Friday 2 December 2022 to Tuesday 20 December 2022

At 25, Atlanta Mercy Umbulgurri is a rising star artist of the renowned Kimberley ochre painting of the Warmun community. Significantly, Atlanta is the granddaughter of Warmun’s most senior artist, the 90+ year-old Mabel Juli Wiringgoon whose Garn’giny Ngarranggarni (Star and Moon Dreaming) paintings have become her signature works. In the collections of numerous public galleries and private collections, Mabel Juli’s Moon and Star paintings have become amongst the most identifiable and revered mages in contemporary Aboriginal art.

In 2021 Mrs Juli decided that, as her granddaughter Atlanta was showing both great dedication to her culture and exceptional promise as an artist, she would pass the rights to paint both the Moon and Star paintings and those of another important story called Old Woman Singing out for her Dog, to her young protege.

Since 2021 Atlanta has worked alongside Mrs Juli as well on her own – interpreting these ancient stories with a new and fresh vision – a reminder of the continuity offered by art to maintain, celebrate and honour ancient stories and to demonstrate the importance of preserving the lands on which they are held.

Having exhibited Atlanta’s works to great acclaim in the exhibition Garn’giny not Granite alongside that of her grandmother and aunt in 2021, Everywhen Artspace is now delighted to present Atlanta Mercy Umbulgurri’s first solo exhibition – Gungi to Gungi (Old Days/New Days) the living art of Mabel Juli’s Dreamings.

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WARMUN ART CENTRE

Everywhen Artspace is open Fridays-Tuesdays, 11am-4pm