Perhaps the most profound impact of contemporary Indigenous art is in the expression of PLACE, as the hearth, the heartland, and as a spiritual realm that is indivisible from real time.”
For 38 years plus, the gallery team have been dedicated to ensuring visitors enter a
welcoming environment to experience contemporary indigenous art, willingly engaging with the curiosity of visitors, and enabling them to gain an insight into the creative inspiration of the exhibiting artists, their culture, and the importance of their professional work in the broader national conversation.
The gallery has a dedicated exhibition calendar for represented and guest artists and
provides a thoughtful environment to consider major and emerging artist’s work with the facility to extend knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island visual arts through a wide- ranging stock room.
Vivien Anderson Director
There are not many hours in the day when I am not focusing on the gallery. I am an artist’s agent, no phone call is too hard, no problem too difficult to solve, no client’s brief too difficult to satisfy. Overall, no mountain is too high.”
Read more about Vivien AndersonAmy Boyd Gallery Manager
Art has always been a passion of mine, and I love being an advocate for artists. To work closely with our represented artists, to witness their developing practice and see the wonderful works they create, is incredibly rewarding. Oh, and being surrounded by their amazing art, to live with it on the gallery walls, is a pretty fabulous thing.”
Read more about Amy BoydRuby Benjamin Registrar & Communications Coordinator
It’s a privilege to play a part in platforming Indigenous Australian art and voices — to help ensure that cultural narratives are shared with both accuracy and respect. Contributing to the daily operations of the gallery is incredibly rewarding, knowing that this behind-the-scenes work enables artists to keep creating. It’s exciting to support a space where culture and contemporary expression come together so powerfully.”
Read more about Ruby BenjaminWe have developed strong relationships with clients and museums in Australia and
internationally over the past 38 years. Gallery artists are represented in significant public collections worldwide and held in depth throughout the Australian public galleries.
Over the past decade, our collaboration with leading First Nations artists on large-scale, site-specific projects has not only strengthened the gallery team’s expertise but also set a benchmark for delivering ambitious works on time, on budget, and to the highest creative standards.
After three decades the gallery has deep and abiding relationships with clients and museums in Australia and internationally. Having participated in the earliest stages of the national and international awakening to Australian Indigenous art as an artistic force, the gallery recognises the efforts and commitment of the curators; past and present, the institutions and the private collectors that have steadfastly supported the industry as a whole.
Over many years gallery artists have been successfully acquired and are now represented in numerous strategic public collections worldwide and are also held in depth throughout the nation’s public galleries.
