Ganbilpil White

Ganbilpil is an artist at Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Art Centre in North East Arnhem Land. His moiety is Dhuwa. He is from the Marrakulu clan and his homeland is Gurka'wuy. The small Aboriginal community of Gurka'wuy is located 170kms south of Yirrkala, NT.

Patrick is a self-taught musician and was the lead guitarist for East Journey- a band that gained national and international attention for their fusion of contemporary and traditional music and singing in both English and Yolngu. After an extensive touring schedule, the band has taken a break and Patrick continues to play music while also developing is art.

Patrick is the son of well-known artist Naminapu Maymuru White. He has been strongly influenced by his mother's representations of the cycle of the Manggalili clan spirit which lies within the Malngiyawuy River. The river is the site where two Ancestral Hunters drowned and went up to the night sky. The dense band of stars in the Milky Way is also called Malngiyawuy and is the Yirritja moiety land of the dead.