Born around 1940 at Kukadjdjerre in the stone country of western Arnhem Land, Kalarriya ‘Jimmy’ Namarnyilk has been described by the respected linguist Dr Murray Garde as “one of Australia’s living national treasures.”

Despite contracting leprosy as a young man, he recounts a busy life travelling, hunting, fishing and attending the major ceremonies throughout western Arnhem Land. Traversing this rich and sacred landscape, Kalarriya gained an encyclopaedic and intimate knowledge of places, ceremonies and land ownership.

Kalarriya ‘Jimmy’ Namarnyilk is an artist without peer in his great talent and unique knowledge of ceremony, country and law. The Mossenson Galleries is extremely pleased to present the first WA solo exhibition from this major living artist.