Tiwi artist Johnathon World Peace Bush, also widely known as Jon Jon, has produced a body of work that tells of Tiwi culture, storytelling and history. Mentored by his cousin Pedro Wonaeamirri, their shared ancestry and Country are at the heart of this mentorship.
Working out of Jilamara Arts, Melville Island, on Wulirankuwu Country, Jon Jon has created three paintings that depict stories of his and Wonaeamirri’s grandfather and father’s life and subsequent displacement from Murrakupupuni (Country) of Paluwiyanga (Goose Creek).
Jon Jon has also created two collaborative works with Wonaeamirri, a tunga (folded stringybark ceremonial basket) made by Wonaeamirri that Jon Jon painted with ochre, and a is a video work filmed on Country that shows Jon Jon dancing his totem tartuwali (shark) as Wonaeamirri sings.
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