Barayuwa and his wife are longtime staff members of Buku-~arrgay Mulka, providing great assistance to all the artists of the community in many ways.
Partly through touching up other artists’ works, Barayuwa has developed a very fine hand and is becoming an artist in his own right, painting both his own Djapu clan designs as well as his mother’s Munyuku clan’s.
His father is recently deceased, and mother is Bigitj urruwutthun, a sister to the great Dula. Barayuwa being a talented Yidaki player is his Art Centre’s main buyer He often creates his own artworks and crafts such as yi'aki, ga'pu (spearthrowers), gara (spears) and bi`ma (clapsticks).
In 2007, he was in his first exhibition at Raft Artspace in Darwin.
Early season barks in 2008 painted by Barayuwa of Munyuka clan design showed a strength and style quite reminiscent of his late uncle and became an obvious candidate for Annandales Young Guns II. The success of his involvement in this exercise led to his involvement in a Brisbane group show in 2008 and his solo show at Indigenart in Perth in early 2009.
Also during 2009 he was invited to participate in a collaborative project with Sydney based artist Ruark Lewis - Transcriptions for the Perfect House - a multi media installation at the ANU Gallery in Canberra scheduled for 2010..
Barayuwa and his wife are longtime staff members of Buku-~arrgay Mulka, providing great assistance to all the artists of the community in many ways.
Partly through touching up other artists’ works, Barayuwa has developed a very fine hand and is becoming an artist in his own right, painting both his own Djapu clan designs as well as his mother’s Munyuku clan’s.
His father is recently deceased, and mother is Bigitj urruwutthun, a sister to the great Dula. Barayuwa being a talented Yidaki player is his Art Centre’s main buyer He often creates his own artworks and crafts such as yi'aki, ga'pu (spearthrowers), gara (spears) and bi`ma (clapsticks).
In 2007, he was in his first exhibition at Raft Artspace in Darwin.
Early season barks in 2008 painted by Barayuwa of Munyuka clan design showed a strength and style quite reminiscent of his late uncle and became an obvious candidate for Annandales Young Guns II. The success of his involvement in this exercise led to his involvement in a Brisbane group show in 2008 and his solo show at Indigenart in Perth in early 2009.
Also during 2009 he was invited to participate in a collaborative project with Sydney based artist Ruark Lewis - Transcriptions for the Perfect House - a multi media installation at the ANU Gallery in Canberra scheduled for 2010..