Johnny Bulunbulun

{{Short description|Australian aboriginal artist}}

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| 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

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