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= Robyn Djunginy = Robyn Djunginy is an Australian aboriginal artist from Ramingining known for her fiber art and painting.

Biography
Djunginy was born in 1947 in Ramingining. She comes from a family of artists, notably her father Ngulmarar and brothers George Milpurrurru and Charlie Djurritjini. She is part of the Ganalbingu language group.

Career
Known best for her woven bottles. "According to anthropologist Louise Hamby, Djunginy's bottles reference a water site and honey spirit associated with her mother's dreaming. " "In recent years she has favoured the more structural coiling technique, introduced to Arnhem Land by missionaries from the south. With a pronouned bulbous, somewhat conical shape, these bigger bottles, ringed with bands of yellow, black and red ... are more like over-ripe fruit or bulging bee hives. "

The inspiration for her bottles come from Italian Chianti bottles.

Later she started making paintings of bottles. "Djunginy's painted bottles are ling, straight, and streamlined, and appear to float on the canvas in wayward rows. " The rarrk technique that she uses in her paintings convey hidden meanings and spiritual powers, while simultaneously invoking the idea of a woven surface, connecting her two mediums.

In 2011 she was named the National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee's Artist of the Year and is a board member of the Bula'Bula Arts Aboriginal Corporation.

Twined: Weaving and Abstraction
July 24 - September 30 2010 at The Cross Art Projects

"a series of dialogues of between Australian Indigenous artists around the practice and meaning of weaving. " Curated by Fiona MacDonald. Featured Djunginy and Karen Mills.

Twining: Weaving and Abstraction
Feb 11 - March 19 2011 at The Cross Art Projects

This exhibition featured Djunginy along with Debra Dawes, Fiona MacDonald, and Karen Mills and focused on the ideas of weaving, abstraction, material, and form.

String Theory: Focus on contemporary Australian art
August 15 - October 27 2013 at Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA)