ARTIST PROFILE

Marlene Juli

Marlene was born in Kununurra, East Kimberley on 8th November 1975.

She has recently relocated from Warmun Community to the larger town of Kununurra in the East Kimberley with her family. Marlene was educated at Warmun and then Broome, is an extremely well spoken lady and has been painting since 1997. Prior to having her own family (three boys and a girl) she worked at the Warmun Child Care Centre and Pensioner unit.

Marlene comes from a painting family - her mother is Mabel Juli, one of the best known Senior Ochre artists and her uncle was the renowned artist Hector Jandany (dcsd.). Marlene's content of her artwork is her mother's country (Darrajayin) Springvale, and her deceased father's country just over the Northern Territory Border. She admits she does not know her father's country quite as well as Mabel’s, but his stories have been passed down to her by her paternal grandparents.

She has participated in Group Shows with the best of the Warmun artists, is a thinking, naturally talented artist whose works are sort after by collectors both in Australia and overseas. She is without a doubt one of the shining lights of the third generation of ochre artists of the Kimberley.

Selected Exhibitions

2001
- Short on Size, Short Street Gallery, Broome, WA
- Thornquest Gallery, Southport, QLD

2002
- Coomalie Culture Centre, Bachelor, NT
- Thornquest Gallery, Southport, NT
- Garmerrun: All Our Country, Flinders University Art Museum, SA

2003
- Big Country. Works from the Flinders University Art Museum Collection, Flinders University City Gallery, SA
- East Kimberley Show, Short Street Gallery, Broome
- Six Warmun Women Painting Country, Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs, NT
- The World Luxury Cruise Ship, Australasis (in conjunction with Thornquest Gallery, Southport)

2004
- Jack Britten and the Third Generation of Artists from Warmun, SPAN Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
- Die inneren und die Ãueren Dinge. City Gallery Bamberg, Germany (in conjunction with Aboriginal Art Gallery Baehr, Speyer)
- Hogarth Gallery, NSW
- Melbourne Art Fair (in conjunction with Alcaston Gallery), Melbourne, VIC
- Ochres Group Show, Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs, NT
- Young Artists from Warmun and Balgo, Alcaston Gallery, VIC

2005
- The Best of Warmun, Gadfly Gallery, Perth, WA
- Warmun Women’s Show, Alcaston Gallery, Fitzroy, VIC

Selected Collections
- Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide
- Kaplan Collection, USA
- Private and Corporate Collections Worldwide