Barbara Bear

Mowanjum Art and Culture Centre

Barbara is a Ngarinyin woman and is the fourth child of nine children. She has lived in Derby and Mowanjum most of her life.

Barbara�s work is unique within the Art Centre. Her colour palette, defined shapes and decorative detailing, sees her work reveal a distinctive graphic look. Though contemporary in her approach her work is always informed by the traditional stories heard from her elders as a child.