previous Exhibitions
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.
Son of the renowned artist, the late Kumanytjayi Jurra Tjapaltjarri, a respected ceremonial and community leader of the Pintupi people and a master of Western Desert minimalism, Tjungurrayi has recently inherited custodianship of his family’s ancestral Country and the signature artistic style of his father, as is customary following his father’s passing.
Honouring generational continuity, Tjungurrayi has developed his own elegant articulation of Yulana, a desert flora with interlacing roots, and a significant site and tjukurrpa on Country. In his distinct visual language with inspired tonal shifts, Tjungurrayi’s paintings shimmer like a mirage, conjuring the salt lakes that characterise his Country, resulting in a highly sophisticated and contemporary aesthetic.
Yunala Tjukurrpa will be on exhibition at the Alcaston Gallery Exhibition Space at 84 William Street, Melbourne / Naarm from 26 June – 12 July 2024.
© The Artist, Papunya Tula Artists and Alcaston Gallery, 2024
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 ...
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 ...
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),
