She is a Yolngu artist and community leader from East Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia.
She belongs to the Dhuwa moiety of the Rirratjingu clan in the homeland of Yalangbara,[1] daughter of Mawalan Marika.
[2] Dhuwarrwarr Marika, also known as Banuminy, was born in 1946 in Yirrkala, in the East Arnhem Land area of the Northern Territory.
[citation needed] After graduating from school, Marika worked as a nurse in Yirrkala, Darwin and Sydney before returning home and developing her artistic skills.
[7] Marika has produced murals for community buildings at Yirrkala, for Darwin Airport, the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education, and the Atherton School in Queensland.
In 1993, she was invited to Europe as a speaker for the opening of the international travelling exhibition Aratjara - Art of the First Australians.