Donny Woolagoodja | |
Birth Date: | 1947 |
Birth Place: | Western Australia |
Death Date: | 2022 |
Othername: | Yornadaiyn Woolagoodja |
Awards: | Red Ochre Award |
Yornadaiyn (Donny) Woolagoodja (1947-2022) was an Aboriginal Australian artist. He was a member of the Worrorra people of the Kimberley area of Western Australia.[1]
Woolagoodja was the first chairman of the Mowanjum Artists Centre.[2] Woolagoodja's giant Wandjina artwork featured at the opening ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.[2] Similar works were also featured at the 2016 Vivid Sydney festival's Lighting of the Sails celebration.[3]
Donny Woolagoodja was born in 1947 at the Kunmunya Mission on the Kimberley coast, the son of Sam Woolagoodja.[1] Woolagoodja died in 2022 aged 75.[4]