Joe Guymala

Joe Guymala (born 1969) is an Aboriginal Australian artist and musician of the Burdoh clan of the Kunwinjku people, known for his paintings on bark, paper and memorial poles known as lorrkkon.

[1] Joe Guymala was born in 1969 at Manmoyi outstation, about 160 kilometres (100 mi) east of Gunbalanya, Northern Territory.

[1] Guymala is a skilled musician and toured across Australia with both the Mimih and Nabarlek bands before turning to painting.

[1] It did not take long for Guymala to begin experimenting with different forms creating his own interpretation of single line rarrk using unrefined ochres.

During his time at the University of Virginia, Guymala created his first limited-edition print, working with master-print Akemi Ohira in the McIntire Department of Art to produce a linoprint on mulberry paper.