Name

Pedro Wonaeamirri

Other names

WONAMMERI, Pedro

Culture

Aboriginal Australian

Gender

Male

Birth date

1974

Birth place

Melville Island, Northern Territory, Australia View on map Close map

Occupations

Artist (painter) | Printmaker

Summary

Worked: Australia (NT). Screenprints

NGA IRN

21902

Context

Australia

Biography

Pedro Wonaeamirri

Pedro Wonaeamirri was born at Goose Creek, Melville Island in 1974. He has worked with the Jilamara Arts and Craft centre since 1991, and has been both President and Vice-President of the Executive Committee of the Centre. Wonaeamirri paints on paper, canvas, and bark and is an accomplished carver. He is one of the ceremonial leaders of his community and exhibits widely. He has produced prints at the Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne.

Also a traditional dancer he first performed a Tiwi ceremonial dance in public in 1981 when he was only five years old, for the opening of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory in Darwin. During his secondary education his favourite subject was traditional dance.

His country is Goose Creek, where he hunts magpie geese; and his skin or kinship group is pandanus. He is owner of the magpie goose dance.

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ATSI region

North

Sub-region

Melville Island

Specific location

Milikapiti

Artist’s country

Goose Creek, Melville Island

Last Updated

23 Sep 2024