Steven Walbungara
Steven Walbungara
Born: c. 1959
Deceased: 2017
Language Group: Western Arrernte (Aranda) and Arrernte (Aranda)
Country: Ntaria (Hermannsburg), West of Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Medium: Watercolour on Board, Acrylic on Canvas
Subjects: Landscape - Hermannsburg School, Untitled Landscape
Steven grew up at Hermannsburg. Both his parents are deceased, but his father was a Warlpiri man and his mother an Anmatyerre woman. His family links to the Ronji family at Hermannsburg. His country is around the Ormiston Gorge area.
Steven sat with artists Titus Renkaraka, Linburg Inkamala, Arnulf Ebatarinja and Clem Abbott, his cousin. He would watch them paint and they would give him tiny boards to experiment with. Slowly he was taught the Hermannsburg School landscape style of painting.
Collections
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
Exhibitions
2017
Tjuritja Nana Mara to Paris (From the good Tjuritja to Paris), IDAIA, Paris, France
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