Click to enlargeHorace Wikmunea
b. 1963
- Region
- Cape York, Gulf & Far North Queensland
- Community
- Aurukun
- Language group
- Wik; Kugu
My Country, 2009
synthetic polymer paint and natural earth pigments on canvas
85 x 49 cm
- Artwork story
- Horace Wikmuenea is a member of Wik and Kuku, Aurukun Art Centre. He was raised in Aurukun by his parents. He is from Wik-Alken (mother’s side) and Wik-Mungkan (father’s side). His totems are the White Cookatoo, and Goanna from his father’s side and the Galah and Frilled-neck lizard from this mother’s side.