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Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by SONIA KURARRA of Mangkaja Artists. The title is Martuwarra. [112/13] (Atelier Acrylic Paint on 14oz Canvas)

SONIA KURARRA (dec)

Martuwarra


112/13 (2013)
Atelier Acrylic Paint on 14oz Canvas
160 x 160cm | 62.99 x 62.99in
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Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by SONIA KURARRA of Mangkaja Artists. The title is Martuwarra. [5/13] (Atelier Acrylic Paint on 14oz Canvas)

SONIA KURARRA (dec)

Martuwarra


5/13
Atelier Acrylic Paint on 14oz Canvas
180 x 120cm | 70.87 x 47.24in
Mangkaja Artists

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Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by SONIA KURARRA of Mangkaja Artists. The title is Martuwarra. [96/13] (Atelier Acrylic Paint on 14oz Canvas)

SONIA KURARRA (dec)

Martuwarra


96/13 (2013)
Atelier Acrylic Paint on 14oz Canvas
180 x 120cm | 70.87 x 47.24in
Mangkaja Artists

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Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by SONIA KURARRA of Mangkaja Artists. The title is Martuwarra. [114/13] (Atelier Acrylic Paint on 14oz Canvas)

SONIA KURARRA (dec)

Martuwarra


114/13 (2013)
Atelier Acrylic Paint on 14oz Canvas
120 x 180cm | 47.24 x 70.87in
Mangkaja Artists

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Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by SONIA KURARRA of Mangkaja Artists. The title is Martuwarra. [295/20] (Atelier Artist Acrylic on 14oz Canvas)

SONIA KURARRA (dec)

Martuwarra


295/20 (2020)
Atelier Artist Acrylic on 14oz Canvas
120 x 90cm | 47.24 x 35.43in
Mangkaja Artists

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Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by SONIA KURARRA of Mangkaja Artists. The title is Martuwarra. [240/20] (Atelier Artist Acrylic on 14oz Canvas)

SONIA KURARRA (dec)

Martuwarra


240/20
Atelier Artist Acrylic on 14oz Canvas
180 x 68cm | 70.87 x 26.77in
Mangkaja Artists

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Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by SONIA KURARRA of Mangkaja Artists. The title is Martuwarra. [435-21] (Atelier Artist Acrylic on 14oz Canvas)

SONIA KURARRA (dec)

Martuwarra


435-21
Atelier Artist Acrylic on 14oz Canvas
60 x 180cm | 23.62 x 70.87in
Mangkaja Artists

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Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by SONIA KURARRA of Mangkaja Artists. The title is Martuwarra. [335/18] (Acrylic Paint on 3mm Poly-Carbonate)

SONIA KURARRA (dec)

Martuwarra


335/18 (2018)
Acrylic Paint on 3mm Poly-Carbonate
90 x 90cm | 35.43 x 35.43in
Mangkaja Artists

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Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by SONIA KURARRA of Mangkaja Artists. The title is Martuwarra. [451/18] (Acrylic Paint on 3mm Poly-Carbonate)

SONIA KURARRA (dec)

Martuwarra


451/18
Acrylic Paint on 3mm Poly-Carbonate
120 x 60cm | 47.24 x 23.62in
Mangkaja Artists

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Sonia Kurarra grew up in the river country at Yungngora (Noonkanbah), where she helped the kindergarten teacher with teaching art.

They would take the children out to the sandy billabong and teach them how to paint and dance.

There was a ngarrangkarni (Dreamtime) snake that lived in the billabong.

His name was Nangurra.

Sonia began painting at Mangkaja in the early 1990s, working mostly on paper.

As her career and confidence grew, she started to practice and develop her skills, moving into more ambitious and complex works on canvas.

Since 2008, Sonia had been working predominantly on canvas.

She had exhibited in numerous group shows and had an overwhelming response to her first solo shows in 2009.

Sonia painted the sandy billabong country along the stretch of the Fitzroy River that ran directly behind the community.

After the floodwaters receded, there were billabongs that held a plentiful supply of parlka (barramundi), kurlumajarti (catfish), and bream.

She painted gapi (fish), parrmarr (rocks) where the fish was cooked, ngurti (coolamon), and a karli (boomerang).

Sonia painted these images over and over as though they were etched into her psyche; works that were linear representations in monotones and others that were layers lathered on with wild and confident brush strokes.

These contemporary compositions displayed an outstanding understanding of colour.

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Sonia Kurarra grew up in the river country at Yungngora (Noonkanbah), where she helped the kindergarten teacher with teaching art.

They would take the children out to the sandy billabong and teach them how to paint and dance.

There was a ngarrangkarni (Dreamtime) snake that lived in the billabong.

His name was Nangurra.

Sonia began painting at Mangkaja in the early 1990s, working mostly on paper.

As her career and confidence grew, she started to practice and develop her skills, moving into more ambitious and complex works on canvas.

Since 2008, Sonia had been working predominantly on canvas.

She had exhibited in numerous group shows and had an overwhelming response to her first solo shows in 2009.

Sonia painted the sandy billabong country along the stretch of the Fitzroy River that ran directly behind the community.

After the floodwaters receded, there were billabongs that held a plentiful supply of parlka (barramundi), kurlumajarti (catfish), and bream.

She painted gapi (fish), parrmarr (rocks) where the fish was cooked, ngurti (coolamon), and a karli (boomerang).

Sonia painted these images over and over as though they were etched into her psyche; works that were linear representations in monotones and others that were layers lathered on with wild and confident brush strokes.

These contemporary compositions displayed an outstanding understanding of colour.

.



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