Paddy Fordham Wainburranga was a Rembarrnga painter, sculptor, printmaker and dancer, born at Bamdibu, near Ramingining, Northern Territory. His work captures figurative depictions of the Balangjarngalain spirits, animals and stories.
He is also know for his paintings of the Captain Cook story of the Rembarrnga-Ngalkbon people, shown in the film Too Many Captain Cooks (1988). His historical paintings, incorporating events, themes, and iconography from both Aboriginal and European cultures, quickly won wide acclaim.
Wainburranga's artworks are housed in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, the National Gallery of Victoria, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Artbank, Berndt Museum of Anthropology, Flinders University Art Museum, Museum of Victoria, Holmes a Court Collection and many more private and institutional collections world-wide.
