previous Exhibitions
Betty Kuntiwa Pumani • Titutjara - Ongoing
Alcaston Gallery is honoured to present Titutjara - Ongoing, a solo exhibition of significant paintings by revered artist and respected ngangkari (traditional healer), Betty Kuntiwa Pumani.
One of Australia’s most distinctive and sophisticated painters, Pumani is renowned for her visionary compositions that portray her ancestral Country of Antara in northwest South Australia.
In Titutjara - Ongoing, Pumani's embarks on a bold artistic progression in her impressive new body of work, displaying an intriguing variation to her paint application, focusing her palette on luminous whites and soft pastel hues that counteract with her signature rich swathes of blues and reds.
Beyond the visual landscape, her works reverberate with a much larger story of Antara, revealing deeper resonances of family, ancestors, and inherited knowledge; an ongoing, eternal story that now passes through Pumani, as a custodian for this Country, as it reaches into the future.
TANIA MAJOR •ECHOES OF COUNTRY: STORIES FROM KOWANYAMA
Alcaston Gallery is delighted to present Echoes of Country - Stories from Kowanyama, the debut solo exhibition of award-winning Kokoberra artist Tania Major.
An accomplished artist, activist, and former Young Australian of the Year, Major is dedicated to preserving the rich cultural landscape and natural beauty of Kowanyama Country in Cape York, Queensland; bringing prominence to the profound connection between the Kokoberra, Yir Yoront (Kokomenjen), and Kunjen communities of Kowanyama and their land and ...
ALCASTON GALLERY • Festive Gifts 2024
Alcaston Gallery presents our annual Festive Gifts Catalogues, showcasing a diverse selection of paintings, limited-edition prints, ceramics, and sculptures, making ideal gifts that will delight friends, family, and colleagues, as well as continuing to support our artists and their families this festive season.
All artworks featured in our Festive Gifts Catalogues are available to view at the Alcaston Gallery Head Office and collect by Wednesday 18 December 2024. For regional and interstate clients, please be sure to place your ...
Rene Sundown •Ngura Tali - Sand Dune Country
Alcaston Gallery is thrilled to introduce respected senior Yankunytjatjara artist, Rene Sundown, in her debut exhibition with the gallery, Ngura Tali - Sand Dune Country.
Sundown is a senior artist and longstanding director of the Iwantja Art Centre in Indulkana, South Australia, whose practice is dedicated to passing on knowledge to future generations. Having exhibited in important national and international group exhibitions over the past decade, this will be Sundown’s first solo ...
HERMANNSBURG POTTERS | AFL Footy in Aranda Country Award • 2024
Alcaston Gallery is delighted to present AFL Footy in Aranda Country Award, a jubilant exhibition of new ceramic artworks by the acclaimed
Nellie Ngampa Coulthard •Ngura Itjanungka – Country After Rain
Alcaston Gallery is delighted to present Nellie Ngampa Coulthard’s fifth solo exhibition Ngura Itjanungka - Country After Rain.
Coulthard’s paintings of Yankunytjatjara Country are refined in both technique and composition. Accenting bold pinks, golden browns and burnt oranges - the colours of the central and eastern deserts of Australia – her paintings are defined by the outstretched linear branches of the Acacia Murrayana Wattle that sit at the heart of her ...
