Mawukura
Mawukura, also known as Jimmy Nerrimah (c.1924–2013), was an Australian Aboriginal artist.
Life and career[edit]
Mawukura was a Walmadjari man. His country is around Wayampajarti, a permanent waterhole in the north-western area of the Great Sandy Desert in Western Australia.[1]
His works have been sold to overseas collectors and are represented in the National Gallery of Australia[2][3] and many other collections.
Buck–Milgin case[edit]
Nerrimah was in a relationship with Julie Buck – more than 40 years his junior – prior to her disappearance from Looma in 1993; her body was found the following year. Buck was also romantically involved with Richard Milgin, who disappeared around the same time. In 2016, a cold case homicide investigation by Western Australia Police named Nerrimah as one of three suspects in the two disappearances, along with his close friend John Watson and Watson's son Anthony.[4] In 2023, Buck's best friend Lisa Skinner gave evidence before a coronial inquest that Nerrimah had beaten Buck on multiple occasions.[5]
Exhibitions[edit]
- Solo shows
- 1999 Artplace, Perth
- 1994 Artplace, Perth
- 1994 Reflections of the Kimberley Gallery, Derby, WA
- 1993 Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
- 2001 Artplace, Perth[6]
- 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, Northern Territory
- 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
- 2016 Billabong Dreams, Seattle Art Museum[7]
Collections[edit]
- Levy Kaplan Collection, Seattle, USA
- Thomas Vroom Collection, Amsterdam
- National Gallery of Australia
- Art Gallery of Western Australia
- Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi
- Ian & Sue Bernadt Collections
- Wesfarmers Ltd
References[edit]
- ^ Mangkaja: MAWUKURA JIMMY NERRIMAH profile
- ^ "Crack shot on canvas". The Sydney Morning Herald. 18 November 2003. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016.
- ^ "Mulgra (Mawukura) Jimmy Nerrimah". National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ Baker, Richard (19 July 2018). "Artist Jimmy was promised a young bride. She was in love, but not with him". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ "Richard Milgin inquest: Julie Buck's 'promised' husband beat her with stick before disappearance, court heard". The West Australian. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ Ferrier, Evi (2001), Mulgra Mawukura Jimmy Nerrimah, Artplace, Perth, 1-25 November 2001, 2001, retrieved 10 March 2015
- ^ "Billabong Dreams". Seattle Art Museum. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
Further reading[edit]
- 1994 Road O'Brien Playful Air to Dottiness of Bushcapes The West Australian, 19 May 1994
- 1995 Anna King Murdoch Late Starter Tells Desert Story in Bright Acrylics The Age 3 December 1995
- 1998 Jila Painted Waters of the Great Sandy Desert Video documentary / SBS Television
- Kleinert, Sylvia; Neale, Margo; Bancroft, Robyne (2000), The Oxford companion to Aboriginal art and culture, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-550649-5
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