Jeremiah Bonson

Jeremiah Bonson is a Djinaŋ/Marung man, born in Darwin in 1982 but raised at the Gamurra-Gu-yurra outstation, his mother Matilda country. Jeremiah and his wife then moved to Galiwin'ku on Elcho Island and in 2021 to Maningrida with their small family. Jeremiah is a dancer, painter, sculptor and musician (he plays the yidaki / didgeridoo). He was taught his traditional culture and traditional song line (bourgur) by his adoptive father Jimmy and his artistic practice is informed by a culture thousands of years old.