previous Exhibitions
BETTY MUFFLER - GREENWORLD
Alcaston Gallery in conjunction with Iwantja Arts, SA proudly invite you to view and acquire new paintings by Betty Muffler which are currently featured in the exhibition Greenworld at Bayside Gallery, Brighton until 13 December 2020.
Betty Muffler is a highly respected Pitjantjatjara/Yankunyjatjara artist and Ngangkari, traditional healer from the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in South Australia. Her knowledge of traditional healing was passed down to her from her father and aunties, and she has travelled extensively across the central Australian desert providing support to Anangu with her Ngangkari practice. She has also given presentations at universities, medical conferences and hospitals across Australia, sharing her knowledge of traditional healing practices in the context of contemporary Western medicine.
Her sublime paintings entitled Ngankari Ngura (Healing Country) depict sacred Anangu sites that are relevant to her Ngangkari spirit through luminous lines and motifs within a dynamic composition, highlighting Muffler’s reverence for her country and her people.
In 2017, at the esteemed age of 73, Betty Muffler won the Emerging Artist Award at the Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory in Darwin.
In September 2020 Betty Muffler’s work was published on the cover of VOGUE AUSTRALIA with an image of her painting Ngankari Ngura (Healing Country). The issue was dedicated to the theme of hope and was the first time an artwork had graced the cover of VOGUE AUSTRALIA in its 60-year history.
In 2021 Betty Muffler has been selected to present new work at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, as part of The National 2021: New Australian Art.
Betty Muffler’s works are included in major art collections in Australia and overseas including the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; the Australian War Memorial, Canberra; and the Fondation Opale, Switzerland.
These three important paintings by Betty Muffler are currently featured in the major exhibition Greenworld at Bayside Gallery, Brighton until 13 December 2020 and are available for acquisition.
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 ...
Sydney Contemporary 2024
At Sydney Contemporary 2024, Alcaston Gallery is proud to present a curated selection of significant work by leading Australian contemporary artists whose practice inspires and challenges the national and international perception of the Australian landscape, Djakaŋu Yunupiŋu, Betty Kuntiwa Pumani, Dean Smith and the late Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori (c.1924 - 2015) - four artists intrinsically connected to a particular landscape or skyscape ...
ALCASTON GALLERY COLLECTORS EXHIBITION•MIND MAPPING COLOUR - ALL ABOUT ARTISTS 2024
'colour is always more than colours'....
Alcaston Gallery presents Mind Mapping Colour – All About Artists, a significant collectors' exhibition featuring paintings and sculptures from some of Australia’s most influential and eminent contemporary artists.
The second instalment in Alcaston Gallery’s Counterpoint series, Mind Mapping Colour – All About Artists showcases important work by represented and exhibiting artists Karen ...
Adrian Jurra Tjungurrayi •Yunala Tjukurrpa
Alcaston Gallery is proud to present Adrian Jurra Tjungurrayi’s first ever solo exhibition Yunala Tjukurrpa.
Tjungurrayi is an emerging contemporary Pintupi artist, whose paintings of meandering lines and geometric forms create compositions that oscillate on the canvas with visceral energy.
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),
