Paddy Nyunkuny Bedford

Paddy Nyunkuny Bedford
Bornc.1920/1922
Bedford Downs, East Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia
Died14 July 2007
East Kimberley, Western Australia
Other namesKuwumji, Nyunkuny, Guwumji
Known forPainting, contemporary Indigenous Australian art

Paddy Nyunkuny Bedford (circa 1920/1922 – 14 July 2007), aka Goowoomji, was a contemporary Aboriginal Australian painter and printmaker from Warmun in the Kimberley in Western Australia. He was one of eight Australian artists selected for an architectural commission for the roof and ceilings of the Musée du quai Branly in Paris, France.

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