Judith is an Yindjibarndi Elder and Cultural Custodian, highly respected artist and community worker. Since 2010, Judith has been creating beautiful acrylic paintings on canvas. In the past three years she has extended her art practices to her very beautiful yarranga marni (carved boards), her artworks are highly valued and selected for major Perth-based exhibitions.
Judith’s artworks are intricately constructed, deeply cultural, evolving from her passionate love of her country and creation stories. Yarranga Marni artworks by Judith have sold to the WA Department of Arts and Culture Collection, and her work featured on the cover of the 2019 Rio Tinto Colours of our Country Catalogue.
Juluwarlu Art Group
Judith Coppin is part of Juluwarlu Art Group. Juluwarlu’s purpose is to collect, sustain and promote knowledge of Yindjibarndi culture – their ngurra, wanda, and animals, their language, genealogy, mythology, social history, and biography to sustain Yindjibarndi identity, self esteem, respect and other values they consider vital to the lives, well-being and cultural future.