3 August–28 September 2024
FORM acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians throughout Western Australia both past and present, whose enduring connection to this Country and ongoing contributions to our collective culture and communities we respect and honour. We appreciate and are deeply grateful for the privilege of working on these lands.
This exhibition is proud to be a part of the IOTA24 Festival, supported by Lotterywest.
Over recent years the artists of Spinifex Hill Studio (South Hedland) have been experimenting with weaving and other textile techniques, alongside their painting practices. Several of the artists use traditional basketry skills to create practical and decorative objects or knit and crochet at home. The Woven Together project was established in 2022 to provide creative inspiration to these artists as they advanced in this new medium, via exchange with Australian and international mentors who employ weaving and textiles in innovative ways. Woven Together showcases the project’s outcomes alongside solo works by two of the project mentors, Jacky Cheng (Broome) and Paula do Prado (Sydney).
The artist mentors use repurposed and recycled materials and techniques that have a low impact on the environment. Their practices also embrace collaboration, creative exchange and social engagement. The resulting experimental woven works presented here have been developed in collaboration with the Studio’s artists, and residents of South Hedland and nearby remote Aboriginal communities. Complementing these installations is a selection of canvases by the Spinifex Hill Studio artists that draw inspiration from weaving technique and the colour palette of the textile works.
Ngurra (Home, Country, Camp)
Maywokka (Mayiwalku) Chapman, 2022
Acrylic on canvas
61 x 94.5 cm
EXIOTA-22-493
$2,065
Untitled Maise Ward Nungurrayi, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
71 x 101.5 cm
EXIOTA-23-437
$2,150
76 x 35.5 cm
EXIOTA-22-509
$985
Untitled Gloria, 2020
Acrylic on silk
54 x 84 cm
EXIOTA-20-214
$1,498
Untitled Gloria, 2020
Acrylic on silk
122 x 182 cm
EXIOTA-20-516
$6,226
Kunmunya, Myroodah Station
Maggie Green, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
45.5 x 76 cm
EXIOTA-23-444
$1,401
Untitled Lena Willalang, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
71 x 61 cm
EXIOTA-23-463
$992
Untitled Selena Brown, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
71 x 71 cm
EXIOTA-23-446
$1,623
Untitled Daisy Tinker, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
51 x71 cm
EXIOTA-23-458
$449
Untitled Mulyatingki (Muljadingi)
Marney, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
45.5 x 76 cm
EXIOTA-23-573
$1,780
Untitled Mulyatingki (Muljadingi)
Marney, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
45.5 x 76 cm
EXIOTA-23-588
$1,780
Untitled Daisy Tinker, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
40.5 x 91.5 cm
EXIOTA-23-584
$1,242
Untitled Daisy Tinker, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
40.5 x 91.5 cm
EXIOTA-23-583
$1,185
$4,297
Repurposed canvas offcuts
Dimensions variable EXIOTA-JCSHS POA
“My Spinifex Hill Studio residency had a focused intention: to help reduce waste being sent to landfill via re-purposing for a collaborative weaving outcome. Interwoven Remnants seeks to inspire collaboration, connection and exploration through reciprocal dialogue concerning resources, discarded materials, and strategies on creative reuse in the studio and in the community. Inspired by László Moholy-Nagy’s approach in Vision in Motion (1947), I have capitalised his utopian philosophy regarding art’s capacity to initiate positive change in a productive way, putting forth, emphasising and focusing on a single material aesthetic.
Any successful art studio will discard materials, such as the random and irregular canvases offcuts used in this work. We stripped each into a long narrow piece, then folded and stitched them to hold a single zig zag pattern, with pairs of strips plaited together to create an intertwining weave. The fusion of the woven pieces and the ritual actions of repetitive movements and patterns gave life force and authority to this experimental work.
During my residency, the artists and I exchanged stories of family, cultural celebrations, intergenerational relationships among community members, and the need for a safe and supported environment in which to create. I shared similar sentiments about how I forged a sense of community in my new-found home of Broome.
Living and practising in a multicultural community is special. The motivation is different: it is respectful and demands sensitive storytelling. Culture comes from place, and the Kimberley and Pilbara have such rich and diverse narratives that grow from strong family connections. I continue to learn more about the resilience, stability and diversity of relationships in the South Hedland community, and that interdependence is channelled through this collaborative work.”
– JACKY CHENG, 2023
Dimensions variable
EXIOTA-JC1
$3,080
Weaving a Constellation
Paula do Prado, Spinifex Hill Studio, Jacky Cheng and members of the South Hedland, Warralong and Strelley Communities, 2023 Raffia, wool, acrylic and cotton yarn, canvas offcuts, thread, floristry wire
Dimensions variable EXIOTA-PDPSHS
Not for sale.
“Sky is mirror. The constellations, the visible and invisible parts of the cosmos underpin the connections between ancient cultures and practices. There’s nothing quite like flying into Kariyarra Country, especially as the sun is setting. Pink, orange, purple, gold bands dance on the horizon and eventually a blanket of stars covers the big sky. My paternal grandfather taught me about the stars and told me stories about how he learned to navigate his way in the night. I take his stories with me everywhere and I have come to understand they were not just stories about navigating place so you wouldn’t get lost, but they were also stories about navigating relationships.
“I have had the opportunity to visit Spinifex Hill Studio twice, spending time with the artists and staff, and share my weaving practice. Weaving is and has always been about a lot more than the technical ‘how to’ of making something. Weaving is a space, a language and a way of relating. The works in this installation represent moments shared and stories exchanged over cups of tea, laughter, impromptu song and all the emotions that can come up from remembering a way of doing. Weaving wakes up the hands and wakes up the heart.”
– PAULA DO PRADO, 2023
Mara Jinbi Ngurra (Hands, Clay, Country)
“As children we used to play in the clay and cover ourselves in it. Now we paint our Country on the clay.”
–
(2024)
Since 2022 the artists of Yinjaa-Barni Art have been working with Western Australian ceramicist Sandra Black on a body of works transferring their wellhoned painting skills onto ceramic forms. Mara, Jinbi, Ngurra (Hands, Clay, Country) showcases some of the outcomes of this creative exploration.
In Roebourne and in her Fremantle studio, Black has mentored the artists in numerous ceramic techniques including hand building, slip casting, marbling, sgraffito, ceramic painting and decal decoration. Mara, Jinbi, Ngurra includes solo and collaborative works that reflect the artists’ highly regarded facility with colour and pattern. In May 2024 the artists took Black to Yindjibarndi Country to visit important cultural sites and draw inspiration from the West Pilbara landscape. This field trip informed a body of solo works by Black, shown here alongside the Yinjaa-Barni artists’ works.
Walking Through The Land
Melissa Sandy, 2023
Acrylic and Pilbara earth on canvas
78.5 x 100.5 cm
EXIOTA-6571-23
$5,168
Our Country (The Pilbara) Justina Willis, 2023
Acrylic on canvas 44 x 77.5 cm
EXIOTA-6730-23
$1,631
Wildflower Seeds
Melissa Sandy, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
49 x 66 cm
EXIOTA-6800-23
$1,639
Marni
Allery Sandy, 2023
Acrylic and Pilbara earth on canvas
91 x 91 cm
EXIOTA-6815-23
$6,400
91 x 20 cm x 4 panels EXIOTA-62-24
$7,034
45.5
EXIOTA-72-24
$1,807
Rain Over the Pilbara Creeks
Dawn Sandy, 2024
Acrylic on canvas
91 x 91 cm
EXIOTA-98-24
$4,992
Rock Holes
Dawn Sandy, 2024
Acrylic on canvas
61 x 91.5 cm
EXIOTA-146-24
$7,030
Untitled
Melissa Sandy, 2024
Cast Lumina Midfire porcelain, underglaze colours and clear glaze
18H x 10.5W x 10D cm
EXIOTA-CER02
$500
Wild & Flowers
Melissa Sandy, 2024
Cast Lumina Midfire porcelain, underglaze colours and clear glaze
18H x 10.5W x 10D cm
EXIOTA-CER01
$500
Water Lilies
Melissa Sandy, 2024
Cast Lumina Midfire porcelain, underglaze colours and clear glaze
18H x 10.5W x 10D cm
EXIOTA-CER03
$490
Untitled (Vase)
Justina Willis & Sandra Black, 2024
Slipcast white and red porcelain, clear glaze and photographic decals
9H x 7W x 7D cm
EXIOTA-CER05
$325
Untitled (Bowl)
Melissa Sandy, 2024
Cast Lumina Midfire porcelain, underglaze colours and clear glaze
6.6H x 12.3W x 11.9D cm irregular oval shape
EXIOTA-CER04
$280
Untitled (Vase)
Justina Willis & Sandra Black, 2024
Slipcast white and red porcelain, clear glaze and photographic decals
12.1H x 6.2W x 6D cm
EXIOTA-CER06
$360
Untitled (Vase)
Melissa Sandy & Sandra Black, 2024
Slipcast white and yellow porcelain, clear glaze and photographic decals 13H x 9.2W x 9D cm
EXIOTA-CER07
$480
Milstream Journey
Melissa Sandy, 2024 Cast Lumina Midfire porcelain, underglaze colours and clear glaze 17.1H x 10.6W x 8.9D cm
EXIOTA-CER08
$490
Untitled (Bowl)
Allery Sandy, 2024
Draped slab bowl, Underglaze and clear glaze
4.5H x 11.8 W/D cm
EXIOTA-CER10
$210
Bush Medicine
Allery Sandy, 2024
Cast Lumina Midfire porcelain, underglaze colours and clear glaze
6.6Hx12.3Wx11.9D cm irregular oval shape
EXIOTA-CER09
$460
Untitled (Vase)
Dawn Sandy, 2024
Cast Lumina Midfire porcelain, underglaze colours and clear glaze
6H x 12D/W cm
EXIOTA-CER11
$320
Untitled (Bowl)
Allery Sandy, 2024
Cast Lumina Midfire porcelain, underglaze colours and clear glaze
6.3H x 12.6W x 11.4D cm
irregular oval shape
EXIOTA-CER12
$295
Waterhole in Black
Melissa Sandy, 2024
Cast Lumina Midfire porcelain, underglaze colours and clear glaze
7.6H x 17.4W x 17D cm
irregular oval shape
EXIOTA-CER13
$390
Wild Onion Among Blue Gum Trees
Allery Sandy, 2024
Cast Lumina Midfire porcelain, underglaze colours and clear glaze
7.4H x 14.5W/D cm
EXIOTA-CER14
$460
Untitled (Bowl)
Dawn Sandy, 2024
Cast Lumina Midfire porcelain, underglaze colours and clear glaze
5.6H x 12.6W x 12.3D cm
EXIOTA-CER15
$260
Untitled (Bowl)
Janice Sandy, 2024
Cast Lumina Midfire porcelain, underglaze colours and clear glaze
9.1H x 15.5 W/D cm
EXIOTA-CER16
$310
Untitled (Bowl)
Melissa Sandy, 2024
Cast Lumina Midfire porcelain, underglaze colours and clear glaze
6H x 12W/D cm
EXIOTA-CER17
$330
Rocks, Water, Country
Melissa Sandy, 2024
Cast Lumina Midfire porcelain, underglaze colours and clear glaze
6H x 16.5W x 16.3D cm
Irregular oval shape
EXIOTA-CER18
$420
Untitled (Bowl)
Melissa Sandy, 2024
Cast Lumina Midfire porcelain, underglaze colours and clear glaze
6.5H x 12.7W/D cm
EXIOTA-CER19
$420
Untitled (Bowl)
Justina Willis, 2024
Cast Lumina Midfire porcelain, underglaze colours and clear glaze
8.5H x 13.4W/D cm
EXIOTA-CER21
$290
Untitled (Bowl)
Melissa Sandy, 2024
Cast carved porcelain, clear and blue glaze
5H x 9.8W x 9.5D cm
EXIOTA-CER20
$180
Untitled (Bowl)
Justina Willis, 2024
Cast Lumina Midfire porcelain, underglaze colours and clear glaze
7H x 14.3D/W cm
EXIOTA-CER22
$320
Untitled (Bowl)
Melissa Sandy, 2024
Cast and carved porcelain, with copper rub and clear glaze
5.1H x 10.5W/D cm
EXIOTA-CER24
$180
Untitled (Bowl)
Dawn Sandy, 2024
Cast and carved porcelain with copper rub and clear glaze
5.8H x 11.2W/D cm
EXIOTA-CER26
$260
Untitled (Bowl)
Melissa Sandy, 2024
Cast Lumina Midfire porcelain, underglaze colours and clear glaze
6H x 11W/D cm
EXIOTA-CER23
$290
Untitled (Bowl)
Dawn Sandy, 2024
Cast carved porcelain clear and blue glaze
5H x 10.4W x 10.2D cm
EXIOTA-CER25
$180
Untitled (Bowl)
Allery Sandy, 2024
Cast Lumina Midfire porcelain, underglaze colours and clear glaze
9.5H x 15.5W/D cm
EXIOTA-CER27
$390
Untitled (Bowl)
Allery Sandy, 2024
Draped stoneware, underglaze colour and clear glaze
5.3H x 15.4W/D cm
EXIOTA-CER28
$340
Untitled (Bowl)
Justina Willis, 2024
Draped stoneware, underglaze colour and clear glaze
5.3H x 18.4W x 13.6D cm
EXIOTA-CER29
$280
Untitled (Vase)
Justina Willis, 2024
Draped stoneware, underglaze colour and clear glaze
14.6H x 17.9W x 10.7D cm
EXIOTA-CER30
$450
Untitled (Bowl)
Dawn Sandy, 2024
Draped stoneware, underglaze colour and clear glaze
6.3H x 17.9W x 12.6D cm
EXIOTA-CER31
$460
Untitled (Tray)
Janice Sandy, 2024
Slab built stoneware, underglaze colour and clear glaze
2.3H x 20.6W x 10.4D cm
EXIOTA-CER32
$340
Untitled (Plate)
Janice Sandy, 2024
Draped stoneware, underglaze colour and clear glaze
4.6H x 19.5D/W cm
EXIOTA-CER33
$210
Untitled (Tray)
Justina Willis, 2024
Slabbuilt stoneware, underglaze colour and clear glaze
4.5H x 27.1W x 14.9D cm
EXIOTA-CER34
$490
Untitled Dawn Sandy, 2024
Slabbed and pinched stoneware, underglaze and clear glaze
3.5H x 9.5W x 9D cm
EXIOTA-CER35
$220
Untitled (Tray)
Allery Sandy, 2024
Slabbuilt stoneware, underglaze colour and clear glaze
3.2H x 17W x 9.4D cm
EXIOTA-CER37
$300
Untitled (Tray)
Allery Sandy, 2024
Slabbuilt stoneware, underglaze colour and clear glaze
1.7H x 20.3W x 11.5D cm
EXIOTA-CER36
$220
Untitled (Plate)
Dawn Sandy, 2024
Draped stoneware, underglaze colour and clear glaze
3.4H x 17.6W x 17.1D cm
EXIOTA-CER38
$400
Untitled (Tray)
Dawn Sandy, 2024
Slabbuilt stoneware, underglaze colour and clear glaze
3.4H x 16.6W x 16D cm
EXIOTA-CER39
$380
Untitled (Tray)
Dawn Sandy, 2024
Slabbuilt stoneware, underglaze colour and clear glaze
2.4H x 24W x 13D cm
EXIOTA-CER40
$500
Untitled (Cup)
Justina Willis, 2024
Cast porcelain with underglaze and clear glaze
7H x 7.9W x 7.8D cm
EXIOTA-CER41
$95
Untitled (Vase)
Justina Willis & Sandra Black, 2024
Slipcast white and yellow porcelain, clear glaze and photographic decals
11.4H x 10.4W x 10.3D cm
EXIOTA-CER42
$480
Untitled (Vase)
Justina Willis & Sandra Black, 2024
Slipcast white and yellow porcelain, clear glaze and photographic decals
9.8H x 8.5W x 7.0D cm
EXIOTA-CER43
$300
Untitled (Vase)
Melissa Sandy & Sandra Black, 2024
Slipcast white and yellow porcelain, clear glaze and photographic decals
13.6H x 10W/D cm
EXIOTA-CER44
$480
Untitled (Vase)
Melissa Sandy & Sandra Black, 2024
Slipcast white and green porcelain, clear glaze and photographic decals
16H x 8.1W/D cm
EXIOTA-CER45
$390
Untitled (Vase)
Justina Willis & Sandra Black, 2024
Slipcast white and green porcelain, clear glaze and photographic decals
15.5H x 7W/D cm
EXIOTA-CER46
$350
Untitled (Vase)
Allery Sandy & Sandra Black, 2024
Cast Lumina Midfire porcelain, underglaze colours and clear glaze
16.6H x 9.5W/D cm
EXIOTA-CER47
$500
Untitled (Vase)
Allery Sandy & Sandra Black, 2024
Cast marbled porcelain, clear glaze and photographic decals
12.9H x 10.8W x 5.3D cm
EXIOTA-CER48
$480
Untitled (Vase)
Justina Willis, 2024
Cast Lumina Midfire porcelain, underglaze colours and clear glaze
18.3H x 10.1W/D cm
EXIOTA-CER50
$500
Untitled (Vase)
Melissa Sandy & Sandra Black, 2024
Slipcast white and green porcelain, clear glaze and photographic decals
16.5H x 10.5W x 10.2D cm
EXIOTA-CER49
$500
Untitled (Vase)
Justina Willis, 2024
Cast Lumina Midfire porcelain, underglaze colours and clear glaze
17.5H x 10.3W cm
EXIOTA-CER51
$500
Untitled (Vase)
Justina Willis, 2024
Cast Lumina Midfire porcelain, underglaze colours and clear glaze
18.6H x 9.5W x 7.6D cm
EXIOTA-CER52
$500
Untitled (Vase)
Melissa Sandy, 2024
Cast Lumina Midfire porcelain, underglaze colours and clear glaze
19.8H x 8.9W x 8.6D cm
EXIOTA-CER54
$500
Untitled (Vase)
Melissa Sandy & Sandra Black, 2024
Slipcast white and red porcelain, clear glaze and photographic decals
10H x 8.6D/W cm
EXIOTA-CER53
$480
Untitled (Vase)
Allery Sandy, 2024
Cast Lumina Midfire porcelain, underglaze colours and clear glaze
15.6H x 9.3W x 9D cm
EXIOTA-CER55
$500
Untitled (Vase)
Allery Sandy, 2024
Cast Lumina Midfire porcelain, underglaze colours and clear glaze
16.5H x 8W/D cm
EXIOTA-CER56
$350
Untitled (Vase)
Dawn Sandy & Sandra Black, 2024
Slipcast white and red porcelain, clear glaze and photographic decals
17.8H x 10W/D cm
EXIOTA-CER58
$500
Seeds
Allery Sandy, 2024
Cast Lumina Midfire porcelain, underglaze colours and clear glaze
18H x 8.3W/D cm
EXIOTA-CER57
$450
Untitled (Vase)
Allery Sandy & Sandra Black, 2024
Cast marbled porcelain, clear glaze and photographic decals
17.4H x 10.1W x 10D cm
EXIOTA-CER59
$500
Untitled (Vase)
Dawn Sandy & Sandra Black, 2024
Slipcast white and green porcelain, clear glaze and photographic decals
18.1H x 10.1W/D cm
EXIOTA-CER60
$500
Untitled (Vase)
Janice Sandy & Sandra Black, 2024
Slipcast white and red porcelain, clear glaze and photographic decals
15.3H x 10.3W x 10D cm
EXIOTA-CER62
$500
Untitled (Vase)
Dawn Sandy & Sandra Black, 2024
Slipcast white and yellow porcelain, clear glaze and photographic decals
16.9H x 10W/D cm
EXIOTA-CER61
$500
Untitled (Vase)
Janice Sandy, 2024
Cast Lumina Midfire porcelain, underglaze colours and clear glaze
17.6H x 10D/W cm
EXIOTA-CER63
$450
Untitled (Bowl)
Janice Sandy, 2024
Cast Lumina Midfire porcelain, underglaze colours and clear glaze
5.6H x 13W/D cm
EXIOTA-CER89
$280
Untitled (Beaker)
Janice Sandy & Sandra Black, 2024
Slipcast white and red porcelain, clear glaze and photographic decals
10.1H x 8.6W/D cm
EXIOTA-CER90
$360
“It’s been an enormous privilege to meet and work with the wonderful Yinjaa-Barni artists in Roebourne over the past three years. To introduce a new medium of clay to a group of traditional painters has been personally challenging, exciting, and rewarding, and an exciting new body of work has resulted from the transfer of their painting skills on to clay vessels that we have made individually and together.
“From my own perspective I have been drawn into the beautiful Pilbara landscape with its extraordinary colours, rock formations and flora. In this body of work, I have tried to express some of the colour and forms of the landscape along with plant life, using coloured porcelain slips, the inclusion of Pilbara soils and photo decal images taken during my time in the region.”
– SANDRA BLACK, 2024
Burrup Skyline
Sandra Black, 2024
Slipcast coloured porcelain, Pilbara soil, clear glaze and photographic decals
5.0H x 8.5W x 14.5L cm
EXIOTA-CER98
$250
Burrup Hakea
Sandra Black, 2024
Slipcast coloured porcelain, Pilbara soil clear glaze and photographic decals
13.5H x 6.3W x 10.7L cm
EXIOTA-CER100
$450
Burrup Skyline
Sandra Black, 2024
Slipcast coloured porcelain, Pilbara soil, clear glaze and photographic decals
4.8H x 6.3W x 10.8W cm
EXIOTA-CER97
$150
Burrup Skyline
Sandra Black, 2024
Slipcast coloured porcelain, Pilbara soil, clear glaze and photographic decals
5H x 10.5W x 17.7L cm
EXIOTA-CER99
$350
Cossack Hakea & Wildflowers 1
Sandra Black, 2024
Slipcast coloured porcelain, Pilbara soil, clear glaze and photographic decals
17.7H x 10W cm
EXIOTA-CER101
$490
Cossack Hakea & Wildflowers 2
Sandra Black, 2024
Slipcast coloured porcelain, Pilbara soil, clear glaze and photographic decals
17.8H x 10W cm
EXIOTA-CER102
$490
Cossack Hakea & Wildflowers 3
Sandra Black, 2024
Slipcast coloured porcelain, Pilbara soil, clear glaze and photographic decals 18H x 10W cm
EXIOTA-CER103
$490
Cossack Hakea 1
Sandra Black, 2024
Slipcast coloured porcelain, Pilbara soil clear glaze and photographic decals
13.5H x 6.3W x 10.7L cm
EXIOTA-CER104
$450
Cossack Hakea 2
Sandra Black, 2024
Slipcast coloured porcelain, Pilbara soil clear glaze and photographic decals
13.5H x 6.3W x 10.7L cm
EXIOTA-CER107
$550
Cossack Hakea 3
Sandra Black, 2024
Slipcast coloured porcelain, Pilbara soil clear glaze and photographic decals
13H x 8.7W x 14.5L cm
EXIOTA-CER106
$520
Bardirri & Spinifex
Sandra Black, 2024
Slipcast coloured porcelain, Pilbara soil clear glaze and photographic decals
13H x 8.6W x 14.5L cm
EXIOTA-CER105
$450
Hakea Lorea & Spinifex Country
Sandra Black, 2024
Slipcast coloured porcelain, Pilbara soil clear glaze and photographic decals
13.4H x 10.4W x 17.8W cm
EXIOTA-CER108
$680
Millstream Chichester Park
Sandra Black, 2024
Slipcast coloured porcelain, Pilbara soil clear glaze and photographic decals
18H x 10W cm
EXIOTA-CER109
$500
Road to Millstream
Sandra Black, 2024
Slipcast coloured porcelain, Pilbara soil clear glaze and photographic decals
22.7H x 8W x 10L cm
EXIOTA-CER110
$620
Honeymoon Cove rocks
Sandra Black, 2024
Slipcast coloured porcelain, Pilbara soil clear glaze and photographic decals
13.3H x 6.3W x 10.7L cm
EXIOTA-CER111
$450
FORM Building a State of Creativity
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www.form.net.au
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FORM Gallery 4 Shenton Road Claremont WA 6010
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FORM is an independent, not-for-profit arts and cultural organisation based in Claremont and operating across Western Australia. Our mission is to be a leader in the development of a vibrant creative economy for the benefit and wellbeing of all Western Australian communities.
FORM’s vision is to be a major contributor in ensuring Western Australia is a vibrant, thriving, and connected participant in a global creative economy, and that our work is world-renowned for its ability to catalyse unique cultural expression, arising from our State’s healthy and prosperous communities. Our vision is realised through our values: creativity, excellence, integrity, community empowerment and collaboration.
Our unique programs include FORM Gallery & Café, Spinifex Hill Studio, FORM Creative Learning - Creative Schools and Scribblers, major Cultural Tourism projects such as Thomas Dambo’s Giants of Mandurah and the PUBLIC Silo Trail, plus Arts and Cultural Consultancy.
Spinifex Hill Studio stands on Kariyarra Country in South Hedland, in the remote Pilbara region of north west Western Australia. Founded in 2008 through a partnership between a small group of local artists and community members and nonprofit organisation FORM, today the Studio works with over 100 artists from many different language groups, presenting contemporary art which covers a breadth of styles. The Studio moved into its custom-built premises in South Hedland in 2014, and in July 2021 expanded to include the Spinifex Hill Project Space which presents a year-round program of events for the Hedland community.
Yinjaa-Barni Art is a collective of Aboriginal artists who predominantly belong to the Yindjibarndi language group, and whose ancestral homelands surround the Fortescue River and Millstream Tablelands in Western Australia’s remote Pilbara region. Based in nearby Roebourne , the Yinjaa-Barni artists create deeply personal works of collective memory, rendering the wildflowers, river systems and landforms of their Country onto canvas. The art centre is a not-for-profit Aboriginal Corporation governed by an Aboriginal board of directors and run by an executive manager. Yinjaa-barni is Yindjibarndi for ‘staying together’.
Woven Together and Mara Jinbi Ngurra was published by FORM Building a State of Creativity in May 2024, to accompany the exhibition of the same name at FORM Gallery.
Curated by FORM Senior Curator Andrew Nicholls with the participating artists.
© FORM 2024. All rights reserved.
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