Joseph Williams Jungarayi

Born

Lives

Tennant Creek
Skin
Language
Warumungu

Joseph Williams Jungurayi is a founding member of the Tennant Creek Brio. He is a multimedia artist, carver, writer, poet and emerging cultural leader of the Warumungu community. Williams began his carving as a teenager during the mid 1990s, following in the footsteps of his grandfather Nat Jupurula Williams and being taught by his second grandfather Walter Pula Nelson. “They made them the hard way”, says Williams, with an axe and wood rasp, whereas Williams now utilises a range of modern tools on mostly hardwood to create various reinvented traditional objects including spears, shields, and boomerangs. His work includes paintings and a contemporary perpetuation of traditional objects including kayin (boomerangs), wartikirri (number 7 boomerang), clapping sticks and purnu (coolamons) fashioned from hardwood. He has recently begun experimenting with figurative realism, drawing inspiration from his Warumungu and Croatian heritage. Amongst other forays he co-directed (with Peter Pecotić) the film Countryman 2021, broaching his Croatian heritage and opened various exhibitions and launches with his singing and poetry performances.

Currently working for Nyinkka Nyunyu Art and Culture Centre he is also on the board of Desart, the peak arts body for Central Australian Aboriginal Arts and Crafts centres. Joseph believes in the value and success of the Brio as a role model for the younger generation. One of the last 20 or so remaining Warumungu speakers in Tennant Creek, he has worked as a translator (and natural spokesperson) for numerous publications and documents relating to the Brio and is a director for Papulu Appar-Kari Language and Cultural Centre.

Williams’ work has most recently been exhibited at his first solo show at Coconut Studios (Darwin) this year. As a member of the Tennant Creek Brio his work has also been exhibited in group shows, including: ACCA (2024), Biennale of Sydney (2020), Cassandra Bird Gallery (2024), Niagra Galleries (2023), cbOne (2022), RAFT Artspace (2023 & 2021), Modern Times Melbourne Design Week (2022), Croatia House (2020), Vincent Lingiari Art Award (2021).

Artworks

Jospeh Williams Jungurayi
Lightning man
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Joseph Williams Jungurayi
Winkarra dreaming
2024
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Jospeh Williams Jungurayi
Karti man
2024
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Joseph Williams Jungurayi
Cool dude
2024
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Joseph Williams Jungurayi
Laughing man
2024
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Jospeh Williams Jungurayi
Happy lonely man
2024
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Joseph Williams Jungurayi
Snake travelled the sky
2024
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Joseph Williams Jungurayi
Lightning striking country
2024
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Joseph Williams Jungurayi
Purrumpuru
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Joseph Williams Jungurayi
Possum man
2024
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Jospeh Williams Jungurayi
White cockatoo and snake
2024
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Joseph Williams Jungurayi
Lalkarra, Stinging catapillar
2024
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Jospeh Williams Jungurayi
Against the wind
2024
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Joseph Williams Jungurayi
Mantikerra, Snake
2024
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Joseph Williams Jungurayi
Father & son
2024
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Joseph Williams Jungurayi
Untitled
2024
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Jospeh Williams Jungurayi
Untitled 11
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Jospeh Williams Jungurayi
The white visitors
2024
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Jospeh Williams Jungurayi
Purnturlku kujjurr
2024
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Joseph Williams Jungurayi
Bush doctors 2
2024
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Jospeh Williams Jungurayi
Bush doctors
2024
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Jospeh Williams Jungurayi
Kulanja jangu, With feathered headress
2024
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Jospeh Williams Jungurayi
Storyteller
2024
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Jospeh Williams Jungurayi
Winkarra creation times
2024
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Jospeh Williams Jungurayi
Three brothers
2024
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Jospeh Williams Jungurayi
Two wise men, Purnturlku kujjurr
2024
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