Jilamara Arts is a remote Indigenous art centre in Milikapiti, Tiwi Islands
Jilamara Arts is a remote Indigenous art centre in Milikapiti, Tiwi Islands
Jilamara Arts is a remote Indigenous art centre in Milikapiti, Tiwi Islands
Jilamara Arts is a remote Indigenous art centre in Milikapiti, Tiwi Islands
Jilamara Arts is a remote Indigenous art centre in Milikapiti, Tiwi Islands
Jilamara Arts is a remote Indigenous art centre in Milikapiti, Tiwi Islands
Jilamara Arts is a remote Indigenous art centre in Milikapiti, Tiwi Islands
Jilamara Arts is a remote Indigenous art centre in Milikapiti, Tiwi Islands
Jilamara Arts is a remote Indigenous art centre in Milikapiti, Tiwi Islands
The art centre is the cultural hub of the community and houses working studios, wood carving and screen-printing workshops, the architecturally designed Kutuwulumi Gallery and the Muluwurri Museum
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Ningiwulla ngirramini kitirumi yilaruwu jilamara
keeping culture strong through art
Our Art Centre
Established in 1989, Jilamara Arts is owned and governed by artists from the community of Milikapiti on the Tiwi Islands. Through workshops, training and representation Jilamara members are supported to build careers as internationally renowned artists. In the community it is an important place for many generations of Tiwi people to build bright futures.
Our Culture
Jilamara artists are known for their Tiwi style, producing contemporary works based on ceremonial body painting designs, clan totems and Tiwi creation stories.
Our Art
The term Jilamara describes “design” based on ceremonial ochre markings on the body. Reimagining these styles at the art centre has fostered a dynamic creative field for maintaining Tiwi knowledge, as well as sharing and celebrating contemporary living culture.
Wurrungura
Wurrungura is a multi-media centre and digital archive for the audiovisual documentation and distribution of Tiwi heritage and culture.
Muluwurri Museum
Established in 1988, the collection is held in trust for the Milikapiti community. This important keeping place houses the priceless collection of Tiwi artefacts, carvings, paintings, prints, photographs and war medals.
Ngawa Mantawi
Jilamara’s Ngawa Mantawi program is an inclusive disability program at the art centre, that aims to support members with diverse needs to have sustainable careers in the arts, while living at home close to family and Country.
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We are Aboriginal owned and we produce authentic Tiwi art – ironwood carved birds and Tutini poles, ochre paintings on bark, canvas, linen and paper, original limited edition prints and hand screenprinted textiles.
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Pedro Wonaeamirri and a small Jilamara group are in Sydney for one day only before part of the group make their way to the USA for an incredible public program. Pedro will be at STATION Gallery in Surrey Hills tonight at 5pm to celebrate his current exhibition 💫💫💫
STATION • @stationgalleryaustralia
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EXHIBITION | SYDNEY
Please join us tomorrow, Friday 28 August, 5-7pm, to celebrate the opening of Pedro Wonaeamirri’s exhibition ‘Awirankini jilamara kapi purinjirringuwi: new designs on wood’ at STATION Gadigal / Sydney.
To mark the occasion, Pedro will share a special performance alongside Telstra NATSIAA Award winning artist Colin Heenan-Puruntatameri and artist Walter Brooks – offering a unique opportunity to experience the cultural knowledge and stories that underpin contemporary living Tiwi culture, Pedro’s practice and the works in the exhibition.
Performance
Friday 28 August, 5:30pm
STATION Gadigal / Sydney
All welcome.
To request a preview catalogue, follow the link in bio.
(Images: #PedroWonaeamirri ‘Awirankini jilamara kapi purinjirringuwi: new designs on wood’ 2026, installation view, STATION, Gadigal/Sydney. Photo: @documentphotography)
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Johnathon World Peace Bush is showing at Sydney Contemporary next week! If you’re lucky enough to be in Sydney for the fair make sure you check out his amazing work showing with This Is No Fantasy @thisisnofantasy 💫💫💫
This Is No Fantasy
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03 - 06 SEPTEMBER
Carriageworks, Sydney
We’re excited to be heading back to Sydney Contemporary Art Fair next week!
NO FANTASY will present a curated exhibition by standout Australian artists, each of whom has been showcased by NO FANTASY at international art fairs such as The Armory Show, New York; Frieze No.9 Cork St, London; Paris Photo; Art Basel Miami Beach; Art Basel Hong Kong; and Unseen Amsterdam.
The presentation brings together their distinct practices united by a rigorous engagement with history, identity and power. It reflects the gallery’s commitment to showcasing ambitious, conceptually driven art.
Presenting Works by:
JOHNATHON WORLD PEACE BUSH | ELLEN DAHL | JACKSON FARLEY | YHONNIE SCARCE | ALI TAHAYORI
Send us a DM or an email at info@thisisnofantasy.com for a preview 👀
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#thisisnofantasy #sydneycontemporary #jilamaraartsandcrafts #johnathonworldpeacebush @ellendahlfoto @jackson__farley @yhonniescarce @alitahayori
Team Jilamara are back to the USA this week for a few spectacular events including a career defining solo exhibition by the one and only Timothy Cook at DLan Galleries in New York! Congratulations mantani 💫💫💫
D LAN Galleries • @dlangalleries
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Timothy Cook | COMING SOON
D Lan Galleries is honoured to present Timothy Cook’s first solo exhibition in the United States, in collaboration with Jilamara Arts and Crafts Association. Presented at our Upper East Side gallery in New York, Kurluwukari - meaning ‘circle’ in Tiwi language - brings together a major new body of work across bark and linen.
Widely regarded as the modern master of Tiwi painting, Cook works exclusively with natural ochres and pigments drawn from the Country around his home community of Milikapiti on Melville Island. Ground and prepared by hand, the pigments are applied in bold, rich fields to linen and seasoned stringybark, harvested and prepared at Jilamara. As a result, Cook’s practice is inseparable from Country and remains rooted in the living landscape of the Tiwi Islands, its seasons and Tiwi identity.
We are delighted to announce the release of the exhibition catalogue on 27 August, offering a first look at this remarkable new body of work. We look forward to sharing more details shortly…
@jilamaraartsandcrafts
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Timothy Cook : Kurluwukari
10 September - 9 October
25 East 73rd Street
New York / Lenapehoking
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Photography: @gd.content
It’s Michelle Pulatuwayu Woody Minnapinni month with exceptional presentations across Australia ✨💫✨
In Naarm visit Michelle’s solo exhibition at STATION Gallery Melbourne @stationgalleryaustralia recently featured in @vaultartmagazine (images shared in post)
Those in nipaluna can see her finalist work in the Hadley’s Art Prize @hadleyshotel
On Monday 8:30pm AEST catch NITV’s live broadcast of Michelle winning the Traditional Adornment category of the National Indigenous Fashion Awards! @indigenousfashionprojects @nitv_au
#michellewoodyminnapinni #tiwi #firstnationswomen
Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair may be over but our Tiwi show Natinga Ratuwati Papurruluwi Putuwuripira Kapi Awirangkuwi is still on!
Showcasing some exceptional art alongside @munupiarts, this exhibition runs until Thursday 13th August in the reflection room at the Double Tree Hilton hotel.
@darwinartfair #daaf #darwinfestival #jilamaraarts #jilamaraartsandcrafts
DAAF online is live for one more day, there`s some treasures up on the @darwinartfair website to explore 💫
Pictured:
1. Arthurina Moreen
2. Neil Black
3. DK (Davina) Puruntatameri
4. Raelene Kerinauia
5. Doriana Bush
6. Geraldine Tipiloura
7. Mary Elizabeth Moreen
#darwinaboriginalartfair
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Last day to come and see us at @darwinartfair. Come and find us at booth 58 and check out solo presentation by Walter Brooks ✨
#jilamaraartsandcrafts #daaf
Congratulations Colin Heenan-Puruntatameri of Jilamara Arts for taking home this year’s Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards Multi-Media Category! 💫💫💫
Colin is a central part of Wurrungura — Jilamara’s digital archive and multi-media centre and an amazing advocate for the use of new media technologies in celebrating Tiwi art and culture.
Ngirramini Ngini Amparruwu (The story of the widow) is a video projection with accompanying carved and ochre painted objects used in the Tiwi Widow dance. The work celebrates the performative foundations of Tiwi art-making and the important role song-lines and yoyi (dance) play in Tiwi story-telling and creative practice.
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The winners of the 2026 Telstra NATSIAA have been revealed! As Colin said in his acceptance speech congratulations to all the winners, fellow finalists and everyone who applied.
@mag_nt @colinjames_art
#colinheenanpuruntatameri #jilamaraarts #tiwiart #natsiaa
We are all on our way to Darwin for @darwinartfair, but Michelle Pulatuwayu Woody Minnapinni also has an incredible exhibition just opened at STATION Gallery Melbourne! Congratulations mantanga 💫💫💫
STATION Gallery • @stationgalleryaustralia
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EXHIBITION | MELBOURNE
Please join us tomorrow, Saturday 1 August, 3-5pm, to celebrate the opening of Michelle Pulatuwayu Woody Minnapinni’s exhibition ‘Ngiya Murrakupupuniamintiya Jilamara (My Country and Art)’ at STATION Naarm/Melbourne.
The exhibition showcases a new body of paintings where Michelle continues her use of natural ochres sourced from sacred sites on Murrakupupuni around Milikapiti. The earth pigments are collected, crushed and burned into white, yellow and red, reflecting the colours of the island’s landscape. Michelle applies these pigments using the kayimwagakimi, or pwoja, a toothed painting tool carved from locally harvested ironwood, traditionally used in jilamara (Tiwi body painting). Drawing the comb’s teeth through the paint in measured, repeated strokes, she builds fields of fine dotted lines across bark and canvas, a technique passed down through generations of body painting now translated onto a new surface, while still carrying the same discipline and intent.
This exhibition follows on from Michelle’s recent residency and solo exhibition, ‘Ngiya Murrakupupuni amintiya Jilamara (My Country and Art)’ 2026, at the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, University of Virginia, United States.
To request a preview catalogue, follow the link in bio.
(Images: #MichellePulatuwayuWoodyMinnapinni, ‘Ngiya Murrakupupuni (My Country)’, installation view, 2026. Photo: @simonjstrong)
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One week till the opening of `Natinga Ratuwati Papurruluwi Putuwuripira Kapi`, our annual Tiwi exhibition at Double Tree Hilton Darwin in conjunction with @munupiarts.
Official opening is 10am Friday 7th August. Come and meet the artists and see Tiwi yoyi (dance)
Exhibition is open until the 13th August
📸 Conrad Tipungwuti Kamilowra in the studios painting `Warnarringa (Sun)`. Image courtesy of Jilamara Arts
#conradtipungwuti #conradtipungwutikamilowra #jilamaraarts
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Kluge-Ruhe • @klugeruhe — This is the final week to view the exhibition “Ngiya Murrakupupuni amintiya Jilamara (My Country and Art): Michelle Pulatuwayu Woody Minnapinni” and we are looking back on a truly incredible exhibition and artist residency by artist and curator Michelle Pulatuwayu Woody Minnapinni.
Be sure to visit before he exhibition closes on Sunday, July 26.
Image 1 & 3 show Woody leading a traditional smoking ceremony and dancing her Kapala (Sailing Boat) totem to open the exhibition. Photos by Tom Cogill. Images 2, 5 & 6 are installation views of the exhibition. Courtesy of the artist and Jilamara Arts and Crafts Association.
@uva @uvaarts @jilamaraartsandcrafts @creative.australia
#jilamaraartsandcrafts #klugeruhe #klugeruheaboriginalartcollection #michellepulatuwayuwoodyminnapinni
It was great to see Prime Minister Anthony Albanese @albomp at the Tiwi Football Final at Wurrumiyanga yesterday. It was even greater to see Mantiyupwi Traditional Owner and senior Ngaruwanajirri @ngaruwanajirri artist Gordon Pupangamirri present him with an artwork celebrating ancient living Tiwi culture and a financial impact statement outlining the incredible economic, employment and social benefits of the five arts and culture centres operating on the Tiwi Islands.
These not-for-profit Aboriginal community controlled, owned and governed charities collectively employ and support a large percentage of the remote Tiwi population and draw significant revenue from around Australia and overseas directly into the island’s small communities. They support Tiwi governed cultural maintenance, intergenerational professional development and career pathways for young Tiwi people not only as internationally recognised creatives, but also cultural ambassadors and arts industry professionals working with historical collections, exhibitions and art fair outcomes.
We want to see these amazing organisations recognised for the significant contribution they make with sustainable long-term sector support.
@ngaruwanajirri @munupiarts @tiwidesign @bimawear @jilamaraartsandcrafts
@ankaaboriginalartists
#tiwiislands #indigenousartandculture #tiwiart
Jilamara artists Michelle Woody Minnapinni, Pedro Wonaeamirri and the late Dino Wilson currently featuring in the latest exhibition at the Potter Museum of Art with three amazing tunga (folded bark baskets) 💫💫💫
Potter Museum of Art @pottermuseum
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Announcing our next exhibition: Ngarn Wa’ngal: Art of the gum tree.
Gum trees are everywhere, all across Australia.
Although there are hundreds of species of varying shapes, sizes, textures and scents, they carry a collective nostalgia and familiarity that can transport us—to a childhood backyard, a camping trip or a particular summer afternoon.
Our upcoming exhibition at the Potter Museum of Art invites you to explore this iconic tree as a source of creative inspiration for artists across centuries—one with deep cultural and ecological significance.
Across three gallery floors, Ngarn Wa’ngal (which translates to ‘breathing for us’ in Woi Wurrung language) brings together colonial, twentieth century and contemporary works, sparking broader conversations about identity, sovereignty, climate and continuity.
Curated by Alisa Bunbury and Sophie Gerhard.
10 July — 21 November 2026.
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📸 2 — Wendy Hubert, Wirlumarra (ghost gum), 2024. © Wendy Hubert/Copyright Agency
We have just had a great weekend on Gadigal Land at the new look National Indigenous Art Fair 💫💫💫
Now located at Barangaroo Reserve Cutaway, the fair is amazing celebration of indigenous art from across the country. A big shout out to First Hand Solutions Aboriginal Corporation and everyone involved for growing this event to new heights!
@nationalindigenousartfair @jilamaraartsandcrafts @firsthandsolutions
#nationalindigenousartfair #jilamaraarts #tiwiart
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Thank you to everyone who joined us on Saturday for the opening of New Religion.
New Religion is a major new group exhibition exploring how symbols of faith persist, evolve and continue to shape meaning long after belief itself has shifted.
27th June to 18th October 2026
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Artworks in view by Jonathan World Peace Bush, Nell, Hayley Millar Baker, Claire Healy & Sean Cordeiro, Luke Thurgate.
BARBARA PURUNTATAMERI PANGILAJIMO • @outstation_gallery
Kayimwagakimi” — showing 19th June until 4th July, 2026
Outstation Gallery, Shop 6002, 7 Anchorage Court, Darwin Waterfront
Following a highly acclaimed first appearance at the Melbourne Art Fair in February, Barbara Puruntatameri is currently showing some examples of her incredible ochre paintings on bark and linen in a solo exhibition a bit closer to home!
#barbarapuruntatameri #jilamaraarts #outstationgallery #tiwiart
Jilamara Arts at the Garrmalang Festival • @garrmalangfestival
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It’s the final week to experience Paparliwi amintiya awirankuwi ngini jilamara ngirramini (Emerging artists carrying on designs and stories from our ancestors) by Laundry Gallery with Jilamara Arts.
Featuring works from the Tiwi Islands, this striking exhibition celebrates contemporary Tiwi art, culture and storytelling through natural earth pigments on stringybark, canvas and carved ironwood.
Closing this weekend. Don’t miss it.
The Gallery, AANT Centre
Wed 24 & Thu 25 June 10am-4pm
Fri 26 June 10am-5pm & 6pm-8.40pm
Sat 27 June 6.30pm-8.30pm
Colin Heenan-Puruntatameri CJ has gone international for a second time this year!! CJ is Jilamara’s Executive Secretary and works in the organisation’s digital archive and multimedia centre — Wurrungura. We all look forward to hearing more about this amazing opportunity when he is back in Milikapiti 💫💫💫
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They’re off to Taiwan! ✈️🌏
Yesterday, a delegation of NT arts leaders flew to Taiwan for a busy week of cultural exchange, artist studio visits, concerts, meetings.
Led by our CEO Michelle Bell and Tour Producer Tahlia Biggs, this visit is part of a relationship between our NT and Taiwanese arts communities that’s been growing since 2016. The party includes 👇
🌟 Marisa Maher: Artback NT board member & Manager of @manyhandsart
🌟 Philip Watkins: CEO of desartculturefirst
🌟 Colin Puruntatameri: Treasurer of @arnhemnorthernkimberleyartists
🌟 Nadine Lee: Founder of @birrimi_creations and Chairperson of @darwinartfair
Follow along for updates from the trip! 🎨
- with @jilamaraartsandcrafts @ausofficetpe @tipcp.tw
#NTArtists #AustraliaTaiwan #ArtistExchange
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The art centre is the cultural hub of Milikapiti Community, it is also an important place for local school children to learn through culture classes and for many generations of Tiwi people to build bright futures.
