Marrawuddi - Irene Henry & Harold Goodman /59 cm/Karnamarr (Red Tailed Black Cockatoo)

Irene Henry & Harold Goodman

Born: 5/06/1966

Skin: Ngalwakadj

Language: Limilngan Tiwi

Clan: Minitja

Country: Aliyu, Tiwi

Biography:

“I grew up in Darwin and then I stayed at Humpty Doo for three years and then moved to Kakadu, to my homeland Kapalga. I learnt how to paint from Rhonda (Henry), and my sister, Aileen. I used to see her and watch her paint when I was a young teenager, then I started doing it. For the carving, I learnt from Sebasan Tipiloura, but he passed away now, I watched him and learned. Me and Harold met here (Kakadu) in 1984 and we’ve been a couple ever since. We have six children. Harold and I were carving lile birds, like old Sebasan used to do. Then I said to Harold, ‘We should do something different’ and he said, ‘why don’t we do Cockatoo’s.’ So we both make the Cockatoo’s.”

Solo Exhibitions

Layi Laundry Gallery, Parap, Northern Territory

2024 February

2023 April

Awards

2022 Ditjgan, Laundry Gallery, Parap, Northern Territory

Finalist, Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA)