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{{Short description|Australian Indigenous artist}}
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'''Mawalan Marika''' (born 1957), also referred to as '''Mawalan 2 Marika''' to distinguish from his grandfather [[Mawalan 1 Marika]] ({{circa}}1908-1967), is a [[Yolngu]] artist and land custodian of [[Arnhem Land]] in the [[Northern Territory]] of Australia.<ref name=nma/> He is the son of well-known artist and leader [[Wandjuk Marika]], and nephew to [[Banduk Marika]].<ref name=nma>{{cite web | title=The Marika family  | website=[[National Museum of Australia]] | url=https://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/yalangbara/marika-family |others= Includes  bios of: [[Mawalan 1 Marika]] (c. 1908–1967), [[Mathaman Marika]] (c. 1920–1970), [[Milirrpum Marika]] (c. 1923–1983), [[Roy Dadaynga Marika]] MBE (c. 1925–1993), [[Wandjuk Djuwakan Marika]] OBE (1929–1987), [[Banduk Marika]] (born 1954), [[Dhuwarrwarr Marika]] (born c.1946), Wanyubi Marika (born 1967), Yalmay Gurrwun (Marika) Yunupingu (born 1956),   Mawalan 2 Marika  (born 1957), Jimmy Barrmula Yunupingu (born 1963) (son of Dhuwarrwarr Marika).}}</ref><ref name=nmaopening/>
His name derives from the ''mawalan'', or [[digging stick]] used by the [[Djang'kawu]] of the creation story of the [[Rirratjingu]] clan. He is (as of 2018<ref name=nmaopening/>) the top male custodian of the clan's law, a responsibility shared with two women of the clan.  Mawalan has particular responsibility for the [[Aboriginal ceremony|ceremonies]] associated with the eastern side of the Port Bradshaw peninsula at [[Yalangbara]], known as the "sunrise" side.<ref name=nma/>
Marika produced most of his paintings before the late 1980s. He did, however, create paintings about Yalangbara for the 1999–2000 "Saltwater" touring exhibition mounted by the [[Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre]], later acquired by the [[Australian National Maritime Museum]] in [[Sydney]]. His work is also held in the [[National Gallery of Australia]] and the [[National Museum of Australia]] in [[Canberra]], the [[Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory]] in [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]], and the [[University of Virginia]]'s  [[Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection]] in [[Charlottesville, Virginia|Charlottesville]].<ref name=nma/><ref name=nmaopening/><ref>{{cite web | website=[[National Gallery of Australia]] | title= Mawalan 2 Marika: Yalangbara Wayanga [Two goannas] | url=https://searchthecollection.nga.gov.au/object?uniqueId=80472 | access-date=27 July 2021}}</ref>
In 2010 he gave an opening address at the ''Yalangbara: Art of the Djang’kawu'' exhibition launch, in which he mentioned his aunt, [[Banduk Marika]] (who was largely responsible for the creation of the exhibition), her (unnamed) son, a "great man", and his father Wandjuk.<ref name=nmaopening>{{cite web | title=Yalangbara: Art of the Djang’kawu: exhibition launch | website=[[National Museum of Australia]] | date=16 April 2018 | url=https://www.nma.gov.au/audio/uncategorised/yalangbara-art-of-the-djangkawu-exhibition-launch/transcripts/yalangbara-art-of-the-djangka | access-date=27 July 2021}}</ref>
Apart from his artistic career, Marika has worked in various educational, [[environmental protection]] and cultural roles at [[Yirrkala]], and more recently at Sheperdson College on [[Elcho Island]].<ref name=nma/> In 2003, he worked with his aunt, Banduk, and [[anthropologist]] Geoffrey Bagshaw, to get Yalangbara listed on the  [[Register of the National Estate]].<ref name=wam>{{cite web | title=Yalangbara: art of the Djang’kawu|first1=Banduk| last1=Marika |last2=West |first2=Margie  |author-link=Banduk Marika| website=[[Western Australian Museum]] | date=7 December 2010 | url=http://museum.wa.gov.au/whats-on/yalangbara/background-essay | access-date=27 July 2021}}</ref>
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