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

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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