, Short Street Gallery, Broome
2009 Menagerie; Contemporary Indigenous Sculpture, Australian Museum and touring exhibition
2009 After Berndt - Etchings from the Drawings, Indigenart, Mossenson Gallery, Perth
2008 Etched in the Sun, Prints made by Indigenous artists in collaboration with Basil Hall & Printers, Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra
2008 Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Print Space - After Berndt Etchings at Print Exhibition, Gapan Gallery, Festival of Darwin
2008 Buku-Larrnggay Mulka - Berndt Etchings, Gapan Gallery, Garma Festival, Gulkula, Northeast Arnhem Land
2008 Fire and Lightning, Suzanne O'Connell Gallery, Brisbane
2008 Bitpit Yirrkala Sculpture, RAFT Artspace, Darwin
2006 Bulayi - Small Gems, Suzanne O'Connell Gallery, Brisbane
2005 Yakumirri, Holmes a Court Gallery, Perth
2005 Yakumirri, Raft Artspace, Darwin
2004 Circle. Line. Column, Annandale Galleries, Sydney
2003 Trees, Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney
Awards and Recognition
2023 40th NATSIAA, Darwin - Finalist2021 38th NATSIAA, Darwin - Finalist
2019 36th NATSIAA, Darwin - Finalist
2018 35th NATSIAA, Darwin - Bark Painting Award - Winner
2017 Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney - Finalist
2015 31st NATSIAA, Darwin - Finalist
2008 25th NATSIAA, Darwin - Bark Painting Award - Highly Commended
2005 22nd NATSIAA, Darwin - Finalist
Collections
- Art Gallery of Ballarat, VIC
- Artbank, Sydney
- Holmes a Court Collection, Perth
- Kerry Stokes Collection, Perth
- National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
- The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia, USA
- Voituron Collection, Brussels
- Westfarmers Collection, Perth