Gaypalani Waṉambi has been awarded the prestigious $100,000 Telstra Art Award at the 2025 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards for her breathtaking piece Burwu, blossom.
This large-scale artwork is crafted from 15 discarded road signs, intricately etched with stringybark blossoms and bees, telling the ancestral Wuyal (honey hunter) songline.
As the only Yolŋu woman working with this medium, Gaypalani transforms discarded materials into a shimmering story of culture, memory, and connection.
The work is on display at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory in Darwin until January 2026.
