Mowanjum, Western Australia
Group Ngarinyin
Born c.1935, Kunmunya, Kimberly, Western Australia
Died 2009, Derby, Western Australia
Omborrin was a senior Ngarinyin artist who worked through Manambarra Aboriginal Artists. Born around 1935 at Kunmunya on the Kimberley coast, he was considered one of the most important songman of the Ngarinyin, and since 2003 when he began painting established a strong reputation as an painter of Wandjina, spirit figures and country. He was a five time finalist in the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, along with being a finalist in the Sulman Prize, The Blake Prize, The Alice Prize and the Fletcher Jones Geelong Painting Prize.
COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Australian Parliament House Collection, Canberra
Australian Public Service Commission Collection, Canberra
Berndt Museum of Anthropology, University of Western Australia
Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia
Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, University of Virginia, USA
Murdoch University Collection, Perth WA
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin
Royal Perth Hospital Collection, Perth WA
University of Western Sydney, New South Wales
Western Australian Museum, Perth WA
Gnowangerup, Western Australia
Adelaide, South Australia
Moa Island,Torres Strait Islander
Perth, Western Australia