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This year Pedro has been a Mordant Family BLAK C.O.R.E Fellow through the University of Melbourne’s Museums and Collections Department. As part of the fellowship Pedro travelled to Venice to speak with Jilamara manager Will Heathcote at the Indigenous Visions Forum during the Venice Biennale. They discussed Tiwi ceremonial culture and contemporary art making on…

Johnathon World Peace Bush has been commissioned to produce one of his biggest projects to date for the Country Road + NGV First Nations Commissions, opening at NGV Australia this March. For the project he was mentored by senior artist Pedro Wonaeamirri over 6 months to produce three large ochre paintings depicting the story of…

This September Johnathon World Peace Bush is showing a suite of new works at The Armory Show: New York’s Art Fair at the Javits Center, New York City. Johnathon will be showing with Melbourne based gallery THIS IS NO FANTASY alongside Kokatha and Nukunu artist Yhonnie Scarce – an exciting presentation of contemporary First Nations Australian…

Johnathon Bush, Patrick Freddy Puruntatameri and Jilamara Coordinator Will Heathcote travelled to Sydney for the Sydney Contemporary Art Fair this September. This was Johnathon’s first major showing with his new gallery THIS IS NO FANTASY and it was great to be there to meet all the gallery staff and amazing fellow gallery artist, Vincent Naminjira…

Columbiere Tipungwuti featured in the 2022 Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair edition of Art Collector! Get in quick this August at the art fair or Jilamara’s concurrent Hilton Double Tree Exhibition (Darwin Festival Program), to secure one of his few unique Jappara (moonman paintings)! Columbiere will also be at both openings dancing with other Jilamara and…

Congratulations to Michelle Woody Minnapinni, Columbiere Tipungwuti, Pedro Wonaeamirri and Timothy Cook for being selected as finalists in the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery’s National Works on Paper announced this month AUG 2022. Using locally sourced ochres on 500 GSM paper has a long history at Jilamara Arts and Crafts and it is fantastic to see…

Congratulations Timothy for being awarded the Australia Council’s Arts and Disability Award from an Established Artist. This award acknowledges Timothy’s huge contribution to the national arts as a person who has worked for many years as part of Jilamara’s Ngawa Mantawi (all abilities support) program. The awards were announced and accepted virtually this year due…

Congratulations to both Dino Wilson and Michelle Woody Minnapinni for being selected as finalists in the National Emerging Art Prize 2021 at Michael Reid Gallery in Sydney!   A special shout out to Dino for taking home the Award of Excellence! Please stay tuned for dates of his upcoming exhibition at Michael Reid Berlin. It…

Jilamara Arts and Crafts recently produced a 2 great news stories in Tiwi language for ICTV. The stories show Patrick Freddy Puruntatameri and a few other Jilamara members collecting stringybark and ironwood for carving as well as going on a Buffalo hunt to share meat at the art centre… you can find the buaffalo hunt…

Senior Jilamara carver and artist Patrick Freddy Puruntatameri is featured on a recent episode of Ernie Dingo’s Going Places on SBS featuring the Tiwi Islands! The show presents him exhibiting his amazing skills at collectioning ironwood and ochres from country to carve nationally and internationally renowned works that include iconic Tiwi Tokwampini (birds), hand carved…