Johnny Bulunbulun
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Born | 1946 |
Died | 2010 |
Nationality | Australian |
Known for | Painting, bark painting |
Spouse(s) | 1-Nellie 2- Laurie Maarbudug |
Awards | Red Ochre Award (2004) National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award (2001)[1] |
Johnny Bulunbulun (1946–2010) was a Ganalbingu Aboriginal artist.
He had a posthumous[2] joint exhibition with Zhou Xiaoping in Beijing[3] and Melbourne,[4] called "Trepang: China & the Story of Macassan - Aboriginal Trade".[5]
Since 1993, the Australia Council for the Arts, the arts funding and advisory body for the Government of Australia, has awarded a Red Ochre Award to an outstanding Indigenous Australian (Aboriginal Australian or Torres Strait Islander) artist for lifetime achievement. In 2004, it was awarded to Bulunbulun.
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