7 FEBRuary - 22 March 2025
Spinifex Hill Studio and FORM acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians of Kariyarra Country and all those 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.
Front page: Tingarri, Walter Brown, 2024.
Acrylic on Canvas
Stories are for sharing for connecting with community , culture , language , important places , family.
Some stories are new some have been told , retold for generations. Stories are shared so they are not forgotten.
Spinifex Hill Studio artist share stories through their artwork. Through those works they connect to land , culture , family , memories of their own stories.
Some a journey , some a way to keep memories alive , many a form communication.
ARTISTS
Ruby Djikarra Alderton
Willarra Barker
Sydney Baumgarten
Gladys Kuru Bidu
Levina Biljabu
Pauline Bunwarrie
Walter Brown
Doreen Chapman
Maywokka Chapman
Rayne Crowe
Lorna Dawson
Zenith Gardiner
Gloria
Rekeshia Goodwin
Raylene Button
Maggie Green
Olive Joseph
Robert Joseph Kickett
Sally Mack
Mulyatingki (Muljadingi) Marney
Nyangulya Katie Nalgood
Maisie Ward Nungurrayi
Beryl Ponce
Naomi Robinson
Daisy Tinker
Lena Willalang
Tingarri - Walter Brown, Walter Brown 2024. Acrylic on Canvas 76 x 101.5cm 24-712
$2,394
Tingarri, Walter Brown, 2024.
Acrylic on Canvas 45 x 61cm 24-554
$847
Tingarri, Walter Brown, 2024.
Acrylic on Canvas 71 x 61cm 24-546
$1,344
Yathiny, Ruby Djikarra Alderton, 2024.
Acrylic on Canvas
30.5 x 51cm 23-699
$672
Yathiny (Jellyfish), Ruby Djikarra Alderton, 2024.
Acrylic on Canvas
30.5 x 30.5cm 23-723
$406
Yathiny, Ruby Djikarra Alderton, 2024.
Acrylic on Canvas
30.5 x 71cm 23-691
$924
Nyilangkurr, Levina Biljabu, 2024.
Acrylic on Canvas, 71 x 76 cm 24-755
$1,071
Nyilangkurr, Levina Biljabu, 2024.
Acrylic on Canvas, 76 x 76cm 24-754
$1,218
Untitled, Sydney Baumgarten, 2024.
Acrylic on Canvas, 30.5 x 30.5cm 24-871
$126
Three Emus, Sydney Baumgarten, 2024.
Acrylic on Canvas, 30.5 x 30.5cm 24-889
$126
Untitled, Rylene Button Gordon, 2024.
Acrylic on Canvas, 40.5 x 40.5cm 24-906
$217
Untitled, Rylene Button Gordon, 2024.
Acrylic on Canvas, 30.5 x 30.5cm 24-919
$126
$217
$217
Untitled, Rekeshia Goodwin, 2024.
Acrylic on Canvas, 40.5 x 40.5cm 24-823
Ancient fossils, Rekeshia Goodwin, 2024.
Acrylic on Canvas, 40.5 x 40.5cm 24-859
Untitled, Daisy Tinker, 2024.
Acrylic on Canvas, 30.5 x 30.5cm 24-783
$238
Untitled, Daisy Tinker, 2024.
Acrylic on Canvas, 30.5 x 30.5cm 24-838
$238
Untitled, Daisy Tinker, 2024.
Acrylic on Canvas, 30.5 x 30.5cm 24-873
$238
My Grandmothers Flowers (Everlastings), Olive Joseph, 2024.
Acrylic on Canvas, 76 x 152.5cm 24-388
$3,605
Untitled, Maisie Ward Nungurrayi, 2024.
Acrylic on Canvas, 56 x 56cm 24-683
$693
Untitled, Sally Mack, 2024. Acrylic on Canvas, 61 x 76cm 24-745
$658
Untitled, Sally Mack, 2024. Acrylic on Canvas, 30.5 x 30.5cm 24-800
$126
Gathering on country, Lorna Dawson, 2024.
Acrylic on Canvas, 76 x 35.5 cm 24-768
$910
South Hedland Water Tower, Lorna Dawson, 2024.
Acrylic on Canvas, 152.5 x 152.5 cm 24-337
$7,147
On country, Lorna Dawson, 2024.
Acrylic on Canvas, 51 x 76 cm 24-769
$1,365
Untitled , Gloria, 2020. Acrylic on Linen, 120 x 180 cm 20-396
$7,147.00
$329
$315
Warntili, Gladys Bidu, 2024.
Acrylic on Canvas, 40.5 x 40.5 cm 24-913
Untitled, Gladys Bidu, 2024.
Acrylic on Canvas, 35 x 45.5 cm 24-888
Acrylic on Canvas, 35.5 x 40.5 cm 24-915
$322
$420
Acrylic on Canvas, 30.5 x 30.5 cm 24-904
$238
Untitled, Zenith Gardiner, 2024.
Acrylic on Canvas, 40.5 x 40.5 cm 24-904
Bush Turkeys in the sunset, Zenith Gardiner, 2024.
Untitled, Zenith Gardiner, 2024.
Mudcrab, Rayne Crowe, 2024.
Acrylic on Canvas, 35.5 x 35.5cm 24-801
$322
$266
Jellyfish, Rayne Crowe, 2024.
Acrylic on Canvas, 30.5 x 30.5cm 24-817
$238
Untitled, Pauline Bunwarrie, 2024.
Acrylic on Canvas, 40.5 x 40.5cm 24-744
Grass Tree Country, Robert Joseph Kickett, 2024.
Acrylic on Canvas, 35.5 x 35.5 cm 24-855
$168
Grass Tree Country, Robert Joseph Kickett, 2024.
Acrylic on Canvas, 40.5 x 40.5 cm 24-852
$217
Grass Tree Country, Robert Joseph Kickett, 2024.
Acrylic on Canvas, 40.5 x 40.5 cm 24-929 $217
Grassy Country, Robert Joseph Kickett, 2024.
Acrylic on Canvas, 35.5 x 35.5 cm 24-917
$623
Above:
Untitled, Beryl Ponce, 2021. Acrylic on Canvas, 76 x 76 cm 21-910
$1,050
Top right:
Untitled, Beryl Ponce, 2022. Acrylic on Canvas, 45.5 x 71 cm 22-371
$616
Right:
Untitled, Beryl Ponce, 2022. Acrylic on Canvas, 45.5 x 76 cm 22-287
Jutupa - May Wokka (Mayiwalku) Chapman, Maywokka Chapman (Mayiwalku), 2021.
Acrylic on Linen, 120.5 x 181.5 cm 21-371
$7,700
$7,700
Left:
Untitled, Maywokka Chapman (Mayiwalku), 2021.
Acrylic on Linen, 182 x 121 cm 21-376
$7,700
Right:
Untitled, Maywokka Chapman (Mayiwalku), 2021.
Acrylic on Linen, 182 x 121 cm 21-377
Ngurra (Home Country, Camp) - May Wokka (Mayiwalku) Chapman, 2024.
Acrylic on Canvas, 51 x 91.5 cm 24-846
$1,729
$553
$553
Ngurra (Home Country, Camp) - May Wokka (Mayiwalku) Chapman, 2024.
Acrylic on Canvas, 40.5 x 40.5 cm 24-905
Ngurra (Home Country, Camp) - May Wokka (Mayiwalku) Chapman, 2024.
Acrylic on Canvas, 40.5 x 40.5 cm 24-912
Road train
Doreen Chapman
51 x 122 cm
Acrylic on Canvas, 24-598
$1,995
Ngurra (Home)
Doreen Chapman
40.5 x 40.5 cm
Acrylic on Canvas, 24-911
$483
Big ship
Doreen Chapman
40.5 x 40.5 cm
Acrylic on Canvas, 24-907
$483
Snake
Doreen Chapman
76 x 101.5 cm
Acrylic on Canvas, 24-527
$2,394
Echidna
Doreen Chapman
71 x 61 cm
Acrylic on Canvas, 24-545
$1,344
Water holes
Doreen Chapman
30.5 x 30.5 cm
Acrylic on Canvas, 24-891
$273
2022
35.5 x 40.5 cm
Mulyatingki
2022
30.5 x 51 cm
Acrylic on Canvas, 22-351
Ngurra (Home Country, Camp)
Mulyatingki (Muljadingi) Marney
Acrylic on Canvas, 22-203
$560
Ngurra (Home Country, Camp)
(Muljadingi) Marney
$672
Ngurra (Home Country, Camp)
Mulyatingki (Muljadingi) Marney
2022
35.5 x 45.5 cm
Acrylic on Canvas, 22-771
$539
Ngurra (Home Country, Camp)
Mulyatingki (Muljadingi) Marney
2022
40.5 x 76 cm
Acrylic on Canvas, 22-505
$1,414
45.5 x 76 cm 24-491
Nyangulya Katie Nalgood - Parrot
Nyangulya Katie Nalgood, 2024
Acrylic on Canvas
$2,303
Nyangulya Katie NalgoodDancing Brolga
Nyangulya Katie Nalgood, 2024
Acrylic on Canvas 61 x 76 cm 24-520
$3,059
Cockatoo Nyangulya Katie Nalgood, 2024
Acrylic on Canvas
30.5 x 51 cm 24-584
$924
Pigeon Nyangulya Katie Nalgood, 2024
Acrylic on Canvas
30.5 x 30.5 cm 24-826
$553
Kimberly Parrot Nyangulya Katie Nalgood, 2024
Acrylic on Canvas
30.5 x 30.5 cm 24-826
$553
Robin Nyangulya Katie Nalgood, 2024
Acrylic on Canvas
35.5 x 35.5 cm 24-861
$742
Zebra Finch Nyangulya Katie Nalgood, 2024
Acrylic on Canvas
30.5 x 30.5 cm 24-878
$553
$413
Untitled
Lena Willalang, 2024
Acrylic on Canvas 76 x 76 cm 24-713
$1,218
Untitled Lena Willalang, 2024
Acrylic on Canvas 35.5 x 56 cm 24-898
$203
$147
Butterflies
Willarra Barker, 2024.
Acrylic on Canvas, 30.5 x 40.5cm 24-860
Geckos hunting Willarra Barker, 2024.
Acrylic on Canvas, 30.5 x 30.5cm 24-874
$420
Untitled Naomi Robinson, 2024
Acrylic on Canvas
35.5 x 35.5 cm 24-867
$539
Untitled Maggie Green, 2024
Acrylic on Canvas
35.5 x 35.5 cm 24-853
455.5 x 76 cm 24-392
Untitled Maggie Green, 2024
Acrylic on Canvas
71 x 71 cm 24-649
$1,729
Untitled Maggie Green, 2024
Acrylic on Canvas
$1,309
FORM BUILDING A STATE OF CREATIVITY AND SPINIFEX HILL STUDIO
For nearly two decades, cultural organisation FORM Building a State of Creativity has worked to support the creative community of Western Australia’s remote Pilbara region. In 2008, realising there was no established support for Aboriginal artists living in the Hedland area, FORM started providing materials, art sessions and mentoring opportunities specifically so that local artists could paint together and develop their practices. This group of artists were the foundation of the collective that now paints at Spinifex Hill Studio, one of Australia’s most dynamic art centres, and the only Aboriginal art collective in the wider Hedland area.
In 2014, with the support of Principal Partner BHP, FORM established the Studio’s permanent home in South Hedland. This is essentially FORM’s base in the Pilbara, and the Studio’s Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal support and management personnel are part of the FORM team. From Monday to Friday the Studio opens to facilitate the practices of a core group of around twenty artists
daily, however around a hundred artists are associated with the Studio and will paint there when in town. With a focus on acrylic painting, artists are given professional support in the preparation, creation and documentation of artwork.
They are also given transport to and from the studio, lunch, and the opportunity to work with studio staff in refining their paintings for exhibitions, awards, markets and other professional opportunities.
Artists regularly participate in major national exhibitions and events, and are represented in national collections including the Art Gallery of South Australia, The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Curtin University, Flinders University Art Museum, the Janet Holmes à Court Collection, the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, and the Western Australian Museum.
The aim has been to make the Studio a safe, holistic and dynamic environment for artists, and it has grown into an important cultural and community place
for South Hedland and the wider Pilbara region. It is relatively unique in Australia as an urban-based art centre representing Aboriginal artists from numerous cultural backgrounds and language groups; there is no dominant ‘house style,’ rather the Studio supports an eclectic range of art practices in recognition of the diversity of Indigenous experience.
Many artists have been able to build esteem and pride through their art making, gain confidence to share stories in a culturally appropriate way, travel outside their home region to attend exhibitions and art fairs, and create new income streams for themselves and their families.
Most importantly, the Studio has supported the artists in articulating their culture to audiences around Australia and the world, helping build the reputation of the Pilbara as a dynamic cultural and artistic artmaking region.
Spinifex Hill Studio is an initiative of FORM Building a State of Creativity. The Studio is supported by its Principal Partner BHP, and by the Federal Government’s Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support (IVAIS) program. Spinifex Hill Project Space was constructed thanks to support from BHP, Major Supporter Lotterywest, and Project Supporter the Pilbara Development Commission through the Regional Economic Development (RED) Grant Program. FORM is supported by the Department for Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries Arts Organisation Investment program, and is assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia.
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