Mangkaja Artists

Mangkaja Artists


Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by PIJAJU PETER SKIPPER of Mangkaja Artists. The title is Larripuka. [pc250/99] (Acrylic on canvas)

PIJAJU PETER SKIPPER

2 count of available artists artworks

Larripuka

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by PAJI WAJINA HONEYCHILD YANKARR of Mangkaja Artists. The title is Thuori. [pc121/04] (Atelier Artist Acrylic on 11oz Cotton Duck)

PAJI WAJINA HONEYCHILD YANKARR (dec)

11 count of available artists artworks

Thuori

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by MAWUKURA JIMMY NERRIMAH of Mangkaja Artists. The title is Desert Country. [145/06] (Acrylic on Canvas)

MAWUKURA JIMMY NERRIMAH (dec)

8 count of available artists artworks

Desert Country

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by HITLER PAMBA of Mangkaja Artists. The title is Untitled 1996. [hp001-96] (Acrylic on Paper)

HITLER PAMBA

1 count of available artists artworks

Untitled 1996

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by CLAUDE CARTER of Mangkaja Artists. The title is Holy Water. [pc562/05] (Atelier Artist Acrylic on 11oz Cotton Duck)

CLAUDE CARTER

1 count of available artists artworks

Holy Water

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by JUKUJA DOLLY SNELL of Mangkaja Artists. The title is Kutu Kutu. [61/06] (Acrylic on Canvas)

JUKUJA DOLLY SNELL (dec)

1 count of available artists artworks

Kutu Kutu

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE of Mangkaja Artists. The title is Pirnti. [pc198/05] (Acrylic on cotton)

WAKARTU CORY SURPRISE (dec)

28 count of available artists artworks

Pirnti

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by NYUJU STUMPY BROWN of Mangkaja Artists. The title is Wirrakuja. [pc270/05] (Atelier Artist Acrylic on 11oz Cotton Duck)

NYUJU STUMPY BROWN (dec)

15 count of available artists artworks

Wirrakuja

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by PURLTA MARYANNE DOWNS of Mangkaja Artists. The title is Jilji Country. [PC256_04] (Atelier Artist Acrylic on 10oz Cotton Duck)

PURLTA MARYANNE DOWNS (dec)

3 count of available artists artworks

Jilji Country

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Mangkaja Arts began as an arm of the Karrayill Adult Education Centre that was established in 1981.

Led by the local men, the centre’s purpose was to assist those wanting to learn English and provided a small space for men to study, paint their stories and organise bush trips.

There were very few resources and artists had to sell their own works.   Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency was then incorporated in October of 1993.

Mangkaja is a Walmajarri word for shelters erected in the Great Sandy Desert during wet seasons.

It was named by Kumanjayi (deceased) Skipper, one of the founding members and his totem the echidna is featured in the Art Centres logo.   The Art and Culture Centre is in the centre of Fitzroy Crossing on the Great Northern Highway 400km east of Broome and functions as a fine art gallery, speciality store and studio space for artists. .