Nyangulya Katie Nalgood to represent Spinifex Hill Artists at the 2021 Telstra NATSIAA Awards, Darwin

Spinifex Hill Studio is extremely proud of Nyangulya Katie Nalgood, who has been selected as a finalist in the prestigious Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA) exhibition.

The Award showcases the very best Australian Indigenous art from around the country, from emerging and established artists.

Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
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08 8999 8264

Spinifex Hill Artists are heading to Darwin!

The Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair provides a unique opportunity to purchase artwork direct from over 70 Indigenous-owned Art Centres, whilst being immersed in an exciting program of traditional dance, workshops, artists talks, food, film and fashion.

​Make sure you pop by the Spinifex Hill Studio booth to say hello!

For more information visit the DAAF website

Darwin Convention Centre

August 6 - 8

Spinifex Hill Project Space is proud to present Where We Go to Paint, a group exhibition by the Spinifex Hill Artists

Where We Go to Paint represents more than 20 artists from different language groups, reflecting the rich diversity of painting practice supported by Spinifex Hill Studio.

This exhibition attests to the many places the Spinifex Hill Artists ‘go’ to paint, because the paintings show the many places from where these artists have come, as well as the places and stories that are meaningful to them because of many different reasons, and at many different times.

If you don’t live in the Pilbara but want to support Spinifex Hill Artists, you can purchase artwork over the phone on the evening.

Sales open 6pm.

View the online catalogue

7 July, 6pm - 8pm.

Spinifex Hill Project Space - 18 Hedditch St, South Hedland

For more information, email hello@spinifexhillstudio.com.au

Spinifex Hill Studio to participate in NIAF for the very first time

NIAF is a two-day art market and program of events  in celebration of NAIDOC Week, taking place in The Rocks, Sydney, at the Overseas  Passenger Terminal. 

The National Indigenous Art Fair (NIAF) is an ethical marketplace, offering a unique opportunity to  buy artworks directly from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists from remote community-owned  art centres from the Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia.

​Make sure you pop by the Spinifex Hill Studio booth to say hello!

10AM - 4PM both days

A solo exhibition by Doreen Chapman

Koskela Gallery and Spinifex Hill Studio are excited to present Doreen Chapman: Looking, Looking, Painting, a joyful exhibition of acrylic paintings.

As a deaf woman, painting is an important means of communication and storytelling, which is clear through Doreen’s captivating use of colour and joyous characterisations.

‘No fishing, no hunting, no car, painting, painting every day eh? You been bring ‘em, [s]he painting, painting, painting!’ [laughs] - Doreen’s mother, Maywokka May Chapman

Doreen was born in Jigalong in 1971 and has spent her life moving between Western Desert communities in the Pilbara.

She is a Manyjilyjarra artist and has spent the majority of her life in Warralong, a community 120km south-east of Port Hedland. She started painting with her mother, Maywokka May Chapman, and she first exhibited with Martumili artists in 2010.

In recent years, Doreen has spent more time in Port Hedland, and brings much joy to the Studio.

Read more in the latest issue of Art Edit

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Chapman and Bailey in association with Spinifex Hill Studio are proud to present Painting Place, the latest group show to emerge from the Spinifex Hill Artists.

Painting Place comprises new works by four of SHA’s leading female artists, Doreen Chapman, Nyangulya Katie Nalgood, Maywokka Chapman, and Gloria, reflecting the rich diversity of painting practice supported by Spinifex Hill Studio.

The title of the exhibition represents the important role that the Spinifex Hill Studio plays in providing a place where people come together in art making and connecting through shared values of family, culture and creativity

November 27 - December 4

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Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair is going digital for 2020!

The new online platform provides an opportunity for a wide audience to browse a diverse range of artworks from Aboriginal Art Centres across Australia.

Register for early access

6 August 2020

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Old Man Painter, held in conjunction with Salon Art Projects presents the third solo exhibition of the late Nyaparu (William) Gardiner.

Old Man Painter represents the first substantial release of Gardiner’s artworks since 2017, featuring 21 works.

The exhibition coincides with a suite of events including the 37th annual National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAAs) and Darwin Art Fair, which is set to go digital for the first time in 2020, and the annual Salon Des Refuses, comprising works submitted for, but not accepted into the NATSIAAs.

31 July 2020

Visit Salon Art Project for more information
Tactile Arts

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Big Colour, held in conjunction with RedDot Fine Art Gallery presents the work of Martu artist Gloria.

Gloria paints one day a week at Spinifex Hill Studio, and on one particular day she effortlessly moved her paintbrush all around and over one of her canvases. Her smile lit up the room and everyone in it. Once the moment was over and she stood back from what she had done, Gloria whispered “Big Colour”.

Born in the Pilbara in 1975, Gloria is a Martu woman working within a powerful matriarchal tradition that emerged from Australia’s Western Desert in the early 2000s. Her loose brushwork and pastel palettes have attracted critical attention for their highly affecting presence.

8 July 2020
ReDot Fine Art Gallery

For more information, please visit the ReDot Fine Art Gallery website , or email giorgio@redotgallery.com

View the FORM catalogue online

Enjoy up to 30% off artworks online

Shop our Mid-Year Art Sale on June 22 and enjoy up to 30% off artworks from emerging, mid-career, and established artists.

Don’t miss this great opportunity to shop ethically at a discounted rate.

22 June - 30 June 2020
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For more information, email hello@spinifexhillstudio.com.au

Different Sorta Colour showcases work by Doreen Chapman, Gloria, Maggie Green, Mulyatingki Marney, and Nyangulya Katie Nalgood.

Though encompassing a diverse range of subject matter, the works are linked by their vibrant acrylic colour palettes. The exhibition features a breadth of different painting styles, while also offering an insight into the what it means to paint at Spinifex Hill Studio, a place where people come together in art making, connecting through shared values of family, culture and creativity.

The group show will become The Design Files’ second online exhibition for 2020.

25 May 2020
TDF Collect

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Artwork enquiries can be made through art@thedesignfiles.net

Pujiman, the unique collaborative exhibition from Spinifex Hill Artists and Martumili Artists will be showing at Shark Bay.

Artists of all generations collaborated on this powerful rendition of stories from pujiman (desert born) times to the present. Canvases, film, and animation showcase the talents of the Pilbara’s contemporary artists.

The exhibition was meant to take place in April 2020 but has been postponed due to COVID-19.

For more information, including tour dates and venue details, please visit the Art of the Move website.

For general enquiries, please call Spinifex Hill Studio on 089 9172 1699 or email mail@spinifexhillstudio.com.au.

In a measure to safeguard public health, the City of Fremantle has closed Fremantle Arts Centre from Monday 23 March until further notice.

Therefore, the Revealed 2020 Exhibition did not open as scheduled on Friday 3 April. However an exhibition catalogue is available and details about how to purchase works are below.

The Revealed 2020 exhibition brings together 25 remote and regional Aboriginal art centres and independent Aboriginal artists to showcase their works. Emerging artists Gideon Gardiner and Lorna Dawson are representing Spinifex Hill Studio this year with several works featured in the exhibition.

To view and purchase all exhibition works, head to the Fremantle Arts Centre website. To view and purchase artworks that we would have been selling at the Revealed Market, please see our online store.

This is how we see ‘em presents the work of three leading artists from Spinifex Hill Studio.

Spinifex Hill Studio is a place where people come together to connect through a passion for family, culture, and art.

“Everyone here is all related or connected, there’s no arguments, there’s happy feelings in here.” Sheila Gardiner, daughter of Nyaparu (William) Gardiner (1943-2018) and Nyangulya Katie Nalgood

This couldn’t be truer for exhibiting artists Nyangulya Katie Nalgood, the late Nyaparu (William) Gardiner, and Winnie Sampi, who have shared a unique bond at the art centre. Nyangulya Katie Nalgood and Winnie Sampi both migrated from the Kimberley region and Spinifex Hill Studio has functioned as a place to connect them, while Nyaparu (William) Gardiner and Winnie Sampi re-connected at Spinifex Hill Studio having gone to school together. Nyaparu would always bring his guitar into the art centre and everyone would sing along with him.

Even though Nyaparu (William) Gardiner has passed way, Nyangulya and Winnie still continue to share photos and memories with one another and enjoy seeing each other at the art centre. It means they can stay connected with each other and stay connected to him.

21 April - 23 May 2020
Aboriginal and Pacific Art Gallery
1/24 Wellington Street, Waterloo NSW

For more information, please visit the Aboriginal and Pacific Art Gallery website, call 02 9699 2211, or email info@aboriginalpacificart.com.au.

Spinifex Hill Artists are heading to Fremantle for another fantastic opportunity at Revealed.

The Revealed 2020 exhibition at Fremantle Arts Centre is set to be the biggest yet, bringing together 25 remote and regional Aboriginal art centres and independent Aboriginal artists together to showcase their works. This year, Gideon Gardiner and Lorna Dawson will be representing Spinifex Hill Studio with works on display at the exhibition.

Fremantle Arts Centre

3 April, 2020

General enquiries:

(+61) 7 3358 5811
mail@spinifexhillstudio.com.au

Maggie Green’s debut solo show at The Design Files Collect, Melbourne

I Been Born There comprises works inspired by Green’s childhood at Myroodah Station in Western Australia’s remote Kimberley region, where she grew up, went to school, worked, went fishing and swimming, and collected bush tucker. 

Created from densely-layered fields of coloured dot work, Green’s canvases are semi-abstract renderings of landscape. The works translate the memories of her childhood into geometric compositions of glowing pastel colour, occasionally punctuated by figurative landscape elements.

Due to COVID-19, this exhibition could not open to the public, however you can view the artworks online here and take a virtual walk through below.

Read more about Maggie Green here.

21 March 2020
The Design Files Collect

For general enquiries, please call us on 08 9172 1699 or email mail@spinifexhillstudio.com.au.

Spinifex Hill artist Lorna Dawson to exhibit at Viviene Anderson Gallery in Melbourne.

This year Spinifex Hill Studio artist and arts worker Lorna Dawson has been selected to showcase her work alongside leading and emerging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women at The Women’s Show, an annual exhibition that celebrates women’s contributions to Australian and international visual arts and culture.

Opens 11 March 2020
Vivien Anderson Gallery
284/290 St Kilda Rd, St Kilda VIC

For more information, please call 08 9172 1699 or email mail@spinifexhillstudio.com.au.

Doreen Chapman is one of the hottest  contemporary artists in the Pilbara.  As a deaf woman, painting is a crucial medium of communication and storytelling. 

Over the past decade, Chapman  has earned a growing national reputation for her figurative paintings in vivid pastel colours.  

Always on the move is Chapman’s first interstate exhibition, premiering 18 recent works focused on travel and flight, as befits an artist who loves travelling to attend her exhibition openings and meet her fans.  

This exhibition documents Chapman’s encounters and observations of items during her travels between Perth and the Pilbara region’s remote communities, that have sparked curiosity.  

Read Doreen Chapman’s biography

Suzanne O'Connell Gallery

8 February, 2020

General enquiries:

(+61) 7 3358 5811
mail@spinifexhillstudio.com.au

Gallerist Paul Johnstone fell in love with Nyangulya’s birds at Salon De Refuses in 2018. Now he’s exhibiting her work at his gallery in Darwin.

Nyangulya Katie Nalgood has a strong affinity with birds, the diverse feathered creatures filling her personal history as well as cultural life. They are as much a part of her Country as she is, and their songs are the sound memories of her home. Nalgood started out painting only the birds native to her Country in Western Australia’s Pilbara region, and collaborated with family members to help her sketch out their forms. Her technical skill has since become more refined, and she now works independently. Her imagination has also expanded, and she looks to birds from across Western Australia, finding inspiration in their different colours, forms, and personalities.

Paul Johnstone Gallery
16 November, 2019

General enquiries:
(08) 9172 1699
mail@spinifexhillstudio.com.au

We’re back in Adelaide for one of the largest events on the Indigenous art calendar: Tarnanthi Art Fair at the Art Gallery of South Australia.

We’re proud to be showcasing the work of one of our youngest artists, Layne Dhu Dickie, creator of comic book series Captain Hedland, as well as a retrospective of works by the late Nyaparu (William) Gardiner. Come and visit our extra large stall, where the work of all our artists will be available to buy.

AGSA
Friday 1 June, 2020
Exhibition
18 October 2019 – 27 January 2020
Art Fair
18–20 October 2019

General enquiries:
(08) 9172 1699
mail@spinifexhillstudio.com.au

Dhu-Dickie and his family travelled to Adelaide alongside a small contingent of Spinifex Hill Artists to represent the art centre at Tarnanthi 2019.

Layne starred in the contemporary exhibition held at Art Gallery of South Australia alongside Spinifex Hill Artists, Nyaparu William Gardiner. The original drawings to Layne’s, Captain Hedland vs. The Fisherman lined the wall for viewers to closely inspect and read. Layne and his family were met by the paparazzo and Daniel was lucky enough to score an interview with the rising young star for his Radio National program, Awaye.

Layne was more then happy to sign copies of his comic for his fans at the Tarnanthi Art Fair.

AGSA
Friday 1 June, 2020
Exhibition
18 October 2019 – 27 January 2020
Art Fair
18–20 October 2019

General enquiries:
(08) 9172 1699
mail@spinifexhillstudio.com.au

“We wasn’t allowed to go to school, we wasn’t allowed to get paid money. We worked for flour, sugar, tea. Rations! We went on strike and we become equal. We become recognised as human beings.” – Nyaparu (William) Gardiner

Apart from all this social and historical context, it is clear from this exhibition of Gardiner’s work that his aesthetic is a triumph. His skewwhiff landscapes – detailed here, gestural there – are dreamily conceived and executed, and his figures of odd anatomic proportions often blend into or become the landscape.

For Gardiner, who created almost all of his life’s work at Spinifex Hill Studios between 2014 and 2018, this aesthetic was developed, refined and eventually flourished as appreciation and recognition for his art grew. These years were a time when his body, eyesight and memory were not serving him as faithfully as they had, but from his mind and brush he teased out a powerful, original vision that captured the phenomenal changes he experienced and witnessed in his lifetime.

His contributions to Tarnanthi 2019 are a showcase from these remarkable years and a legacy that will hopefully incite his deserved acclaim.

- Greg Taylor

AGSA
Friday 1 June, 2020
Exhibition
18 October 2019 – 27 January 2020
Art Fair
18–20 October 2019

General enquiries:
(08) 9172 1699
mail@spinifexhillstudio.com.au