__NOTOC__ Ginger Riley Munduwalawala (1936 – 1 September 2002) was an

Aboriginal Australian Aboriginal Australians are the various Indigenous peoples of the Australian mainland and many of its islands, such as Tasmania, Fraser Island, Hinchinbrook Island, the Tiwi Islands, and Groote Eylandt, but excluding the Torres Strait Islands ...

contemporary artist. He was born incountry, in the

Limmen Bight Limmen Bight is a bight, or large, open bay, located in the Northern Territory of Australia at the western end of the Gulf of Carpentaria about east of the town of Katherine. It is part of the traditional lands and waters of the Marra peopl ...

area of the

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coast. His first language was Marra,Ryan, J., Riley, G., & National Gallery of Victoria. (1997). Ginger Riley. Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria. now a critically endangered language. Riley became an artist during the 1950s as a result of his encounter with

Albert Namatjira Albert Namatjira (born Elea Namatjira; 28 July 1902 – 8 August 1959) was an Arrernte painter from the MacDonnell Ranges in Central Australia, widely considered one of the greatest and most influential Australian artists. As a pioneer of cont ...

. Riley was known for his distinctive style of using bright palette to paint a landscape of

, populated by mythological figures who created the region.Ginger Riley
, by Grace and Tamara His art is a fusion of "Aboriginal" and "contemporary". He was referred to as "the boss of colour".
by Larissa Dubecki, September 3, 2002 Riley was awarded the

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award The National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award (NATSIAA) is Australia's longest running Indigenous art award. Established in 1984 as the National Aboriginal Art Award by the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory in Darwin, ...

in 1987, the Northern Territory's Alice Prize in 1992, ''

John McCaughey Memorial Art Prize The John McCaughey Prize, also known as the John McCaughey Memorial Art Prize, McCaughey Prize, McCaughey Art Prize or McCaughey Art Award, is an Australian art prize awarded to an artist or artists, under which the National Gallery of Victoria ...

'' in 1993, the first

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Art Award The Australian Heritage Commission (AHC), was the Australian federal government authority established in 1975 by the ''Australian Heritage Commission Act 1975'' as the first body to manage natural and cultural heritage in Australia until its de ...

in 1993 and an

Australia Council Fellowship The Australia Council for the Arts, commonly known as the Australia Council, is the country's official arts council, serving as an arts funding and advisory body for the Government of Australia. The council was announced in 1967 as the Austr ...

for 1997/98. The

National Gallery of Victoria The National Gallery of Victoria, popularly known as the NGV, is an art museum in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1861, it is Australia's oldest and most visited art museum. The NGV houses an encyclopedic art collection across two ...

held a 10-year retrospective of his work in 1997. It was the first time a public institution in Australia honoured a living Aboriginal artist in this way.Ginger Riley Munduwalawala, Biography

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"Ginger Riley Munduwalawala: A Seeing Artist"
Judith Ryan. Artlink
Munduwalawala
at the

Art Gallery of New South Wales The Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW), founded as the New South Wales Academy of Art in 1872 and known as the National Art Gallery of New South Wales between 1883 and 1958, is located in The Domain, Sydney, Australia. It is the most importa ...

Australian Aboriginal artists Year of birth uncertain 1937 births 2002 deaths 20th-century Australian painters {{Australia-painter-stub

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