Goompi Ugerabah
Goompi’s ancestors are originally from Gurreng Gurreng people near
Maryborough, QLD. After settlement his great-great-grandmother
was forced to move to the Ngnarangwal tribal area (Gold Coast)
and Minjungbal tribal area (Tweed Heads), where Goompi and the
last few generations of his family were born and bred.
Biren Bureibun (Saltwater Dream) is Goompi's first solo exhibition
with Gallery One. The stories of Goompi’s skin father are
expressed in detailed intricate dot patterns and fluid line work
combining neutral landscape tones with the vivid hues of the
rainforest. These stunning visual representations possess a kinetic
energy connecting the viewer closer to the narrative. Each story is
also recorded by Goompi in text on the back of the canvas
creating a new dimension of perspective for the story-telling and
image.
Goompi has exhibited widely in South East Queensland and
Northern New South Wales. Goompi’s art is held in public and
private collections both in Australia and Overseas. Goompi’s art is
found in the collections of The Central Intelligence Agency (C.I.A )
in Langley,Virginia, U.S as well as HRH Princess Benedikte of
Denmark.
Resume
Kombemerri Country
Gathering Pippies
Prickly Fan Flower
3 Ancestors
Bora Rings
Creation of life
Kingingyarra
Ochres of mother earth
Tribal Ceremonies
Yulu Buriba (Sand & Surf)
Angry Sands
Arika “Blue Water Lily”
Bora Rings – Initiation Circles
Dhinawan “Emu Feather”
Jubuun (Wichedee Grub)
Kingingyarra (Shells)
Kombemerri – Toredo Worm
Rainforest Dreaming
Songlines
Tribal Ceremonies
Tribal Ceremonies
Water Tunnels (TDAPOOL)
3 Ancestors
Gathering Pippies ‘Ugeree’
The Creation of Life (Sun,Earth and Water)
Yulu Buriba ‘Sand and Surf’ Diptych
3 Ancestors
3 Ancestors – small
Angry sands
Body painting
Bora Rings
Gathering Pippies
Gathering Pippies (Yugeree’s)
Kingingyarra
Kingingyarra
Kingingyarra Shells – Wild Hop Bush and Oyster
Ochres of Mother Earth
Songlines
Tdapul – Freshwater and rock pools
The Koogols
Tribal Ceremonies
Tribal Ceremony – Diptych
Undercul
Yulu-Buriba (Sand & Surf)
Yulu-Buriba (surf & sand)