previous Exhibitions
Pedro Wonaeamirri • Ngiya Purrungbarri – My Bark Painting
Alcaston Gallery is honoured to present Pedro Wonaeamirri's exhibition Ngiya Purrungbarri – My Bark Painting, the first exclusively bark exhibition of Wonaeamirri's career.
As one of the few Tiwi people of his generation who speaks old or classic Tiwi, Wonaeamirri’s contemporary art practice is steeped in Tiwi tradition. His commanding paintings on bark reveal a profound knowledge of heritage, meticulously depicting the Jilamara (design) with artistic confidence and an exceptional sense of composition. A master of traditional techniques his paintings are rendered with kayimwagakimi (the traditional Tiwi iron-wood comb), a process he has refined over decades to produce the strong fields of colour and geometric patterns that have become his signature. Wonaeamirri's sophisticated artistic practice has long affirmed his standing alongside the most significant and influential Tiwi artists of generations past and present.
In addition to being a highly esteemed and influential contemporary artist, Wonaeamirri is a senior cultural leader and artistic thinker. His career highlights are substantial, culminating in 2024 when he was invited to speak at the Venice Biennale, Italy at the Peggy Guggenheim Museum for the Indigenous Visions seminar curated by Professor Brook Andrew. He also served as a mentor to emerging Tiwi artist Johnathon World Peace Bush, to produce a body of work for the Country Road + NGV First Nations Commissions for the exhibition My Country, at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia in Melbourne.
Having joined the Alcaston Gallery stable in 1991, the same year he commenced his artistic career, Ngiya Purrungbarri – My Bark Painting marks Wonaeamirri’s ninth solo exhibition at Alcaston Gallery - a milestone in a friendship between artist and gallery spanning three decades.
© The Artist, Jilamara Arts & Crafts Association and Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne
Sydney Contemporary 2026
Alcaston Gallery is thrilled to return to the 10th edition of Sydney Contemporary, presenting distinguished First Nations artists: Binygurr Wirrpanda, Betty Kuntiwa Pumani, Ms D Yunupiŋu (1949-2026) and Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori (c.1924-2015).
© The Artists, The Estate of Sally Gabori, The Estate of Ms D Yunupiŋu, Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka, Mimili Maku and Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne
Aileen Napaljarri Long: Wanakiji
Alcaston Gallery is delighted to present Aileen Napaljarri Long's major and highly anticipated solo exhibition, Wanakiji, at Alcaston Gallery from 5 - 28 August 2026.
Aileen Napaljarri Long embraces her Warlpiri culture and colourist tradition with this special release of paintings based on Wanakiji, Bush Tomato, conjuring the artist's sacred recollections associated with her Country in the Barkly Region of the Northern Territory.
© The Artist, Barkly Regional Arts and Alcaston Gallery, ...
Clara Napurrula
Alcaston Gallery is proud to present emerging Pintupi artist Clara Napurrula's debut solo exhibition, presented at the Alcaston Gallery Viewing Rooms from 24 June - 17 July 2026.
With a precise and elegant practice and a refined palette of subtle tonal shifts, Clara Napurrula paints the designs and ancestral stories associated with her Country in Walungurru (Kintore) in the far west of the Northern Territory. As a second-generation Pintupi artist, Clara Napurrula’s practice serves as an important continuation ...
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Timothy Cook | Parlingarri Jilamara
A significant Private Collection of exceptional and insightful paintings from 2003 – 2007 by esteemed Tiwi artist Timothy Cook.
This collection of historical significance and provenance exemplifies a moment in time when the collector focused on the emerging artist and his career development at Jilamara Arts and Crafts in Milikapiti on the Melville Island, north of Darwin in the Arafura Sea.
Timothy Cook's art practice is now ...
