Bruce Hinana — NAP Contemporary Art Gallery

Bruce Hinana

b. Year Unknown c. 1950, Oro Province, PNG. Lives and works Borohoje village, Gora valley, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea

Bruce Hinana is the Jagorai (Law Man) of the Misajé clan and lives at Borohoje village in the Gora valley. He is a senior custodian of Ömie creation knowledge and ‘keeper’ of many important clan stories.

© Ömie Artists Inc.

Exhibitions

Group Show, Spring 1883 Fair, Hotel Windsor, Melbourne
9–12 August 2023

● All Works

○ Available Works

Bruce Hinana Ömie Creation Story—the first Ancestor, Mina, and the formation of the mountains and lands of Ömie, with Ujawé soru’e (customary initiation body designs), 2023 Natural pigments on nioge (woman’s barkcloth skirt) 61.5 × 127.5 cm