Juju Wilson
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Juju Wilson is an aboriginal
artist and part of the contemporary Indigenous Australian art
movement.
in bush food and medicines, author of booklet
s (on these subjects), didgeridoo
maker and player, authority on rock art
and sacred sites.
She is frequently invited to make appearances on television shows to talk about her art and abilities (as in her recent appearance in June 2008 Ray Mears
series on BBC Two
, a four-part series set in the Australian outback called Ray Mears Goes Walkabout).
. Four generations of her family are artists (her maternal grandmother, her mother and her daughter are also very talented aboriginal artists).
Her aboriginal name is Burriwee and she can speak five aboriginal dialects fluently.
Australian Aborigines
Australian Aborigines , also called Aboriginal Australians, from the latin ab originem , are people who are indigenous to most of the Australian continentthat is, to mainland Australia and the island of Tasmania...
artist and part of the contemporary Indigenous Australian art
Contemporary Indigenous Australian art
Contemporary Indigenous Australian art is the modern art work produced by Indigenous Australians. It is generally regarded as beginning with a painting movement that started at Papunya, northwest of Alice Springs, Northern Territory in 1971, involving artists such as Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri...
movement.
Artistic and professional career
Besides being a prolific painter, tour guide, much sought-after cultural advisor, Juju Wilson is also a savantSavant
Savant may refer to:* An expert or wise person* Savant syndrome* Marilyn vos Savant* Savant publications* Doug SavantIn popular culture:* Characters in the Noble Warriors Trilogy...
in bush food and medicines, author of booklet
Booklet
Booklet may refer to:* A small book or group of pages* Postage stamp booklet, made up of one or more small panes of postage stamps in a cardboard cover...
s (on these subjects), didgeridoo
Didgeridoo
The didgeridoo is a wind instrument developed by Indigenous Australians of northern Australia around 1,500 years ago and still in widespread usage today both in Australia and around the world. It is sometimes described as a natural wooden trumpet or "drone pipe"...
maker and player, authority on rock art
Rock art
Rock art is a term used in archaeology for any human-made markings made on natural stone. They can be divided into:*Petroglyphs - carvings into stone surfaces*Pictographs - rock and cave paintings...
and sacred sites.
She is frequently invited to make appearances on television shows to talk about her art and abilities (as in her recent appearance in June 2008 Ray Mears
Ray Mears
Raymond Paul "Ray" Mears is an English woodsman, instructor, author and TV presenter. His TV appearances cover bushcraft and survival techniques, and he is best known for the TV series Ray Mears' Bushcraft, Ray Mears' World of Survival, Extreme Survival, Survival with Ray Mears, Wild Britain with...
series on BBC Two
BBC Two
BBC Two is the second television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It covers a wide range of subject matter, but tending towards more 'highbrow' programmes than the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio...
, a four-part series set in the Australian outback called Ray Mears Goes Walkabout).
Personal life
Mother of six, Juju comes from the Miriwung-Gajerrong group of the Kimberley region and was educated at Beagle BayBeagle Bay
Beagle Bay can refer to:Places:* Beagle Bay Community, Western Australia* Beagle Bay Mission, Western Australia* Beagle Bay, New South Wales* Beagle Bay , a bay in Western AustraliaSport:...
. Four generations of her family are artists (her maternal grandmother, her mother and her daughter are also very talented aboriginal artists).
Her aboriginal name is Burriwee and she can speak five aboriginal dialects fluently.