Johnny Bulunbulun
{{Short description|Australian aboriginal artist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2015}}
{{Infobox artist
| name = Johnny Bulunbulun
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| birth_date = 1946
| birth_place = Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
| death_date = 2010
| death_place = Arnhem Land
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| spouse = 1-Nellie
2- Laurie Maarbudug
| known_for = Painting, bark painting
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| awards = Red Ochre Award (2004)
National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award (2001){{cite web|title=NATSIAA awards|url=http://gallery.discoverymedia.com.au/artzinePub/story.asp?id=381§ion=IndgRes|work=Magpie Geese|publisher=Natural pigments on bark|accessdate=|archive-date=19 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419060100/http://gallery.discoverymedia.com.au/artzinePub/story.asp?id=381§ion=IndgRes|url-status=live}}
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Johnny Bulunbulun (1946–2010) was an Aboriginal Australian artist.
Life
Johnny Bulunbulun was born in 1946 in Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory of Australia.{{cn|date=May 2025}} He was a Ganalbingu man.{{cn|date=May 2025}}
Career
Bulunbulun was known for his paintings and bark painting.{{cn|date=May 2025}}
Death and posthumous exhibitions
Bulunbulun died in Arnhem Land in 2010.{{cn|date=May 2025}}
He had a posthumous{{cite web|title=Death of John Bulun Bulun|url=http://news.aboriginalartdirectory.com/2010/05/death-of-john-bulun-bulun.php|work=Aboriginal Art News|access-date=8 December 2012|archive-date=29 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029061425/http://news.aboriginalartdirectory.com/2010/05/death-of-john-bulun-bulun.php|url-status=live}} joint exhibition with Zhou Xiaoping in Beijing{{cite web|title=Trepang: China & the story of Macassan – Aboriginal Trade|url=http://www.beijingtoday.com.cn/uncategorized/trepang-china-the-story-of-macassan-%E2%80%93-aboriginal-trade|work=Beijing}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and Melbourne,{{cite web|title=Trepang: China & the story of Macassan – Aboriginal Trade|url=http://museumsvictoria.com.au/melbournemuseum/whatson/exhibition-archive/trepang/|work=Melbourne|access-date=28 July 2022|archive-date=28 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728053513/https://museumsvictoria.com.au/melbournemuseum/whats-on/|url-status=live}} called Trepang: China & the Story of Macassan - Aboriginal Trade.{{cite web|title=Ochre and Ink|url=http://www.ochreandinkmovie.com|work=Documentary|access-date=28 July 2022|archive-date=16 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116231159/http://ochreandinkmovie.com/|url-status=live}}
Awards
In 2004, the Red Ochre Award was awarded to Bulunbulun by the Australia Council for the Arts.{{cn|date=May 2025}}
Collections
- Artbank, Sydney
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
- Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
- Central Collection, Australian National University, Canberra
- Djomi Museum, Maningrida
- Edith Cowan University Collection Perth Western Australia
- Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide
- Holmes à Court Collection, Perth
- Kluge Foundation, Morven Estate, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
- Milingimbi Collection, MECA, Milingimbi Educational and Cultural Association
- Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Maningrida Collection, Sydney
- National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.{{cite web|title=Johnny Bulunbulun|url=http://www.nga.gov.au/Google/SiteSearch.cfm?q=johnny+bulunbulun|work=National Gallery of Australia}}
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.{{cite web|title=Johnny Bulunbulun|url=http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/col/artist/223|work=National Gallery of Victoria|access-date=23 January 2013|archive-date=27 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130427043138/http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/col/artist/223|url-status=live}}
- National Maritime Museum, Darling Harbour, Sydney
- Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra
- The Kelton Foundation, Santa Monica, USA
References
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External links
- [http://www.aph.gov.au/Visit_Parliament/Parliament_House_Art_Collection Parliament House Art Collection]
- [http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/artists/bulunbulun-john/ John Bulunbulun] at the Art Gallery of New South Wales
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140201115324/http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/news/items/pre-2010/?a=26128 Red Ochre Award], Australia Council for the Arts
- [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/732308066 WorldCat]
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