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Shirley Purdie

b. 1947

Portraits

Ngalim-Ngalimbooroo Ngagenybe
2018

Shirley Purdie
Shirley Purdie age 71

Darling Portrait Prize

My life la Gilbun 2020

Shirley Purdie
Shirley Purdie age 73

Ngalim-Ngalimbooroo Ngagenybe, 2018 Shirley Purdie

Storied portrait

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Emily Casey takes in Shirley Purdie’s remarkable self-portrait, Ngalim-Ngalimbooroo Ngagenybe.

Ngalim-Ngalimbooroo Ngagenybe

Shirley Purdie

Previous exhibition, 2020

Using ochres collected on her country in Western Australia’s East Kimberley, Shirley Purdie’s self-portrait is a kaleidoscope of traditional Gija stories and Ngarranggarni (Dreaming) passed down to her.