Donald Moko

Born:            C1938

Skin Name :   Karrimarra

Birth Place :   Kalajadu

Region :   Broome / Bidyadanga

Language :   Wangkajunga / Yulparija

Donald is a Senior Law man from Mind Mindi clan of the Yulparija. He was born at Kalajadu near Wankatjungka west of Well 33 on the Canning Stock Route in the Great Sandy Desert, Western Australia.

He grew up travelling his traditional country with his parents and clan.

Donald went through law and was trained to be a Marparn (Medicine Man). This took him travelling all around.

He came to Bidyadanga in the late 60’s with his wife Mary Meribida and their children.

Exhibitions

2009 Short on Size, Short St Gallery, Broome WA

2009 26th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, MAGNT, Darwin

2008 From Desert to Saltwater, Booker-Lowe Gallery, Houston Texas, USA

2008 Bidyadanga Artists 2008, AP Bond Art Dealer, Adelaide, SA

2007 Winpa, Raft Art Space, Darwin, NT

2007 Desert Heart, Nevill Keating Gallery, London, England

2007 From the Bungalow I: Yulparija Artists, Johnston Gallery, Perth, WA

2006 Northern Journey, The Priory at Bingie, Bingie, NSW

2005 The return of our land, Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs, NT

2005 Weaver Jack, Donald Moko, Spider Kalbybidi: Recent Works from Bidyadnaga, William

Mora Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

2004 Desert Ocean, Short st. Gallery @ Kidogo Gallery, Fremantle, WA

2004 Divas of the Desert, Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs, NT

2004 Bidyadanga Artists, William Mora Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

2004 Bidyadanga Art, Art House Gallery, Sydney, NSW

2004 2004 Australian Visual Culture Now, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, NSW

2004 National Telstra Art Awards, Northern Territory Art Gallery, Darwin

2004 Kirriwirri, Raft Art Space, Darwin, NT

2004 Saltwater to Desert Images, Short st. Gallery @ Mary Place Gallery, Sydney, NSW

2004 Colour Power, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC

2003 Manyiljara, Short st. Gallery, Broome, WA

Collections

National Gallery of Australia

National Gallery of Victoria

Laverty Collection

University of Notre Dame

RACV Collection

Myer Collection

Dadon Collection

Sam Barry Collection

Art Gallery of Western Australia

Artbank

Canning Stock Route Project Collection