Geraldine Bedford / Daiwul Ngarranggarni (Barramundi Dreaming)

A Gija artist from the family of Lena Nyadbi, Goody Barrett and Paddy Bedford. Her artworks honour Country, cultural inheritance and the responsibility of passing knowledge to future generations. Her relationship with Country, culture and storytelling runs through her family. She is the niece of acclaimed Warmun artists and sisters Lena Nyadbi and Goody Barrett, and the granddaughter of renowned painter Paddy Bedford. Born in Wyndham in 1971, Geraldine Bedford is a Gija woman with deep roots in both the East and West Kimberley.

With their encouragement and blessing, she started creating art in earnest, continuing the legacy of her remarkable family. Her deepening engagement with painting was shaped by narratives passed down from her aunties Lena and Goody. In 2017, she moved into Lena’s former home, the same year Lena relocated to Aged Care in Halls Creek.