Gambirra Illume
Artist Bio
Gambirra A.K.A. Mamma G, is a Yolngu woman from the Gumatj Clan of Northeast Arnhemland, N.T., currently residing on the Central Coast, NSW. She uses the Arts as her tool to unite and heal people, and has over two decades of practice as a professional performer, singer songwriter, producer, exhibiting visual artist, empowering workshop facilitator, cultural arts educator and clinical mental health coach.
Gambirra values multiculturalism, human rights and the environment. She has a passion for nurturing and strengthening identity and connecting with disadvantaged individuals and/or communities who have suffered intergenerational trauma.
Song, dance and painting has always been a natural process for Gambirra. Her source of inspiration draws from a long lineage of ceremonial painters, healers and the natural world. Creating and sharing through the arts is a spiritual and philosophical process for her.
A Featured vocalist for Richard Petkovic’s Sydney World Music Chamber Orchestra. She is a key Ceremonial vocalist and Ensemble Leader of Dream Drone. A Guest vocalist for Declan Kelly’s Diesel N Dub Project. A leader of The ‘GAMBIRRA MOB’, a dynamic & diverse multicultural band expanding up to a 12-piece. A member of The ILLUME Girls; emotive and soulful music singing in both Yolngu Matha and English, facilitating youth program's. Gambirra has performed extensively throughout Australia gracing stages such as Woodford Folk festival and Splendour in the Grass.
Over the years, Gambirra has composed and produced musical pieces for company's such as Catapult Dance, NAISDA and Legal Aid NSW.
Collaborating, sharing & bridging cultures is her passion
Throughout her practice, her message is powerful and simple; "our spirituality is inseparably linked to the land, we all vibrate with the planet. We are one blood".
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