The Art Association of Australia and New Zealand’s 2023 Arts Writing and Publishing Awards were announced today, with Ikuntji Textiles being highly commended for ‘Best Artist-Led Publication’; A wonderful accolade. The judges had the following to say: “While this publication may not strictly tick all the boxes of the judging criteria, we felt it deserved

Ikuntji Artists is a Finalist in the Indigenous Business Category in the 2024 Australian Small Business Champion Awards! Amidst an overwhelming response of over 5,500 quality entries from small businesses across Australia, Ikuntji Artists have emerged as a Finalist. The 2024 Champions winners will be announced at two sold-out events at The Star Sydney, presented

Art Centre manager Chrischona Schmidt will be talking as panel member for Kluge-Ruhe’s Indigenous Australian Art Takes the Runway. This webinar is part of a digital program hosted by Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection featuring Ikuntji Artists and Gapuwiyak Culture and Arts, artist Aly de Groot and anthropologist Louise Hamby. You will be astonished to learn how

Entering its 28th year, The National Designer Award celebrates the creativity and excellence of Australian fashion designers. As Australia’s most established and prestigious fashion award program, the National Designer Award highlights the future of Australian fashion, providing finalists with opportunities for mentorship, networking and critical industry exposure. Past winners of the award include some of

Once again Ikuntji Artists are headed to New York for Fashion Week! A selection of beautiful garments and accessories creating eight unique looks will be shown in the illustrious Flying Solo runway event which occurs on Febuary 11th at Canoe Studios, New York; the largest display of independent fashion designers in New York. This is

Ikuntji Artists is proud to announce that Kathy Quin Larry is currently the feature spotlight at Galerie Zadra, with a solo online exhibition ‘Dance of the Bushflowers’. Born in 1996, Kathy is one of our youngest practicing artists. The exhibition see’s Kathy explore the depth in her theme of bush flowers in the wind. A

Thank you to everyone who celebrated our debut solo show at the 2023 Afterpay Australian Fashion Week! We have received so much love for our powerful show and the artists are so proud to share their designs and stories with you. Media: Harper’s Bazaar: EXCLUSIVE: Ikuntji Artists to make its solo runway debut at AAFW

Fashion As Art 2024 celebrates global artists and designers impacting the world of fashion today. Held on Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at the Violet Crown and is presented in partnership with The Fralin Downtown Film Series and the Virginia Film Festival. Launched in 2019, Fashion As Art is an annual event series engaging the community with art,

This year Ikuntji Artists has won the Business Achievement Award for the 2023 National Indigenous Fashion Awards supported by the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair Foundation. The Business Achievement Award recognises Ikuntji Artists’ leadership as an Art Centre showing both creative and commercial success in textiles and fashion, and positively impacting the Indigenous fashion sector. Ikuntji

This year, Ikuntji Artists will have works features in Desart’s Desert Mob Exhibition in Araluen, Northern Territory. Desart will present artworks from 38 art centres across Western Australia, the Northern Territory, and South Australia, providing the public and other artists with an opportunity to view a variety of cultural pieces.

Ikuntji Artists is part of 13 Finalist in this years Chief Minister’s Export Awards for the Northern Territory. Now in it’s 30th year this prestigious award is coordinated by the Chamber of Commerce NT with support from Austrade and the NT Government. It recognises the outstanding achievements and success stories of Northern Territory exporters and

Ikuntji Artists took out the night at Go Media Miromoda Runway for this years New Zealand Fashion Week. Taking place in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Ikuntji Artists was the final show-stopper, closing out the evening with a collection of our artist’s screen-printed fabrics. The Miromoda Runway was created initially for Māori fashion designers. ‘Miro’ is a

Ikuntji Artists has won the runner up award at the Central Australia Chamber of Commerce Business Awards for 2023 in Business Excellence. This award celebrates and recognises outstanding customer services offered in both the private and public sectors all while rewarding hardworking individuals and businesses that survive for excellence. We’re proud of the achievements that

The Desert Mob Marketplace, held on the Araluen Arts Precinct, is a large buzzing art market, bringing together paintings, punu, ceramics, Tjanpi weaving, sculpture, clothing, textiles and merchandise from over 30 Aboriginal-owned art centres across Central Australia. The marketplace offers Desert Mob attendees the opportunity to acquire works directly from the artists that created them.

Catch Ikuntji Artists’ works at the 2023 Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair (DAAF) from Friday 11th August until Sunday 13th August. DAAF brings together contemporary fine art and design from over 70 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Centres from across Australia, and will also be available to audiences online. We will be bringing works on

Ikuntji Artists will be speaking at ‘UNTOLD’: a free event running as part of the Darwin Festival, which “shines a light on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices across a broad range of topics from caring for Country to the unseen work of women in communities, and the importance of intergenerational learning, demonstrating the interconnectedness

As part of this year’s NAIDOC, Koh Living is partnering with Ikuntji Artists for the month of July and donating 5% of all Aboriginal products sold online to the Ikuntji Art Centre. They interviewed Khatija and Michelle Possum to understand their perspectives of the significance of this years NAIDOC theme: “For Our Elders”. “Our Elders are

Ikuntji Artists are excited to announce our involvement in the 2023 National Indigenous Art Fair in Sydney. The event will be running from 10am-5pm on Saturday 1st July and Sunday 2nd July and will exhibit artists, designers, and makers from around 90 remote Australian arts centres. The Art Fair is being celebrated as part of

From late June, Kumuntjai Napanangka Jack’s artworks will feature in a digital exhibition entitled ‘Connection‘. This will be held at The Lume Digital Art Gallery in Melbourne, which is Australia’s first permanent digital art gallery. Her work is part of 550 other Indigenous Australian artworks which will be accompanied by “a soundtrack by Yothu Yindi, Archie

This is the first time an Indigenous art centre has presented a show at Afterpay Australian Fashion Week (AAFW) and we couldn’t be more excited to share our stories through our stunning collection! The Ikuntji Artists AAFW show is a community-led initiative showcasing the incredible talents and cultural heritage of our artists. From the designs