2023
AIATSIS Indigenous Art Market
The AIATSIS Indigenous Art Market is the largest Indigenous art market in the Canberra region and it has also become a popular online event, showcasing a diverse range of paintings, textiles, sculptures and much more. Importantly, 100 per cent of sales from the art market goes back to Indigenous art centres, artists and their communities.
MAKE Award; Innovation in Australian Craft and Design
MAKE AWARD: Biennial Prize for Innovation in Australian Craft and Design is a new national award for Australian designer/makers and an initiative of the Australian Design Centre. The award is inspired by award programs such as the Burke Prize, offered by the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, and the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft
Fashion As Art at the Fralin Museum of Art, Virginia USA
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,
Ikuntji Artists wins at NIFA 2023
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
Vogue American Express Fashion’s Night – Melbourne
In partnership with American Express, the Ikuntji Artists capsule collection for Vogue American Express Fashion’s Night Out has been created by proud Indigenous man Andrew Taylor, the award-winning artisanal tailor and founder of Sydney-based Mr. A Taylor. This collection is Andrew’s very first pre-sized range and will be exclusively available to American Express Card Members for 48 hours
Ikuntji Artists x Melbourne Fashion Week 2023
Ikuntji Artists will be represented at Melbourne Fashion Week this coming October with Ganbu Marra Runway. The event featuring First Nation artists such as Adjadura, Amber Days, Gammin threads, Gapuwiyak Culture and Arts with Aly de Groot, Injalak Arts with Ally Beahan, Kamara Australia, Native Swimwear Australia, Nungala Creative, Paul McCann, Take Pride Movement, Wuurn
Tarnanthi Art Fair 2023 Online & In-Person
The annual Tarnanthi Art Fair returns in 2023 as both a physical and online event, after two successful years of being presented online. The physical Art Fair provides a unique opportunity to meet Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, learn about their world and ideas, and buy works of art. Exclusive to Adelaide, this popular
Desert Mob
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.
‘UPLANDS’ at Tarnanthi Art Fair
Agency has partnered with more than 20 remote First Nations art centres across the country to deliver a landmark digital project that invites Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists to share their art centres, community collections, and artistic and cultural practices with the world. Ikuntji Artists is exited to be featured as part of this
Vogue American Express Fashion’s Night Out – Sydney
In partnership with American Express, the Ikuntji Artists capsule collection for Vogue American Express Fashion’s Night Out has been created by proud Indigenous man Andrew Taylor, the award-winning artisanal tailor and founder of Sydney-based Mr. A Taylor. This collection is Andrew’s very first pre-sized range and will be exclusively available to American Express Card Members for 48 hours
Finalist in the NT Chief Minister’s Export Award 2023
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 x New Zealand Fashion Week 2023
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
Back Stage at Country to Couture 2023
Country to Couture returned to Larrakia Country this August with a record 22 collections across two sold out runaways. Selected to take part in the annual event of First Nations textiles and fashion design for Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair (DAAF), Ikuntji Artists showcased our newest collection in the second runway. Featured were bold designs in
Ikuntji Artists Runner Up at Business Excellence Awards 2023
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
Ikuntji Textiles at Central Craft, Alice Springs NT
Ikuntji Textiles will once again be on display at Central Craft in Alice Springs this coming October and September as part of the Satellite events for Desart Mob 2023. With all new designs and colourways installed from Saturday 2nd September, you can view and pre-order some of the beautiful textile pieces Ikuntji Artists have to
Desert Mob Marketplace 2023
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.
SEE MY WORLD
Curated by Tui Raven with the support of Artify Consulting, QV1 presents this digital exhibition series showcasing the work of 12 First Nations artists with connections to Western Australia. Ikuntji Artists proudly puts forward a series of works by Kumuntjai Napanangka Jack to honour her artistic legacy and enduring connection to her Country in Western Australia.
‘Songlines’ at the Embassy of Australia, Paris
From April to August this year, Ikuntji artists will be involved in ‘Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters’ – an exhibition which offers visitors the opportunity to experience “a panorama of Aboriginal desert painting, telling stories of the Seven Sisters”. The event is being held at the Embassy of Australia in Paris, inviting people of a different
Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair 2023
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
‘UNTOLD’ 2023
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