REVEALED EXHIBITION
Fremantle Arts Centre is situated at Walyalup on Whadjuk Nyoongar Boodjar. We acknowledge the Whadjuk people as the Traditional Owners and custodians of these lands and waterways and extend our respect to their Elders, past and present.
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REVEALED EXHIBITION
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INTRODUCTION
Revealed occupies a special place in the Western Australian arts scene, championing new and emerging First Nations artists from around the state. Since its inception in 2008 it has grown into an unmissable event on the arts calendar.
The 2024 Revealed exhibition features more than 150 artworks, with almost 70 artists representing 27 WA Aboriginal art centres, plus 12 independent artists. Forty-two artists are exhibiting for the first time, the highest number of emerging artists ever.
Each work shares unique narratives of connection to Country, culture and regional life, showcase a diversity of practice and mediums including painting, drawing, silk print, textiles, photography, animation, glass sculpture and linocut.
The exhibition is open to all Aboriginal artists living in WA and works are selected from a panel of industry experts. This year’s panel included Zali Morgan (Wilman, Ballardong and Whadjuk Noongar artist and AGWA Assistant Curator); Stephen Gilchrist (Yamatji writer, curator and Senior UWA Lecturer of Indigenous Studies); JD Penangke (Whadjuk, Ballardong and Eastern Arrente mural artist); and Michael Bonner (Yanyuwa and Jingili curator and researcher) and we thank them for their knowledge and care.
This year marks a turning point for Revealed, as Aboriginal Arts Hub of Western Australia’s leadership ushers in a new era of selfdetermination.
As an Aboriginal-led and governed body, AACHWA provides a genuine and deeply rooted perspective on the needs and aspirations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and communities, and is committed to art creation, cultural strength, best practice, and the wellbeing of Aboriginal artists.
For the past eight years Fremantle Arts Centre has been home to the annual exhibition and art market and we thank them for incredible support as Exhibition Partner in 2024.
On behalf of the Board and team at AACHWA I am delighted to welcome you to the 2024 Revealed Exhibition.
LYNETTE YU-MACKAY
EXHIBITING ARTISTS 2024
1 BIDYADANGA ARTISTS
Bidyadanga Community
Jonah Bennett
Margaret Everett Agnes Frank
2 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Nyoongar Boodjar | Perth & Fremantle
3 JULUWARLU ARTS GROUP
Ieramagadu | Roebourne
Aneisha Larry
4 KIRA KIRO ARTISTS
Kulumburu
Denise Oxtoby
Simone Oxtoby
5 KU’ARLU MANGGA (GOOD NEST)
Yamatji Country
Northampton & Kalbarri
Colleen Drage
Maureen Drage
Leanne Peck
6 LANGFORD ABORIGINAL ASSOCIATION
Noongar Boodjar | Perth
Art & Yarning and Moorditj
Yoka Women’s Group
7 MANGKAJA ARTS
Walmajarri Fitzroy
Crossing
Phyllis Waye
Roslyn Padoon
Delphine Brown
8 MARTUMILI ARTISTS
Nyiyaparli Country | Newman
Lynette Rowlands
Sharon Porter
Kennedy Finlay
9 MOWANJUM ARTS & CULTURAL CENTRE
Mowanjum Community
Leah Umbagai
Gabriella Barunga
Mildred Mungulu
Shontae Charles
Maitland Ngerdu
10 NAGULA JARNDU DESIGNS
Yawuru Country | Broome
Cecilia Tigan
Dena Gower
Mareeya Pigram
11 NINUKU ARTS
Kalka Community
APY Lands
Janice Miller
Selinda Davidson
Rita Watson
12 NOONGAR ARTS PROGRAM
Nyoongar Boodjar | Bunbury
Charlotte Ugle
13 PAPULANKUTJA ARTISTS
ABORIGINAL CORPORATION
Papulankutja Community |
Ngaanyatjarra Lands
Blackstone
Joy Nginana Lyons
Sharon Doolan
Angilyiya Mitchell
Marcia Mitchell
Delma Forbes
14 SPINIFEX ARTS PROJECT
Tjuntjuntjara Community
Veronica Jessica Brown
15 SPINIFEX HILL STUDIO
Kariyarra Country
South Hedland
Gideon Gardiner
16 TJARLIRLI ART INDIGENOUS CORPORATION
Tjukurla Community, Ngaanyatjarra Land
Topsy Farmer
17 TJARLIRLI & KALTUKATJARA
Tjukurla / Kalktukatjara Community, Ngaanyatjarra Lands
Daniel Burke
18 WARAKURNA ARTISTS
Ngaanyatjarra Lands
Yanyangkari Roma Butler
19 WARINGARRI
ABORIGINAL ARTS
Miriwoong Country
Kununurra
Richard Bloomer
20 WARLAYIRTI ARTISTS
Wirrimanu Community
Balgo
Maggie Nangagee
Hayley Mudgedell
Cindy Gibson
21 WARMUN ART CENTRE
Gija Country |
Warmun Community
Troy Drill
Nancy Daylight
Serena Pinday
22 WILURARRA CREATIVE
Warburton Community, Ngaanyatjarra Lands
Delvina Lara Lawson
Phillipa Butler
23 WIRNDA BARNA
ART CENTRE
Badimia Country
Mt Magnet Peta Curley
24 YAMAJI ART Yamatji Country | Geraldton
Leeann Kelly-Pederson
Roni Kerley
25 YARLIYIL ARTS
Halls Creek | East Kimberley
Deirdre Butters
26 YINJAA BARNI ART leramagadu | Roebourne
Justina Willis
Renee (Shereen) Wally
27 INDEPENDENT ARTISTS
Nyoongar Boodjar | Perth & Fremantle
Celeste Haji-Ali
Melissa Riley
Michael Banks
Renee Clifton
Chantelle Jackman
Robyn Jean
Jacinta Taylor
28 INDEPENDENT ARTISTS
Southwest Boojarah
Candy Riley
29 INDEPENDENT ARTISTS
Undalup | Busselton
Shannon Clohessy
30 INDEPENDENT ARTISTS
leramugadu | Roebourne
Jessica Allen
We acknowledge that the spelling and interpretation of Indigenous language can vary greatly from community to community.
This map shows where artists live and work. For cultural information please refer to the artwork labels through the exhibition.
ARDI'OL ARTS CENTRE
BIDYADANGA ARTIST
We are saltwater people. Our Ardi’ol Arts Centre strengthens and shares Bardi Culture from the Dampier Peninsula. Newly established by Bardi people living in Ardyaloon, the artists and their families are the traditional custodians of Ardi'ol Booroo and welcome all Bardi Jawi artists to share their unique art from our region.
Bidyadanga Artists are based in Bidyadanga Aboriginal Community (La Grange) on the Kimberley coast of Western Australia, 1590 km from the capital city of Perth and 180 km from Broome. The recognised traditional owners of the land are the Karajarri people. Bidyadanga is the largest remote Aboriginal community in Western Australia with a population of approximately 850 residents and is home to the Karajarri, Juwalinny, Mangala, Nyungamarta and Yulpartja language groups. Rich in history, art and culture and with a developing economy, Bidyadanga has many community facilities and infrastructure to support community's people. Bidyadanga Artists is a place where all five tribes can paint their stories. The word Bidyadanga comes from a word for "emu watering hole" (pijarta or bidyada).
We provide a one stop shop for Bardi Art, Culture, education and experiences; For us, by us. Ardi’ol is building a future, providing employment and maintaining a culture by sharing traditional storytelling, song, dance, authentic art and more.
ARTISTS
Jonah Bennett
Margaret Everett Agnes Frank
ARTISTS
Russell Davey
Ashley Hunter
JONAH BENNETT
BORN Derby
LIVES AND WORKS Bidyadanga
LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Martu, Wangka
I was born in Derby and grew up in Bidyadanga and then moved to Broome and did school there and then up to Darwin. I was doing a little bit of sketching and drawing landscapes then I picked up a paint brush and started painting. It all started again at Milly, I never painted since I finished school then I started painting for the art centre. What I do is a different style of painting but we are all painting one country. It is all around Wirnpa and all that area, my family's country.
MARGARET (COLLEEN)
EVERETTE
BORN Derby
LIVES AND WORKS Bidyadanga LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Mangala
I was born in Broome and grew up in Bidyadanga. I went to school a long long time ago. Then I went to Nulungu College in Broome. After that I went back to Bidyadanga. I have 8 kids; 2 boys have passed away. I have 7 grandkids, 1 in in Perth. I started painting in 2020. I paint the desert, bush flowers and the waterholes.
AGNES FRANK
BORN Broome
LIVES AND WORKS Bidyadanga LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Juwaliny
Agnes is from Juwaliny language group. She paints her Grandfather’s country, Wili. Agnes has been painting at Bidyadanga Arts Centre for many years.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
A selection of works that feature in the year’s Revealed Exhibition come from artists who are also prisoners, undertaking tertiary courses in contemporary art, facilitated through the Department of Justice and other tertiary education providers.
Creative practices within the prison system offer many positive benefits, from purely educational and recreational benefits, to expressing their identities, hopes, dreams and concerns. Art making is an important mode of cultural and creative expression, but also has benefits in the rehabilitation of incarcerated artists.
Participation in the creative process offers prisoners more than simple education and recreation. The production of artworks can be an important component in their rehabilitation as it allows them space for creativity and personal development. This can help prisoners to reframe their identity in positive ways.
Through participation in art programs, from informal activities, units in Certificate II Visual Arts and Tertiary studies prisoners can gain skills and positively express themselves and their culture. This contributes to structured and productive days for offenders in custody, and enhances opportunities for employment, progress, and a law-abiding lifestyle on release. Art classes are often a gateway for prisoners who have low literacy levels or limited educational engagement. Many prisoners are initially drawn to the art room and from there progress to other more formal learning. Participation in arts activities is the greatest opportunity for cultural participation in a prison context. It provides a link with culture, family, and country, as well as positive opportunities to express emotions, a sense of autonomy, belonging and creativity.
YAMATJI/NOONGAR ARTIST
LIVES AND WORKS Whadjuk
LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Yamatji/Noongar
I started in Fremantle Prison in the 80’s with a lot of great artists, whose work is still there. I have become one of the last of that era, who was taught the South West style of painting, known as the Carrolup Style. You must have your own style, that’s what every artist said in Fremantle Gaol. So I’ve developed my own style. I keep painting because I can, a life skill that once started gathers momentum that expands your whole viewpoint on all aspects of your own identity.
NGANATJARRA ARTIST
Started painting in 2002 when I was 20. Mum and Granny taught me how to use colours. I listened to their stories and got inspiration from them.
JULUWARLU ART GROUP IERAMAGADU |
Juluwarlu Art Group is a collective of Yindjibarndi artists who celebrate Yindjibarndi Country, culture and language through a diverse range of artistic practices. The collective is based in Ieramagadu (Roebourne), a town of approximately 900 people located in the remote North-Western Pilbara region, while the ancestral homeland of the artists, Yindjibarndi Country, surrounds the nearby Millstream Tablelands and Fortescue River. The art group is part of Juluwarlu Group Aboriginal Corporation (JGAC), an Aboriginal owned and governed organisation that is dedicated to preserving, recording and promoting the culture of Yindjibarndi people. JGAC’s work spans multiple platforms, and includes an archive that is nationally-recognised, broadcast media, language preservation, cultural mapping, documentary production, on-Country trips and art-making.
ANEISHA LARRY
BORN Ieramugadu | Roebourne
LIVES AND WORKS Ngurrawaana (Pilbara)
LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Yindjibarndi
I am a young Yindjibarndi woman, who grew up in Roebourne. I love going out on country, listening to my elders, and looking at my country. Law time is the best time where we go out on country to enjoy it. I recently started painting with the Juluwarlu Art Group and I enjoy it helps me connect more with my elders and learn more. I paint about the creation spirits and the elders long ago.
KIRA KIRO ARTISTS
Kira Kiro Artists is the community recognised art centre on the land of the Kwini people in Kalumburu, the northernmost community in Western Australia.
Art practice is grounded in the rock art tradition, particularly the Wandjina and Kira Kiro or Gwion Gwion figures. Artists paint with natural ochre pigments on canvas, papers and bark and are also skilled boab nut engravers. The art centre places an emphasis on supporting traditional skills such as bark harvesting and painting, the collection of local olmal (white ochre), the production of cultural artefacts and storytelling through contemporary works.
Kira Kiro Artists was established in 2009 with ongoing assistance and co-management by Waringarri Aboriginal Arts.
ARTISTS
DENISE OXTOBY
BORN Wyndham
LIVES AND WORKS Kalumburu
LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Wunambal
Denise was born in Wyndham, her mother Matilda Oxtoby is from the the Wunambal ‘Djanghara’ family. Her grandfather Basil Djanghara was born in Kanmanya near Derby had 14 children. In the old days he walked with his family and brother Waygen, walking from Derby across the Prince Regent river. With a few others of the Wunambal tribe from across towards Kalumburu, they went by canoe to Merret island which was the land of his mother. The families used to travel between Beegie and Merret island.
Grandfather Basil got married to Philipina Djanghara from the Walumbie tribe near Kalumburu. He was a stockman and his brother Waygen was an artist. Denise’s dad Steven John Oxtoby is a Canadian Indigenous man from Vancouver who traveled to Australia and met and married Matilda in Kununurra. Denise has lived in Kalumburu all her life. She has two young children, and has worked at the art centre for several years as an artist and also as an arts worker.
SIMONE OXTOBY
BORN Wyndham
LIVES AND WORKS Kalumburu
LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Wunambal
Simone was born in Wyndham, her mother Matilda Oxtoby is from the the Wunambal 'Djanghara' family. Her grandfather Basil Djanghara was born in Kanmanya near Derby had 14 children. In the old days he walked with his family and brother Waygen, walking from Derby across the Prince Regent river. With a few others of the Wunambal tribe from across towards Kalumburu, they went by canoe to Merret island which was the land of his mother. The families used to travel between Beegie and Merret island.
Grandfather Basil got married to Philipina Djanghara from the Walumbie tribe near Kalumburu. He was a stockman and his brother Waygen was an artist. Denise's dad Steven John Oxtoby is a Canadian Indigenous man from Vancouver who traveled to Australia and met and married Matilda in Kununurra. Simone has lived in Kalumburu all her life. She has 4 children, and has worked at the art centre for several years as an artist.
KU'ARLU MANGGA (GOOD NEST)
A small and innovative art centre on Yamatji country (Mooniemia | Northampton –Kalbarri), Ku’arlu Mangga is best known for intergenerational, community art projects, sharing Nhanda culture, such as Message Sticks and Kaju Yatka (Skywalk) public art installations
It has also launched a range of textiles, opened a gallery and invested in printmaking skills with a range of techniques.
Ku’arlu Mangga is Nhanda for “Good Nest”. Its projects reach beyond the Art Centre.
ARTISTS
Colleen Drage
Maureen Drage
Leanne Peck
COLLEEN DRAGE
BORN Mooniemia | Northampton
LIVES AND WORKS Mooniemia | Northampton LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Nhanda
Colleen grew up in Ajana, and on the Murchison River, then moved to Northampton for her high school education. Colleen spent her early married life in Northampton and Tardun, raising five children, and becoming involved in programs to help youth in Mullewa and the Midwest. Colleen has been Coordinator and now CEO of the Northampton Old School Community Initiative from its foundation, working for her community. Colleen is also an accomplished artist, telling stories of her upbringing on Murchison House Station through paintings, prints, textiles and public art installations.
MAURETTA DRAGE
BORN Jambinu | Geraldton
LIVES AND WORKS Mooniemia | Northampton and Nileribanjen | Broome LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Nhanda | Wadjarri
Mauretta is a proud Nhanda-Wadjarri woman working in a wide range of mixed media, celebrating family stories and cultural heritage. In collaboration with her mother Colleen Drage, son Kane Clifton and the broader community, Mauretta has taken part in innovative public art installations in metal and stone promoting positive cultural visibility in the region. Mauretta continues to find new ways to exhibit her artworks inspired by times spent with family along the Murchison River near Kalbarri.
LEANNE PECK
BORN Gwoonwardu | Carnarvon
LIVES AND WORKS Mooniemia | Northampton LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Nhanda
Honey Ant Nests, 2024
Relief print and watercolour on paper
36 x 45 cm
$370
REV24-131
40 x 49 cm
$470 framed
REV24-37
Leanne Peck is a foundation artist of the Ku’arlu Mangga. She grew up in Wiluna and often makes artwork about hunting and digging for honey ants in the bush as a young girl. Since 2015, Leanne has been developing her painting and printmaking practice with Ku’arlu Mangga while living in Mooniemia/Northampton.
Honey Ant Nests II 2024
Relief print and watercolour on paper
36 x 45 cm
$370
REV24-132
40 x 49 cm
$470 framed
REV24-38
LANGFORD ABORIGINAL ASSOCIATION
Langford Aboriginal Association Inc (LAA) is a not for profit, Aboriginal community-controlled organisation.
The establishment of LAA in 2000 was the vision of several local Noongar families. These families saw a gap in the services being provided to Aboriginal community members in Langford and the surrounding suburbs. It was identified that there was a need for a place to call their own, a meeting place and a welcoming environment to carry out activities identified by the community.
Currently, LAA delivers programs such as the Art and Yarning Group, Noongar Language (Beginners and Advanced), MyTime for Mums and Bubs, Moorditj Moort, Moorditj Yorga Womens Group, Moorditj Koorlungka Kaadadjiny program for school students, youth and parents, Indigenous Youth Connecting to Country program and a Men's Shed.
ART & YARNING AND MOORDITJ YOKA WOMEN’S GROUP (LANGFORD ABORIGINAL ASSOCIATION)
Langford Aboriginal Association Inc (LAA) is a not for profit, Aboriginal community-controlled organisation.
The establishment of LAA in 2000 was the vision of several local Noongar families. These families saw a gap in the services being provided to Aboriginal community members in Langford and the surrounding suburbs. It was identified that there was a need for a place to call their own, a meeting place and a welcoming environment to carry out activities identified by the community.
Currently, LAA delivers programs such as the Art and Yarning Group, Noongar Language, Moorditj Yoka (Solid Women’s) Group, My Time (Parent’s & Carers Group), Men’s Shed, Moorditj Moort (Strong Family) Outreach Service, Crime Prevention (Outreach), Moorditj Koorlangka Kaadadjiny (MKK), Koorlangka Boodja-k Kaadadjiny (KBK), Aboriginal Family Safety Project (AFSP), Family Safety Network (FSN), National Empowerment Project (NEP) and we also provide onsite outreach services such as Financial Counselling (Jacaranda) and diabetes (Moorditj Djena). Our programs are extensive and well attended.
MANGKAJA ARTS RESOURCE AGENCY
Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency is a vibrant Aboriginal owned Art Centre representing the five language groups of the Fitzroy Valley in the West Kimberley region. Mangkaja Artists are renowned for their uninhibited style, innovation and lively use of colour, painting images of Country that share stories of culture and identity.
ARTISTS
Phyllis Waye
Roslyn Padoon
Delphine Brown
PHYLLIS WAYE
BORN Jindalbe
LIVES AND WORKS Bayulu Community
LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Ngaanyatjarra
I paint my mother's and father's country as well as my grandfathers' and grandmothers' country from stories they have told me. I paint this country to bring back memories from when we were kids growing up in the desert. I paint this country and the waterholes where my people lived many years ago.
BORN Derby
LIVES AND WORKS Wangkatjungka Community LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Walmajarri
$1,300
REV24-45
I started to do painting in 2021 after I was making and selling beads for necklace. I got interested in painting and I can’t stop doing painting you know. My mum’s painting can continue and I like it. I’m really proud of myself for what I am doing with my mum’s work, I want to keep doing it.
DELPHINE BROWN
BORN Derby
LIVES AND WORKS Kurnangki Community LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Walmajarri
Delphine started painting at Mangkaja in 2022 after attending a painting workshop held by then Mangkaja Chairman, Mervyn Street. She paints her parent’s country using acrylic paint on canvas.
MARTUMILI ARTISTS
Martumili Artists was established by Martu people living in the Communities of Parnpajinya (Newman), Jigalong, Parnngurr, Punmu, Kunawarritji, Irrungadji and Warralong. The artists and their families are the traditional custodians of vast stretches of the Great Sandy, Little Sandy and Gibson Deserts as well as the Karlamilyi (Rudall River) area. Martumili draws on the strong influence of Aboriginal art history and artists practice across a range of styles and mediums.
ARTISTS
Lynette Rowlands
Sharon Porter
Kennedy Finlay
LYNETTE ROWLANDS
BORN Port Hedland
LIVES AND WORKS Parnngurr
LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Manyjilyjarra
Lynette was born in Port Hedland, grew up in Jigalong and moved to Parnngurr in 1994. Her parents are artists Thelma Judson and Peter Yanjimi Rowlands. “My mum and dad told me how to make paintings. I paint wantili and my Mother’s Country- Kurturarra. Long way from Punmu. I’ve been out there.”
Wantili (Warntili, Canning
Stock Route Well 25), 2023
Acrylic on canvas
61 x 46cm
$395
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Wantili (Warntili, Canning
Stock Route Well 25), 2023
Acrylic on canvas
61 x 46cm
$395
REV24-54
SHARON PORTER
BORN Alice Springs (Mparntwe)
LIVES AND WORKS Tjukurla
LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Ngaanyatjarra
I like to paint my grandmother’s Country around Kiwirrkurra. I was painting for a long time in Tjukurla. I like to paint with all the ladies, sitting around painting all together.
$1,615 REV24-48
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KENNEDY FINLAY
BORN Nullagine (Yirrangkaji)
LIVES AND WORKS Jigalong
LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Manyjilyjarra
Kennedy, born in Nullagine, moved to Marrina Downs Station with his parents. They later settled in Jigalong Mission, where Kennedy's father worked as a cattleman and rough rider. The mail truck transported Kennedy and other children to school in Jigalong. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, as station work dwindled, Kennedy's father purchased a wagon and two horses for dog trapping and fencing across various stations. Kennedy began painting in Nullagine, selling his first piece to a local nurse. He specializes in landscapes and Dingo dreaming stories from his father’s country near Kunawarritji. These ancestral stories, passed down from his father, inspire Kennedy to share his culture with the next generation, ensuring the preservation of their dreaming.
MOWANJUM ABORIGINAL ART AND CULTURE CENTRE
Mowanjum Aboriginal Art and Culture Centre represents the Wandjina-Unguud people of the Woddordda, Ngarinyin and Wunumbal language groups. They are united by their belief in the Wandjina as a sacred spiritual force and creators of their traditional lands. The centre hosts exhibitions and workshops, incorporates a commercial gallery and state of the art museum and holds the annual Mowanjum Festival celebrating Junba (traditional song and dance).
ARTISTS
Leah Umbagai
Gabriella Barunga
Mildred Mungulu
Shontae Charles
Maitland Ngerdu
LEAH UMBAGAI
BORN Derby
LIVES AND WORKS Mowanjum Community
LANGUAGE GROUP/PEOPLE Worrora
A Woddorddaa woman from the north-west Kimberley, Leah’s passion for art is influenced by her elders. Her work reflects relationships, clan, country, and passion for teaching and sharing. Working with youth, she encourages them to live on country and respect culture, language, and heritage.
“I dream when I am in my country. In my dreams my grandfather and grandmother give me songs and dances. I believe the spirits show you things through dreams. I often paint what I dream.”
In addition to her art practice, Leah is a respected senior cultural advisor for the Dambimangari Aboriginal Corporation and contributed extensively to the development and content of the Mowanjum Museum at the Art and Cultural Centre. Having worked in acrylic and ochres for many years Leah is now exploring etching as part of her practice.
GABRIELLA BARUNGA
LIVES AND WORKS Mowanjum Community
LANGUAGE GROUP/PEOPLE Ngarinyin
Gabriella commenced her career as an artist in 1999 at Mowanjum Art and Culture Centre “Painting is my work and my way of telling a story.”
Gabriella is a Ngarinyin woman and paints the Wandjina from the Wanalirri mob. She grew up with her parents Biddy Ambi and Raphael Dolbyin at Bungarun, the leprosarium 10km’s out of Derby. Jack and Biddy Dale also cared for her. Gabriella recounts, “used to take us bush in the holidays. We went fishing and hunting kangaroos, snakes, turtles, and crocodiles.”
Gabriella says she paints, “to keep the culture going, keep it strong, keep it going for the children and grandchildren.”
MILDRED MINGGI MUNGULU
BORN Derby
LIVES AND WORKS Mowanjum Community
LANGUAGE GROUP/PEOPLE Worrora / Wunambal
Mildred was born at Derby in the old Native Hospital (Numbala Nunga) and spent her 22 years at Mowanjum (“old site”) on the Derby Highway. This was where Mildred watched her father Alan Mungulu (dec.) make didgeridoos and boomerangs at home. “When I was there I would see him do them.” It was being near the traditional crafting of these objects that created a connection to the traditional culture which assisted Mildred’s own craft as a painter. In 1979 the community was moved to a new site on the Gibb River Road and this is where Mildred now resides. Mildred started her career as an exhibiting artist in 1998 and belongs to one of the most established traditional families in Mowanjum. Mildred has exhibited in Sydney, Perth, Derby, Broome and Woodford, Queensland.
SHONTAE CHARLES
BORN Derby
LIVES AND WORKS Mowanjum Community LANGUAGE GROUP/PEOPLE Worrora
Shontae Charles was born in Derby in the West Kimberley of Western Australia. She is a young Woddordda and Nykina woman who was grownup by elder and lawman Donny Yorna’ Woolagoodja and Mildred Mungulu, both renowned artists. Her childhood was rich with stories and culture and learning about Country and watching her extended family painting. Shontae paints the traditional Wandjina stories learnt in her childhood but fills her work with a youthful boldness and simplicity.
MAITLAND NGERDU
BORN Derby
LIVES AND WORKS Mowanjum Community
LANGUAGE GROUP/PEOPLE Ngarinyin
Maitland Ngerdu is a Woddorddaa Man from his mother, Maxine Ngerdu’s side, and his father Percy Fletcher is from Halls Creek. Maitland works parttime as a Digital Collections Officer at Mowanjum Art & Culture Centre. He has an extensive knowledge of the photographic collections and is working to digitise collections for access by community members. He is a valuable community liaison and is developing new skills in computer literacy, collection management, and cultural maintenance. As an emerging artist Maitland portrays a strong connection to his country, traditions, and culture through his work.
NAGULA JARNDU DESIGNS
Nagula Jarndu (Saltwater woman) is an Indigenous governed and directed not-for-profit organisation that has been running for over 30 years. It is a culturally safe space for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women to come together to create contemporary art, textiles and products inspired by liyan (feeling) and imagery from Country and Dreaming. It enables women to earn income from art whilst maintaining a connection to culture and sharing this knowledge with a wider audience. The workshop space has a strong focus on handprinted textiles and paper prints.
ARTISTS
Cecilia Tigan
Dena Gower
Mareeya Pigram
CECILIA TIGAN
BORN Broome
LIVES AND WORKS Rubibi | Broome
LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Mayala
Cecilia was born on Yawuru country (Broome) and grew up on Mayala country on the Dampier Peninsula, WA. Cecilia loves to spend time on her sea country, fishing and hunting for sea food such as turtle, dugong, crabs, oysters and other shellfish. Cecilia has just started her journey as an artist at Nagula Jarndu. In the last year she has spent with us Cecilia has created a large portfolio of work, particularly block printed images as well as creating 3 new screenprinted designs. Her work resonates well with people and she continues to sell out of her prints soon after they are created.
Stretched screenprint on fabric
103 x 93cm
$400
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Screenprint on fabric
8m length
$110 per metre
REV24-70
8m length
$110 per metre
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DENA GOWER
BORN Boorloo | Perth
LIVES AND WORKS Rubibi | Broome
LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Noongar
Dena was born on Balladong and Wadjuk Country and grew up on Wilman Country in Narrogin. Here she spent time learning from her elders, teaching herself how to paint with acrylics on canvas. Dena married into Yawuru family and moved to Rubibi, Broome with her family in 2022 and joined Nagula Jarndu to continue her art practice. She has quickly created a portfolio of carved ‘blocks’ to print from and is continuously producing new imagery to create her prints. Dena’s printing style is very loose and joyous and her work speaks to her happy disposition and the generous spirit she brings to the art centre each day. She tells stories about important aspects of her time growing up on Noongar Wadjuk in Narrogin. She is particulalry drawn to the animals and plants from her country and the spiritual connections between all living forms.
MAREEYA PIGRAM
BORN Rubibi | Broome
LIVES AND WORKS Rubibi | Broome
LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Yawuru
Mareeya, raised in Rubibi/Broome on Yawuru land, joined Nagula Jarndu in 2023, igniting her passion for art design. Now a part-time artsworker there, she explores printmaking techniques on her days off. Drawing from her upbringing on country, Mareeya's work reflects Yawuru seasons, particularly focusing on Laja (October-November) and Man-gala (DecemberMarch). She cherishes her Yawuru heritage, learning from elders and infusing their wisdom into her designs. Mareeya's blockprinted portfolio showcases intricate details, defining her unique style.
"I am very happy to be connecting more closely with my Yawuru heritage through my art, reaching out to older family members who are teaching me and inspiring the content of my designs."
NINUKU ARTS
Ninuku Arts is the most remote of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY Lands) art centres, located on the tri-state border of Western Australia, South Australia, and Northern Territory but its artists share ties that go across and beyond these modern borders. Ninuku Arts has grown in strength over the decades through the tenacious work of several families who remain living and working between Kalka and Pipalyatjara, the sister Communities that share Ninuku Arts. This makes it a very close-knit Community, full of energy, humour, and distinctive artists who each have their own way of telling the Tjukurpa (Dreaming) of their lands in paint.
ARTISTS
Janice Miller
Selinda Davidson
Rita Watson
JANICE MILLER
BORN Mpartwe | Alice Springs
LIVES AND WORKS Pipalyatjara | Kalka LANGUAGE GROUP/PEOPLE Pitjantjatjarra
Janice Miller was born in Alice Springs in 1979 and is Ninuku Arts founding director Mollly Miller’s fourth child. She grew up in Pipalyatjara, South Australia and worked for Bangala in the CDP program. She has twins and one young boy and now lives in Kalka with her family. Janice is an emerging artist, regularly coming to the art centre to paint alongside her sister Judy Nyalpinkga Miller and mother Molly. Janice paints designs and iconography associated with the Seven Sisters, Wati Ngintaka, Minyma Tjukurpa and bush tucker stories.
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SELINDA DAVIDSON
BORN Mpartwe | Alice Springs
LIVES AND WORKS Pipalyatjara | Kalka
LANGUAGE GROUP/PEOPLE Pitjantjatjarra
Selinda was born in October 1994 in Alice Springs where she went to primary school. As a teenager she moved to Irruntyju and then Pipalyatjara. After Selinda finished school, she became a member of Ninuku Arts Centre painting regularly as well as serving as an arts worker. Selinda enjoys making design (walka) inspired traditional mark making and tjukurpa. Selinda worked alongside her grandparents Jimmy Donegan and Molly Miller at Ninuku Arts and has learnt from them how to paint tjukurpa and translate story into her design. Her family’s country is in Warburton, WA and she speaks both Pitjantjatjara and English.
RITA WATSON
BORN Warburton
LIVES AND WORKS Kalka
LANGUAGE GROUP/PEOPLE Pitjantjatjarra
Rita Watson was born in 1964 in Warburton, a remote community in Western Australia. She is the daughter of renowned Irrunytju artist, Tjuruparu Watson. During her younger years, she spent a lot of time traveling across the NPY Lands, particularly between Irrunytju and Amata. Today she lives in Kalka with her husband. Rita has developed a unique interpretation of minyma kutjera (women’s story) which is still sung and danced in Irlupa, her father’s country. Her symbols, representing women, trees, waterholes, and the resonance of song, have an iconic feel.
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NOONGAR ARTS PROGRAM BRAG
This program is facilitated at the Bunbury Regional Art Gallery on Wardandi land. The Noongar people come from the South West corner of Western Australia; with boundaries that go as far north as Geraldton and continue through to Esperance in the south, taking in coastal plains, wet lands, lakes and rivers, hills, and mountain ranges through to inland rocky outcrops.
The program is funded Federally through the City of Bunbury by Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support.
The Noongar Arts Program works with Aboriginal Artists living on Wardandi Country. The artists have developed their practice over an extensive exploration of mediums, including silk, natural dyes, acrylic and water colour painting, ceramic, and glass works. All celebrating personal expression, living Culture and Artistic voice from this beautiful region.
CHARLOTTE UGLE
BORN Katanning | Wagyl Kaip
LIVES AND WORKS Goomburrup | Bunbury LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Wardandi Noongar
Charlotte Ugle has been participating in the Noongar Arts Program for the past two years at Bunbury Regional Art Gallery, in this time Charlotte has enjoyed her time working with woman and exploring the art techniques of painting, silks and natural dyeing. More recently, Charlote has ventured into acrylic pours and finding an element of this to bring to the foreground. A process she really enjoys.
PAPULANKUTJA ARTISTS
Papulankutja Artists was officially established in 2003 to support Ngaanyatjarra and other Anangu artists from Papulankutja and Mantamaru Communities in their cultural and creative expressions. Papulankutja sits beneath the Blackstone ranges, the same ranges that the magical ancestral beings, Wati Kutjarra (Two Goanna Men) travelled around, transforming into lizards along the way. Papulankutja's name is a direct translation from this story – 'to stare without recognising each other'. As the goanna men reached the end of the ranges, they had forgotten what the other looked like.
ARTISTS
Angilyiya Mitchell
Delma Forbes
Joy Nginana Lyons
Marcia Mitchell
Sharon Doolan
BORN Tjuntjuntjara
LIVES AND WORKS Blackstone, Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku
LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Pitjantjatjara
Kungkarrangkalpa (Seven Sisters), 2024
Acrylic on cotton canvas
101 x 152cm
$2,400
REV24-84
Angilyiya, born near Blackstone Ranges in Emu Country, holds significant traditional knowledge as a strong Law woman. She's the senior caretaker of women's dreaming places linked to the Seven Sisters story. Since her first painting in 1994, she's been active in various artistic endeavors like limited edition prints, wood carving for punu and wira, and bush medicine making. Passionate about teaching language, culture, and heritage, she's sought after by local Land Management teams for her expertise in ethnobotany and Tjukurrpa stories. Angilyiya's involvement extends to NPY Women’s Council and Tjanpi Desert Weavers, where she creates sculptural objects. Notably, she contributed to major projects like the grass Toyota that won the 2005 NATSIA Award and a tjanpi female sculptural figure for the Seven Sisters Songline exhibition at the National Museum of Australia in 2017-2018.
DELMA FORBES
BORN WarburtonLIVES AND WORKS Blackstone, Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku
LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Ngaanyatjarra
Delma now lives in Watinuma with her family, husband and a boy and girl. Married in 1993 is when she moved to be with her husband. She works for Kaltjiti Art Centre in Fregon as an arts worker and has been there for over six years. Born in Warburton and moving to Blackstone with the Forbes family when she was three. They lived with no water in a Whiltja, walking to Yankal to get water daily. They had two dogs Rebel and Cindy who went everywhere with them. Delma’s oldest sister was away working in Hounslow, and would send clothes and money to help the family. She also sent Rebel and Cindy the dogs. Delma paints the Wati Kutjara story of the two brothers travelling and coming back home.
JOY NGINANA LYONS
BORN Pipalytjara
LIVES AND WORKS Blackstone, Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku
LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Ngaanyatjarra
Joy, an emerging artist with Papulankutja Artists, debuted at Revealed 2022 in Fremantle Art Centre. Dedicated to visually sharing her family's Tjukurrpa (Dreamtime), Joy's humble approach shines through her work. In April 2022, she became a Telstra NATSIAA finalist, garnering further recognition for her paintings. Her upbringing involved extensive travel through Ngaanyatjara, Anangu Pitjantjatjarra, Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands, learning heritage, law, and culture from her mother, Edith Lyons, a respected painter. Today, Joy resides in Blackstone with her daughter Milliane, cherishing bush outings and exploring her ancestral land as a ranger.
MARCIA MITCHELL
BORN Kalgoorlie
LIVES AND WORKS Blackstone, Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku
LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Ngaanyatjarra
Marcia, daughter of Anawari Inpiti Mitchell and Winston Mitchell, prominent figures in Papulankutja, was encouraged by her artist parents to start painting in 2009 at the newly built art center in Blackstone. Immersed in an artistic environment, she developed her unique style intuitively. Alongside painting, Marcia participated in soap making projects at the art center and engaged in community activities such as NPY Women’s Council and Law & Culture Camps. Active with NG Media since 2002, she supports cultural initiatives throughout the Ngaanyatjara Lands. Despite her involvement in various community roles and raising three children, Marcia occasionally finds time to paint, often inspired by the work of her late uncle Tommy Mitchell, particularly his depiction of the Walu Tjukurrpa.
SHARON DOOLAN
BORN Mpartwe | Alice Springs
LIVES AND WORKS Blackstone, Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku
LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Pitjantjatjara
Sharon, a young artist from Papulankutja Artists in Blackstone near the Gibson Desert, portrays her grandfather's country, Aputula, in her work. Fluent in both Pitjantjatjara and English, she was born in Alice Springs in 1981 and raised in Aputula. Sharon took a small plane over Apatula and saw the rivers and salt lakes from up high. Since this flight, Sharon has experimented with the shape and features of the surface of Aputula, through detailed, topographical paintings by memory. Alongside her decade-long painting career, Sharon contributes to the Blackstone Home and Community Care (HACC) program, assisting in the kitchen and delivering meals to elderly community members, reflecting her commitment to both art and community service.
$3,000
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Acrylic on cotton canvas
92 x 122cm
$2,700
REV24-85
SPINIFEX ARTS PROJECT
The Spinifex Arts Project is a vibrant Indigenousowned and managed not for profit arts project located in the traditional lands of the Pila Nguru (Spinifex People), in the Great Victoria Desert region of Western Australia. It was established in 1997 to help document the Country within the Spinifex Native Title claim area. Pila Nguru translates as ‘people from the area between the sand hills’. Their 'common' name comes from the abundance of spinifex bushes, which are a feature of this desert region.
The Spinifex Arts Project primarily produces collectable fine art that is exhibited through wellknown galleries. Their works are revered for their integrity and creativity and are held in major private collections and institutions globally.
ARTISTS
VERONICA JESSICA BROWN
BORN Karlkurla/Kalgoorlie
LIVES AND WORKS Tjuntjuntjara Community LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Pitjantjatjara
Veronica is a new director at Spinifex Arts Project and a key emerging artist. She is part of a new generation of artists, having watched her grandmothers paint in Ilkurlka when the Spinifex Arts Project was first formed
SPINIFEX HILL STUDIO
FORM Building a State of Creativity’s Spinifex Hill Studio stands on Kariyarra Country in South Hedland, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The studio works with artists from many different language groups, presenting contemporary art which covers a breadth of styles. Artists who paint at Spinifex Hill Studio produce critically acclaimed and highly collectable works. Among them are finalists and winners of major art awards, with artists featuring in exhibitions locally, nationally, and internationally. The Studio’s project space is a place for the community and visitors to connect with the Pilbara’s dynamic creative practice, and to further the preservation and sharing of Aboriginal culture, heritage, and identity.
GIDEON GARDINER
BORN
LIVES AND WORKS South Headland
LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Walmajarri
I come from Looma. My dad was Nyaparu Billy Gardiner, and my mum is Katie (Nalgood). My brother is Zenith (Gardiner), my sister is Crystal and Sheila, my other brother is Jason, and my other brother is Lenny. I came to Spinifex Hill Studio and started watching Dad doing his painting of his life. That inspired me to share my stories and my life. I’m still going on a journey through life. I like to draw all my memories on paper and canvas, as well as my experience of hunting, lore, initiation, and stuff like that, out in the Kimberley, on Country.
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TJARLIRLI ART INDIGENOUS CORPORATION
Tjarlirli Art represents the artists of Tjukurla in Western Australia and Kaltukatjara in the Northern Territory. Tjarlirli Art’s core business is the preservation, maintenance and promotion of the artwork of the Ngaanyatjarra and Pitjantjatjara people by nurturing the development of artistic practice, exploring new mediums and innovative opportunities for creative expression.
TOPSY FARMER
BORN Utju/ AreyongaLIVES AND WORKS Tjukurla
LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Pitjantjatjara, Ngaanyatjarra, Alawa
Topsy Farmer is a Pitjantjatjara artist. Born in Utju (Areyonga), she married Mr T. Farmer, and moved to Tjukurla where the family was instrumental in converting the outstation into a standalone community. Later, they lived in Yulara where her husband worked as a police officer. Topsy has lived in Alice Springs for many years while her husband received dialysis treatment, however when he sadly passed away she returned to live closer to her children and grandchildren. Topsy’s style is bright, joyful and unrestrained; she combines motifs of flowers with organic patchworks of coloured dotting.
TJARLIRLI & KALTUKATJARA
Tjarlirli & Kaltukatjara Art are two community owned Aboriginal art centres. We’re linked by our families and a drive to keep stories, culture and history alive. This is where we paint, share stories, maintain our culture and connect to Country.
Tjarlirli Art was established in 2006 in Tjukurla, initially operated as a single art centre, supporting artists who relocated to Kaltukatjara for aged care. These artists participated in painting workshops at the aged care facility.
Tjarlirli Art took charge of managing Kaltukatjara Art when it opened in 2016. This partnership between the two art centres has been crucial to our sustainability and success. Together, Tjarlirli and Kaltukatjara Art now represents around 100 Ngaanyatjarra and Pitjantjatjara artists.
Our strength lies in the deep connection between our two communities and art centers. We take immense pride in working together to preserve and celebrate our rich cultural heritage.
ARTISTS
DANIEL BURKE
BORN Mpartwe | Alice Springs
LIVES AND WORKS Tjukurla/Kaltukatjara
LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Pitjantjatjara
Daniel is a young artist whose family have been painting with Tjarlirli Art for many years. He has ties to Kaltukatjara and Tjukurla communities. Daniel is part of an exciting new generation of artists incorporating digital mediums and contemporary culture into his work. He creates drawings and animations via ProCreate, borrowing stylistic elements from anime, comics and pop culture. He also creates vibrant canvas works in this unique “animated” style, drawing ideas from both traditional Anangu life and from the present day. Daniel is an arts worker in training and also enjoys taking and editing the catalogue photos, and stretching large canvases.
WARAKURNA ARTISTS
Warakurna is a remote community situated on the Great Central Road in the Ngaanyatjarra Lands of Western Australia. The Art Centre is fully owned and governed by Aboriginal people and provides services to artists living in and visiting Warakurna, and the neighbouring Communities of Wanarn through the Painting Therapy Program run once a week out of Wanarn Aged Care, and an outreach painting program to the Kayili Artists of Patjarr. Warakurna has a long history of artistic expression. Warakurna Artists is an energetic and dynamic space, where artists within the Community paint and share Tjukurrpa and contemporary stories
ARTISTS
YANYANGKARI ROMA BUTLER
LIVES AND
LANGUAGE
Roma spent her early years at Ernabella mission in South Australia and then travelled by camel to Warburton in Western Australia, where she went to school. Irrunytju is her grandfather’s brother’s country.
WARINGARRI ABORIGINAL ARTS
Waringarri Aboriginal Arts was established in the early 1980s by senior cultural leaders of the East Kimberley as a place of art and culture that would also support economic aspirations for artists and their community. Situated in the heart of Miriwoong Country, the Art Centre is owned and operated by the Miriwoong Community. it is the first Indigenous owned Art Centre established in Western Australia and one of the oldest continuously operating Art Centres in Australia.
RICHARD BLOOMER
BORN Darwin
LIVES AND WORKS Kununurra/Goonoonoorrang
LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Ngarinyman
Richard Bloomer was born in Darwin and lives in Kununurra. He began working at Waringarri Aboriginal Arts as a studio support worker in 2011. Since then he has increased his responsibilities to become the freight and work studio manager. Richard is an accomplished woodcarver, has produced wood block prints and is a key artist representing the traditional Kimberley practice of boab engraving. He has been a key artist in several Waringarri Aboriginal Arts’ collaborative art commissions.
$600
REV24-103
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$600
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WARLAYIRTI ARTISTS
Situated in the South East Kimberley, on the edge of the Great Sandy and Tanami Deserts, Warlayirti Artists (est. 1987) represents artists from the three communities in the Kutjungka region –Kururrungka (Billiluna), Mulan and Wirramanu (Balgo). There are eight different language groups – Kukatja, Ngardi, Djaru, Warlpiri, Walmajarri, Wangkajunga, Pintupi and Manyjiljarra – each with their own history and stories to tell. For this multicultural and diverse artistic group, art is part of everyday life and cultural continuity.
ARTISTS
MAGGIE NANGAGEE
BORN Wirrimanu
LIVES AND WORKS Wirrimanu
LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Kukatju
Maggie has depicted the country and its bush foods and flowers around Nyinmi, Kunawarritji and Kiwirrkurra.
Nyinmi, Kunawarritji and Kiwirrkurra, 2024
Acrylic on Canvas
122 x 76cm
$1,550
REV24-105
HAYLEY MUDGEDELL
BORN Wirrimanu
LIVES AND WORKS Wirrimanu
LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Kukatju
Hayley is a young emerging artist who paints the story of Ininti from her grandmother; Mati Mudgedell, who was a respected Warlayirti Artist. Ininti is a seed found across the Western Desert, it comes in array of red, orange and yellow hues. The seed is pierced with a hot wire and threaded to use as jewelry for ceremony. Hayley has lived in Balgo her whole life, she has recently taken up painting, inspired by her large painting family. Her father Brian Mudgedell, and aunties Marie & Patsy Mudgedell are all esteemed Warlayirti artists. On her mother’s side, she is the great-granddaughter of reknowned Kathleen Paddoon (dec). Hayley has two daughters.
CINDY GIBSON
LIVES AND WORKS Wirrimanu
LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Kukatju
Cindy is our youngest artist at Warlayirti Artists. With bold strokes and experimental colours she paints her grandmother’s country near Yagga Yagga. Recently, Cindy has also begun to step into an arts worker role; learning different skills to keep the arts centre running.
WARMUN ART CENTRE
Warmun Art Centre is located in a small community of the same name in the Kimberley region of Northern Western Australia. Warmun is owned and governed by the Gija people. The Centre was established in 1998 by the late founding members of the contemporary painting movement in Warmun, such as Rover Thomas, Queenie McKenzie, Madigan Thomas and Hector Jandany, so they could support, maintain and promote Gija art, language and culture.
ARTISTS
Troy Drill
Nancy Daylight
Serena Pinday
TROY DRILL
Troy was born Wyndham in 1981. His mother is Shirley Drill and his father is Chocolate Thomas, Goody Barette. Troy grew up in Chinaman Gardens with his grandparents Simon Drill and Paddy Springvale. Later on in life he moved to Purnunlulu, where he was taken under the wings of his grandfather Raymond Wallaby (whom he refers to as the Big Boss). He moved to Warmun when he was 20 years old and is married and is father to 4 beautiful children.
$600
REV24-114
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100
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BORN Warmun
LIVES AND WORKS Warmun/ Turkey Creek, East Kimberley
LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Gija
Nancy Daylight comes from a large family of painters. Her grandmother is Betty Carrington and her late grandfather was Hector Jandany, both esteemed Warmun painters. Nancy’s sister Lorraine Daylight is a wellknown Warmun painter. Nancy paints country on Texas Downs Station, where her grandmother Winnie Budbarria is from. She also paints country near the Bungle Bungles, south of Warmun Community. Nancy is currently working at the Warmun Art Centre.
SERENA PINDAY
BORN Warmun
LIVES AND WORKS Warmun/ Turkey Creek, East Kimberley LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Gija
I just started painting at the Warmun Art Centre. I have lived in Warmun since I was a baby. The reason why I really wanted to paint, because my Great Grandmother and my Grandmother shared their story with me and I want to continue their story with my children. I paint about Gija Womens skin group names, the Catholic way, Generations to Generations, making birds out of a boab nut, bush medicines, bush tucker, massacre and the most important thing I paint about my Great Grandmother, Grandmother and my Great Grandfather country and stories.
Serena’s grandmother is Shirley Purdie and her great grandmother is Madigan Thomas. Her mother is Helen Pinday.
WILURARRA CREATIVE
Wilurarra Creative is a one-of-a-kind program. It facilitates a diverse range of creative programs and provides space for self directed learning for Ngaanyatjarra people aged 17-30.
Part arts space, part library, part internet café, part hair salon, part music studio, part workshop: All creativity, all community. Wilurarra Creative is bursting at the seams; full of people, ideas and action.
Wilurarra Creative is a community hub and incubator. It provides activities for the large demand from post school age adults in remote communities. Wilurarra Creative is excelling where many projects struggle; consistently engaging people in meaningful projects and providing real pathways to new opportunities through community building, learning, mentoring and employment.
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DELVINA LARA LAWSON
BORN Karlkurla | Kalgoorlie
LIVES AND WORKS Mirlirrtjarra Community (Warburton)
LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Ngaanyatjarra
I am a Ngaanyatjarra woman and I have been an artist at Wilurarra Creative for 20 years. I like making artworks from photos that I have taken and creating digital collages. I like to take photos of my country, show how beautiful the flowers and colors are put them into a design, collage using the computers.
PHILLIPA BUTLER
BORN Mirlirrtjarra
LIVES AND WORKS Mirlirrtjarra Community (Warburton) LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Ngaanyatjarra
I am an Ngaanyatjarra artist. I like to make artwork about my home and families using photos and the computer, I turn them into collage with my drawings. I work with Wilurarra Creative’s mentors, they show me how to use the design programs to make my artworks.
Digital print on aluminium
90 x 60cm
$1,430
REV24-119
Digital print on aluminium
90 x 60cm
$1,430
REV24-120
WIRNDA BARNA ART CENTRE
The Wirnda Barna Art Centre is located in Mount Magnet and managed by the Badimia Land Aboriginal Corporation. The Wirnda Barna Art Centre supports and represents Aboriginal Artists from Badimia and Wajarri Country based in Mount Magnet and Yalgoo. Wirnda Barna offers a creative environment in which artists can meet and work together to share skills and knowledge, connect with their language and culture and generate income through the sale of their visual art.
ARTISTS
Peta Curley
PETA CURLEY
BORN Waljarra | Meekatharra
LIVES AND WORKS Badimia Country | Mount Magnet
LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Wajarri
I was born in Meekatharra and went to school in Mount Magnet I am new to painting, I paints on ceramics and canvas, and loves to paint butterflies.
YAMAJI ART
Yamaji Art is an emerging Aboriginal Art Centre in Western Australia. The centre provides professional services for artists with a focus on sustaining cultural maintenance and arts practice in a variety of mediums including painting, textiles, weaving, print-making, design and performance.
Yamaji Art represents artists from more than five broad cultural groups from the region: Amangu, Nhanagardi, Naaguja, Badimaya, Wajarri, Wilunyu and as a contemporary urban based Art Centre, represents others currently residing in Geraldton or the region, including Nyoongar, Yinggarda and Ngaanyatjarra artists.
ARTISTS
Leeann Kelly-Pederson Roni Kerley
LEEANN KELLY-PEDERSEN
LIVES AND WORKS Jambinu | Geraldton
LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Nhanda, Wajarri
Leeann, currently an Aboriginal mental health worker, previously served as a senior language worker at Bundiyarra Irra Wangga Language Centre. Born in Carnarvon, she grew up between Carnarvon and Mullewa, nurturing her passion for art from an early age. In 2003, she excelled in a TAFE Course in Geraldton, winning Student of the Year for completing Cert III in Visual Arts and Technology. Leeann's diverse artistic talents span jewellery making, ceramics, drawing, and painting. Her artworks, showcased in exhibitions and private sales, reflect her cultural heritage. She's illustrated books, designed posters in multiple languages, and created resources for kindergarten children in the Wajarri Language. Additionally, Leeann has contributed her artistic skills to designing Animal Door designs for Beachlands Primary School in Geraldton.
RONI KERLEY
BORN Wyndham
LIVES AND WORKS Jambinu | Geraldton
LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Noongar
Roni Kerley, a Menang Nduja Noongar woman residing in Geraldton, draws inspiration from her creative family and diverse upbringing. Born in Wyndham and raised mainly in Port Hedland before settling in Geraldton as a teenager, Roni's artistic journey began with poetry in her teens and later expanded to painting while raising her children. Favoring 3D mediums like weaving, installations, and street art, she channels her love for family, culture, and Aboriginal issues into her work. Despite previous full-time government roles and family commitments, Roni now dedicates more time to her artistic passion. Her artworks have been featured in exhibitions such as The 1947 Referendum and Stories in Stitches, and she's been selected twice for the Revealed Emerging Artist exhibition. Currently, Roni creates acrylic on canvas pieces from the comfort of her home.
YARLIYIL ARTS HALLS CREEK
Yarliyil Arts is based in Halls Creek and is an Aboriginal-owned enterprise and has more than 100 artist members that practice art in a wide range of styles and mediums. Artists attend the centre daily to paint and express stories of history, people, the Country and cultural connection. The name Yarliyil is the Jaru word for small paperbark tree, a tree that was used for shelter when people lived a traditional lifestyle. The prominent language groups of artists working at the Art Centre are Jaru, Gija and Walmajarri.
DEIRDRE BUTTERS
BORN Derby
LIVES AND WORKS Halls Creek
LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Jaru, Walmajarri
Deirdre is Jaru on her mother’s side and Kija through her father and was born in 1987. She grew up in Halls Creek often going bush with her family camping, fishing and hunting. Deirdre has been visiting the Yarliyil Art Centre and watching the artists paint since she was a child. At eight she won a statewide art competition and her painting was hung at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Perth. Deirdre paints with acrylics in both traditional & contemporary styles. She won the overall winner category of the Derby Art prize in 2023 for her painting Desert Aurora.
YINJAABARNI ART
Yinjaa-Barni Art is housed at the heritage listed, Dalgety House that sits on the banks of the Harding River.A peaceful space where artists paint together, Yinjaa-Barni is home to crossgenerational talent. Yinjaa-Barni artists have exhibited nationally and internationally and have won multiple awards between them, with high profile artists Mr Mack and Allery Sandy both nominated for one of the country’s most prestigious Indigenous art prizes, the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, and works by Aileen Sandy, Maudie Jerrold and Mr Mack held by the Art Gallery of Western Australia.
For the senior members of the group, art is an important means of expressing and relaying love for their Country, their culture, and the flora of the region. They use this, along with storytelling, as a way of passing on their knowledge to the younger generations, who are rapidly gaining recognition as artists in their own right. YinjaaBarni Art Centre would like to acknowledge and thank Rio Tinto for its continuous support over the past 10 years. Rio Tinto supports the centre and artists through funding and the annual Colours of our Country Exhibition.
ARTISTS
JUSTINA WILLIS
BORN Leigh Creek
LIVES AND WORKS Ieramugadu/Roebourne
LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Yindjibarndi
Justina Willis was born in Leigh Creek in South Australia. She came to live permanently in Roebourne, her mother’s country, in 1999. Justina started doing art in 2006 after visiting her family at the Yinjaa-Barni Art Centre and watching them painting. She experiments with colour concepts and often uses optical colour mixing to create a third dimension to her work. Justina uses acrylic on canvas to paint her country in bold shapes and uses layers of transparent paint over her works.
Our Country (The Pilbara) 2, 2021 Acrylic on canvas
63 x 70cm
$2,600 REV24-128
Acrylic on canvas
61 x 91cm
$2,800
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RENEE WALLY
BORN Roebourne
LIVES AND WORKS Ieramugadu | Roebourne
LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Yindjibarndi
Renee is an Yindjibarndi woman who started painting in the year 2021. She was hesitant to begin with often asking for guidance with colours and ways to interpret the country onto the canvas. After doing a couple of paintings she realised she had a natural flair when painting and using colours. Although she has just begun her painting journey, her works have become popular. Renee likes to paint her country over a secret layer of Pilbara earth which add a lovely texture to her works.
Renee often paints the Pilbara landscape with her bold and unique, figurative style. She accurately captures the colours of the Pilbara, the reds of the earth and the golden spinifex.
INDEPENDENT ARTISTS
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NYOONGAR BOODJAR | PERTH
Celeste Haji-Ali
Melissa Riley
Michael Banks
Renae Clifton
Chantelle Jackman
Robyn Jean
Jacinta Taylor
SOUTHWEST BOOJARAH
Candy Riley
IERAMAGADU | ROEBOURNE
Jessica Allen
UNDALUP | BUSSELTON
Shannon Clohessy
CELESTE HAJI-ALI
BORN Rubibi | Broome LIVES AND WORKS Boorloo | Perth LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Djaru, Yawuru
I have been painting since I was young, as my father was an artist, so he has been a big influence on my art. I like to paint things that remind me of the Kimberley.
BORN Katanning | Wagyl Kaip
LIVES AND WORKS Bunbury | Wardandi LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Noongar
My art story consists of my interpretation of nature, how happy nature is, and how good it is to be connected with nature and the land. Being able to ground your soul with nature so that we can be mentally and emotionally strong.
MICHAEL BANKS
LIVES AND WORKS Ballajura
LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Wongi, Ngaanyatjarra
Banks began painting at a very young age, learning under the guidance of his old people, as Banks’ states “in the bush school,” watching his old people, how they moved their brushes. Banks primarily uses acrylic and watercolour to create figurative Western-style landscapes and portraits.
RENEE CLIFTON
BORN Darwin - Larrakia Country
LIVES AND WORKS Broome - Yawuru Country
LANGUAGE GROUPS Kokatha, Nykina, Nyul Nyul
I have been painting full time since 2016. The natural environment such as waterholes, bush fruits, animals, and family inspire my works with acrylic on canvas.
CHANTELLE JACKMAN
BORN Boorloo | Perth
LIVES AND WORKS Boorloo | Perth PEOPLE / LANGUAGE GROUP Martu
Chantelle Jackman, a Martu artist based in Boorloo (Perth), holds Cert I in Art and Cert II in Visual Art and Ceramics from North Metropolitan TAFE, Leederville. Drawing inspiration from YouTube animations at home, she adores bold colors and employs a gentle approach reflecting her experiences and passions. Her vibrant works depict colorful worlds merging underwater scenes, text, imaginary places, and personal journeys. Using neon lights and rainbow hues alongside sparkling objects like diamonds, hearts, and skulls, Chantelle's art possesses a unique allure. Currently, she paints, draws, and hones her professional practice in a shared studio in Northbridge with support from My Place.
ROBYN JEAN
BORN Whadjuk/Midland
LIVES AND WORKS Mooro/Stirling PEOPLE / LANGUAGE GROUP Noongar/Yamatji
I grew up with my mum Norma MacDonald, a celebrated Aboriginal artist. Art has always been what we do. My early arts practice in drawing and painting took me to Curtin Universtity to study under Sandra Hill to complete my Asssociate Degree in Contemporary Aboriginal Art. For a long time I have not practiced art due to mental illnes. Recently I took to photography and have studied at North Metro Tafe. My journey is all about telling stories through photography, videography, art photography, drawing from my Culture, my family and our community.
JACINTA TAYLOR
BORN Boorloo | Perth
LIVES AND WORKS Boorloo | Perth PEOPLE / LANGUAGE GROUP Yuet/Ngadju
I’ve been doing art for about 5 years, last year I decided to become an art teacher and enrolled in university. I’ve been able to explore so many different mediums including oil painting, ceramics and glass.
CANDY RILEY
BORN Wargyl Kaip LIVES AND WORKS Southwest Boojarah LANGUAGE GROUP / PEOPLE Noongar
I paint my stories interpretations with acrylic on canvas, my stories are the 6 seasons, land, Dreamtime and current life stories.
SHANNON CLOHESSY
BORN Duncraig
LIVES AND WORKS Undalup | Busselton PEOPLE / LANGUAGE GROUP Wadandi - Doonan Dwordan
I have been learning glass for a few years and am exploring the different ways of representing stories within the medium, combining other methods such as light and shadow. I am also exploring sculptures in a format that can be mounted to the wall as opposed to freestanding pieces.
JESSICA ALLAN
BORN WickhamLIVES AND WORKS Ieramugadu/Roebourne
PEOPLE / LANGUAGE GROUP Yindjibarndi
I am a self-taught photographer. During my years of practicing photography, I have continued taking landscape photos, and sunset photos. I realised that taking my camera everywhere with me was my passion.
Portrait photography is such an amazing journey for me. I managed to capture some of my elders, in a small community called, Ieramugadu/ Roebourne where I’ve lived most of my life. Living in this beautiful town has taught me so much about life struggles, family life and culture.
My life as a photographer has shaped me into the person I’ve become, with the support of my people in this community and I’d like to return that favour and give my elders a voice, to share through my photography.
REVEALED
REVEALED Selection Committee
Zali Morgan-Wilman – Ballardong and Whadjuk Noongar artist and AGWA Assistant Curator
Stephen Gilchrist– Yamatji writer, curator and Senior UWA Lecturer of Indigenous Studies
JD Penangke – Whadjuk, Ballardong and Eastern Arrente mural artist
Michael Bonner – Anyuwa and Jingili curator and researcher
REVEALED Install Staff
Leah Gale
Lexi O’Brien
Anna Kelly
Claire Bailey
Catia Dolzadelli
Holly O’Meehan
Nina Raper
Aaron Claringbold
Emilie Monty
Hugh Thomson
Damian Capone
Amy Perejuan Capone
Artwork Photography
Aaron Claringbold
Susie Blatchford / Pixel Poetry
Graphic Design
Melissa Cheong Creative
FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE STAFF
VISUAL ARTS
Manager of Arts
Sarah Wilkinson:
Operations & Site Manager
Olwyn Williams
Curator and Collections Lead
Abigail Moncrieff
Exhibitions Manager
Pete Volich
Public Art Coordinator
Lucy Harper
Exhibitions Install Coordinator
Tom Freeman
Exhibitions & Engagement
Coordinator
Emma Buswell
Residencies & Studio Coordinator
Bevan Honey
CITY OF FREMANTLE
ART COLLECTION
Curator
Andre Lipscombe
CREATIVE LEARNING
Creative Learning Associate
Shannon Lyons
Creative Learning & Education Coordinator
Jefferson Burrow
Creative Learning
Studio Coordinator
Sarah Nelson
Creative Learning Assistant
Diana Truman Healy
Studio Technician – Ceramics
Finn Anderson
FOUND
Found Manager Pia Chomley
Retail Assistants
Ruby Talbot-Dunn
Betty Poulsen
Sally Bower
India Mehta
Amy Perejuan-Capone
Emilie Monty
MARKETING
Marketing and
Communications Manager
Prudence Riley
Marketing Officers Ella Boekeman
Kassandra Zaza
Graphic Designer
Joe Scerri
FINANCE
Finance Officer
Christine Lofthouse
Finance Assistant
Danielle King
EVENTS
Production Manager Rohan Murray
Events Coordinator Meagan Swann
OPERATIONS
Precinct Coordinator
Angus Winch
Markets Coordinator
Yardley Smeaton
Facilities & Production
Assistant
Aaron Lyons
Administrator &
Reception
Kate Gregory
Customer Service
Assistants
Joanne Brown
Phoebe Clark
Amy Perejuan-Capone
Huge thanks to all our casual staff!
AACHWA TEAM
Chief Executive Officer
Chad Creighton
Training Programs and Events Manager
Glenda Dixon
Projects Manager
Alexander Egloff
Operations Manager
Maisie Glen
Projects Coordinator
Simone Johnston
Grace Connors
Katelyn Whitehurst
Projects Admin Officer
Elizabeth Smith
Design and Marketing Officer
Ella McDonald
Finance Manager
Amanda Scoble
PURCHASING ARTWORKS
To purchase an artwork please visit our online shop: shop.fac.org.au
Payment is required in full and a receipt and confirmation of sale will be issued once payment is received. There are no holds or deposit options available.
Almost all works in the Revealed Exhibition are for sale, some works are POA (Price on Application).
Organisations and collections may purchase works by invoice. Please request this option by emailing revealed@fremantle.wa.gov.au, phone 08 9432 9726 or visit us at FAC reception. Please include the following information:
• Your full name, email address and phone number
• The artist’s name, art centre, title and REV code number of the artwork(s) you would like to purchase
• The organisation or collection you represent, if applicable
FAC accepts MasterCard and VISA payments only.
WHEN WILL I RECEIVE MY ARTWORK?
The exhibition is open from Saturday 7 May – Sunday 24 July and no artworks may be collected or freighted until the exhibition closes.
Collection of artworks will be from Fremantle Arts Centre on either Sunday 4 August, 5:30–7:30pm or the week from Monday 19 August – Sunday 25 August, 10am–4:30pm.
If you are unable to make collection on these dates, please contact exhibition team at revealed@fremantle.wa.gov.au
FREIGHT CHARGES
If you live in the Perth metropolitan area, we encourage you to collect your artwork from FAC at no charge on the dates and times listed.
If you are unable to collect your Revealed artwork purchase in person, you are responsible for covering any additional packaging and freight costs incurred and agree to this at the time of purchase. The cost of freighting artwork is additional to the prices listed in the catalogue and you will be contacted to arrange this payment prior to the work being sent.
Artworks will be sent with a courier or Australia Post, depending on the size and location of recipient. Tracking details will be sent to the buyer.
Artworks will be packed and posted within 4 weeks of the closure of the Revealed Exhibition, subject to payment completion. Postage times will vary depending on service and location.