previous Exhibitions
CLAUDIA MOODOONUTHI - MY BODY, MY COUNTRY
Alcaston Gallery is delighted to present an exhibition of new paintings and installation by Queensland artist Claudia Moodoonuthi. Claudia spent the first seven years of her life on Bentinck and Mornington Islands in the Gulf of Carpentaria where she was raised by her late Great Grandmother May Moodoonuthi. It was here that Claudia formed a deep connection to her Kaiadilt family and culture, learning traditional skills such as hunting, fishing and gathering in the bush.
My Body, My Country will exhibit new paintings, puppets and skateboards. Claudia’s bold and colourful painting style is greatly influenced by the time spent with her Great Grandmother and renowned artists and elders from Bentinck Island. Her artwork intimately depicts the landscape of her youth, including the island’s swamps and salt pans, cliffs and birdlife, as well as sea pods which appear in the wet season and signify creation and regeneration. Claudia’s artworks convey her wicked sense of humour, and reveal at every stroke of her brush her love and connection to Bentinck Island. This exhibition will include three paintings by the late May Moodoonuthi.
In 2014 Claudia Moodoonuthi was a finalist in the Churchie National Emerging Art Prize, and featured in major exhibitions Solid! Queensland Contemporary Indigenous Sculpture at the Cairns Regional Gallery, and Dreamings: L’arte Aborigena Australiana Incontra de Chirico, at the Museo Carlo Bilotti, Italy. Claudia Moodoonuthi is currently studying a Bachelor of Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art at Griffith University, Queensland.
For more information and to preview this exhibition please contact Alcaston Gallery on 03 9418 6444 or email art@alcastongallery.com.au

My Body, My Country
$3,000 AUD
AK19716


Bushfire
$1,900 AUD
AK19718


Sea Pods
$1,900 AUD
AK19717


Untitled
$1,900 AUD
AK19322


Mrs Gabori
$750 AUD
AK19320


Dawn Naranatjil
$750 AUD
AK19321


Longy (Michael Long, Essendon)
$750 AUD
AK19727


Neon Leon (Leon Davis, Collingwood)
$750 AUD
AK19726


360 Flip on Country
$1,000 AUD
AK19724


360 Flip on Country
$1,000 AUD
AK19725


360 Flip on Country
$1,000 AUD
AK19723


360 Flip on Country
$1,000 AUD
AK19722


360 Flip on Country
$1,000 AUD
AK19721


360 Flip on Country
$1,000 AUD
AK19720


Burrkunda
$4,250 AUD
AK14544


Burrkunda
$4,250 AUD
AK14304


Burrkunda
$4,250 AUD
AK16081

JUDY HOLDING: Specimen Gully

Alcaston Gallery is proud to present Specimen Gully, a new exhibition of cast bronze tree sculptures by JUDY HOLDING.
MICK WIKILYIRI: NGAYUKU NGURA – MY COUNTRY

Alcaston Gallery is thrilled to present an exhibition of new paintings by senior Tjala artist Mick Wikilyiri. The striking, contemporary works presented in this exhibition offer a representation of country, spirituality and a rich family history of revealed creative practices.
The story of the Honey Ant is the impetus within Mick Wikilyiri’s painting practice. His landscapes are thoughtfully depicted through striking imagery, stylistic experimentation and intense colour. As a respected elder in his community, Mick Wikilyiri’s highly contemporary paintings are a celebration of Anangu culture, as well as a means to protect cultural ties for future generations.
Mick Wikilyiri grew up in Amata in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunyjatjara (APY) Lands of far north South Australia, and worked as a stockman on cattle stations before establishing an artistic career. Wikilyiri was one of the first men to begin painting at Tjala Arts after a men’s painting room was established, and has since become one of Tjala Arts leading artists. In 2016, Mick Wikilyiri featured in the major exhibition Nganampa Kililpil – Our Stars at the Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, New South Wales. Nganampa Kililpil – Our Stars was the first major survey of exhibition of its kind, presenting over 100 artists from across the APY Lands. Alcaston Gallery presented a body of works on paper by Mick Wikilyiri and his wife Paniny Mick in 2017, alongside the first solo exhibition of their daughter Yaritji Young.
Mick Wikilyiri has been collected by many National institutions including the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Parliament House Collection, Canberra
And Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane.
JUDY HOLDING: THE LAYERED LANDSCAPE 2017

Alcaston Gallery proudly presents an exciting body of work by Judy Holding, including new watercolours and sculptures. Judy Holding is an established multidisciplinary artist with a practice spanning 35 years. Holding’s sweeping painterly documentation and playful sculptural forms present a spirited meditation on plants, animals, indigenous mythology, and the role of man in the vast biosphere. Exuding immense energy, Holding’s personal visual vocabulary of symbolic forms conveys her lifelong connection to the landscape of regional Victoria and far north Australia. Her work is collected by many public and private collections, including the major institutions: the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; the State Library of Victoria, Melbourne; the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin; the Shepparton Art Museum, Victoria; the Benalla Art Gallery, Victoria; the Mildura Arts Centre, Victoria; and the collections of Deakin, LaTrobe and Victoria University, Victoria.
Image: Judy Holding, White Lady at Cannon Hill, 2017, watercolour on paper, 57 x 76 cm.
© Judy Holding and Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne 2017
HERMANNSBURG POTTERS - IRNA: TREES 2017

Alcaston Gallery is delighted to present Irna: Trees a new body of work by The Hermannsburg Potters. This exhibition represents an important development in the practice of the celebrated ceramic artists, introducing new directions in sculptural forms and painterly depictions celebrating the beauty, spirit and life-giving force of trees within the landscape: IRNA: Marna, Itarrkngilanha, Pmara - Tree: Food, Medicine, Home.
Presented alongside new work by leading watercolourist and sculptor Judy Holding, who was artist-in-residence at The Hermannnsburg Potters studio in 2016.
Alcaston Gallery has represented the Hermannsburg Potters spanning 30 years. Their unique, immediately recognisable style has been exhibited widely through Australia and internationally. Their major installation commission for the National Gallery of Victoria Our Land is Alive, NGV Australia 19 December 2015 - 11 April 2016, set new benchmarks for their engaging and lyrical pots.
The Hermannsburg Potters are world-renowned as master ceramicists and their work is held in most major Australian institutions and several major art collections internationally.
Hermannsburg Potters: Lyilhama - Music 2017

Alcaston Gallery is delighted to present this small collection of ceramics by the renowned Hermannsburg Potters. Lyilhama – meaning music, or song - depicts scenes of Indigenous musicians, concert performances, visiting community bands and songs – all based around the artists’ personal experiences and memories of music. Exhibiting artists: Rahel Kngwarriya Ungwanaka, Rona Panangka Rubuntja, Hayley Panangka Coulthard, Anita Mbitjana Ratara, Beth Mbitjana Inkamala, Caroline Kamaarra Forbes.
Alcaston Gallery has represented the Hermannsburg Potters spanning 30 years. Their unique, immediately recognisable style has been exhibited widely through Australia and internationally. Their major installation commission for the National Gallery of Victoria Our Land is Alive, NGV Australia 19 December 2015 - 11 April 2016, set new benchmarks for their engaging and lyrical pots.
The Hermannsburg Potters are world-renowned as master ceramicists and their work is held in most major Australian institutions and several major art collections internationally.
Image: Rona Panangka Rubuntja, Pitjantjatjara Boy (Isaac Yamma), 2016 (AK20625) Terracotta nd underglazes, 50 x 30 cm.