Moiety                           Yirritja

Homeland                     Biranybirany

Clan                               Gumatjl, Rrakpala group

Medium and Theme      Painting on bark and hollow log using natural Ochre.

Brief Biography:

Father is Bunungu and his older brother by some twenty years was Lumaluma Yunupinu. Collaborating with his wives. Yananymul Mununggur and Rerrirrwana Munuyngurr, Yalpi sually Gumatj diamond clan designs in his painting. His father-in-laws are the late Mutitjpuy and Djutjadjutja Munungurr. Through continual participation in sacred ceremony, Yalpi will eventually become djirrikay or ritual specialist.

Exhibitions

1984, The First National and Aboriginal Art Awards, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin.

1994, The 11^th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, Museum and Art galleries of the NT, Darwin.

1995, Miny’tji Buku-Larrngay , Paintings from the East, national gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.

1996, 13^th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, Museum and Art Galleries of the NT, Darwin.

1997, 14^th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, Museum and Art Galleries of the NT, Darwin.

2000, 19^th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, Museum and Art Galleries of the NT, Darwin.

2003 Garma Larrakitj Installationk, Gulkula Garma Festival 2003

2004 Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, Sydney

2004 Binocular: Looking closely at country, Ivan Dougherty Gallery UNSW COFA

2005 Sculpture by the Sea, /bondi, Sydney

Collections

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.

JW Kluge Collection, Virginia, USA

Buku-Larrnggay Arts Museum, Yirrkala, NT

Art Bank, Sydney, NSW

Sydney Opera House, Sydney, NSW

Bibliography

Arnold, J. et al, Nambara Art, promo booklet, 1990, Colemans Printing Nhulunbuy J.Ryan “ Spirit in Land “