2017

Stories are forever at Merricks House Art Gallery

Ended — Exhibitions

Ikuntji Artists is delighted to announce that Keturah Zimran is now represented in Melbourne through Vivien Anderson Gallery. Keturah Zimran’s works will be on show in a group exhibition this January and February. Vivien Anderson Gallery presents STORIES ARE FOREVER at Merricks House Art Gallery, Merricks General Wine Store, Merricks on the Mornington Peninsula. Featuring:

2016

Length and Breadth, New acquisitions from the Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra

Ended — at Parliament House, Canberra — Exhibitions

From the Flinders Ranges to the Darling Downs, Bathurst Harbour to Broken Hill, this exhibition features a selection of contemporary Australian artworks acquired by Parliament House since 2013. Focusing on images of landscape, both real and imagined, from across the vast Australian continent. Featuring artists: Louise Feneley, Mel George, Pro Hart, Ray Ken, William Mackinnon,

Aboriginal Art Market at AIATSIS, Canberra

Ended — at Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies — Exhibitions

Ikuntji Artists is proud to participate for the first time in the Aboriginal Art Market held at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) in Canberra.  The market will be held for two days,art-market-day-2016-a3-poster2 over the weekend of 3-4 December 2016. Other art centres present will be Djilpin Arts, Warlukurlangu Artists

Borne – Sculpture for the body

Ended — at Stanley Street Gallery — Exhibitions

A diverse range of established, mid-career and emerging sculptors were asked to make work which could be worn or which stepped into the field of jewellery or body adornment. For many sculptors, this is their first foray into work for the body. At what point does ‘sculpture’ become ‘jewellery’? Is it just a question of

Desert Mob exhibition, Alice Springs

Ended — at Araluen Arts Centre — Exhibitions, News

Every year in September Indigenous run and owned art centres from the Desart membership come together for this key event. Desert Mob is a reflection and showcase of all the artistic developments across Central Australia in the year preceding it. Join us this year again for the exhibition opening, Dance Site, the Desert Mob Symposium

Desert Mob exhibition 2016, Alice Springs

Ended — at Araluen Arts Centre — Exhibitions, News, Projects

This year’s Desert Mob exhibition at Araluen features an ambitious project by Ikuntji Artists. 21 artists came together over period of many weeks to create the “Story Necklace”. Trips to country in collaboration with Central Land Council and Macdonnell Regional Council Youth Program made this happen. Whilst women collected the seeds and created the necklace,

entre terre et ciel, at La Grande Galerie, Savasse (France)

Ended — at La Fabrique — Exhibitions

Ikuntji Artists is proud to be part of this exhibition of the fine art collection of Yolande Vivaldi. Installation shots of the exhibition in Savasse, France: Excerpt from the gallery in Savasse: C’est avec bonheur que je présente à la Grande Galerie ma collection d’art aborigène. Une exposition aux portes de la Provence qui raconte

Desart Photography Prize 2016, Alice Springs

Ended — at Desart — Exhibitions, News

We are proud to announce that Ikuntji Artists’ Albie Jack, Garrard Anderson and Jeffrey Jackson are all finalists at this year’s Desart Photography Prize. Jeffrey Jackson’s photo also received a highly commended by the judges!

Kurlkayima Ngatha – Remember Me, Courthouse Gallery, Port Hedland

Ended — at Courthouse Gallery — Exhibitions

Exploring links between botany, land, and cultural identity, Kurlkayima Ngatha—Remember Me is an exhibition examining Pilbara Aboriginal societies’ methodology of plant use and knowledge systems. Kurlkayima Ngatha—Remember Me encompasses a range of art forms resulting from a project developed in partnership with IBN Corporation and the Yinhawangka, Banyjima, and Nyiyaparli people, and proudly supported by

Bold and Beautiful at Talapi, Alice Springs

Ended — at Talapi Gallery — Exhibitions

This exhibition showcases a variety of works from Central Australian art centres with a focus on bold and beautiful colours across the region. Installation shots of artworks by Ikuntji Artists’ Keturah Zimran and Alice Nampitjinpa Dixon (all photos are courtesy of Talapi).

Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair 2016

Ended — at Darwin Convention Centre — Exhibitions

Ikuntji Artists will be represented at the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair 2016 again! Come and say hello to our staff at the stall in August! The Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair showcases the contemporary fine art of over fifty Australia Indigenous Art Centres at its annual event. The fair is held in Darwin, on Larrakia Lands,

Chants du Desert – Art aborigine contemporain, Ville d’Eu, France

Ended — at Chapelle du College d'Eu, Ville d'Eu, France — Exhibitions

Ikuntji Artists are proud to be shown alongside Yolande Hautefeuille’s Collection of Indigenous Australian art in France. This collection has been acquired by travelling far and wide throughout Australia over the past 20 years. Long Tom Tjapanangka, Eunice Napanangka Jack and Alice Nampitjinpa are some of the artists from Ikuntji Artists on show next to

Malpa Wiru – Good Friends exhibition, Goolwa SA

Ended — at Signal Point Gallery — Exhibitions

Ikuntji Artists is part of this NAIDOC exhibition event at Goolwa Wharf in South Australia. Organised by Kiri Kiri Art from Victor Harbor the exhibition “Malpa Wiru – Good Friends” showcases artworks from remote Indigenous artists in the Central Desert. A variety of Indigenous artworks from remote art centres is showing the importance of country

20th Alice Springs Beanie Festival, Araluen Arts Centre

Ended — at Araluen Arts Centre — Exhibitions

Ikuntji Artists are proud to be represented in the 20th Alice Springs Beanie Festival ‘Spirit of the Land’ Exhibition! The opening of the exhibition will be at 6.00 pm ‘Spirit of the Land’ Exhibition & Competition Opening Entertainment Rusty and the Infidels, Drum Atweme, Yapa Styles Fashion Parade and The Awesome. Beanies for sale. Delicious

Kungka Kotara – Alice Nampitjinpa and Eunice Napanangka Jack, Tunbridge Gallery, Perth

Ended — at Tunbridge Gallery — Exhibitions

This exhibition showcases the works of Alice Nampitjiinpa and Eunice Napanangka Jack. For the first time these two old ladies are represented side-by-side each other. Their paintings tell the stories of their country along the WA/NT border, at Talaalpi and Lake Mackay, Tjukurrla. In conjunction with Ikuntji Artists we are delighted to exhibit, for the

KURLKAYIMA NGATHA – REMEMBER ME at FORM, Perth

Ended — at FORM — Exhibitions

Exploring links between botany, land and cultural identity, Kurlkayima Ngatha—Remember is a new, multi-part exhibition examining Aboriginal societies’ methodology of plant use and knowledge systems. Kurlkayima Ngatha—Remember Me encompasses a range of art forms including film, documentation, paintings and installations, and opens at FORM Gallery on 26th February 2016 from 6-8 pm. Kurlkayima Ngatha—Remember Me

The Blooming Desert at Talapi

Ended — at Talapi Gallery — Exhibitions

This exhibition at Talapi, Alice Springs showcases works from Aboriginal-owned Art Centres, inspired by the desert after rain. Introspective, soft and gentle works included in this exhibition are from Artists of Ampilatwatja, Ernabella Arts, Ikuntji Artists, Iwantja Arts, Mimili Maku Arts, Kaltjiti Arts and Papunya Tjupi amongst others.

“Put yourself in my shoes” – Keturah Zimran and Alice Nampitjinpa exhibition at Suzanne O’Connell Gallery, Brisbane

Ended — at Suzanne O'Connell Gallery — Exhibitions

This exhibition at Suzanne O’Connell Gallery will feature paintings, shoes and photographs. “Put yourself in my shoes” invites people to walk in the artists’ shoes, representing their country, their experience of walking through country and their understanding of the world. The original shoes were donated by Kanparrka Store at Ikuntji/Haasts Bluff. They are the shoes

Artmart, Darwin

Ended — at Northern Centre for Contemporary Art — Exhibitions

Artmart 2016 is a 3-day pop-up exhibition this coming May which celebrates (mainly) local talent and kickstarts the early dry season. Artmart began in 2015 as a way of drawing attention to Parap as an art gallery hub, with the Northern Centre for Contemporary Art joined by fellow Parap-based Nomad and Outstation galleries to form

EDONT Aboriginal Art Auction Launch 2016, Darwin

Ended — at Outstation Gallery — Exhibitions

The Environmental Defenders Office Northern Territory has again secured the incredible support of the NT’s incredible network of Indigenous art centres and artists. This support will allow us to, once again, hold a unique art auction showcasing a brilliant array of over 40 indigenous works from all over. More details will be posted here as