First Nations Artists
"It's a feeling you will never forget."Dr Shannon Brett, guest curator of the 2026 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, delivered that message to artists on Larrakia Country in D...
This year's Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair gathered more than 75 stalls from Aboriginal art centres, each showcasing art, fashion and design rooted in the cultural histories of communities across Australi...
A Renaissance-inspired dreamscape, handwoven dillybags made from British Museum maps, and a digital recording of Tiwi song and dance are among the works recognised in Australia's leading First Nations...
First Nations practitioners working across textile, customary adornment and fashion have come together from across Australia, Aotearoa / New Zealand and Turtle Island / Canada through a Creative Austr...
The artistry of First Nations women working with natural materials including woven fibres, bark and paper, underpins a new exhibition at the University of Sydney's Chau C...
Ngiya Murrakupupuniamintiya Jilamara (My Country and Art) by Michelle Pulatuwayu Woody Minnapinni will be exhibited by STATION in collaboration with Jilamara Arts and Crafts Association, opening Satur...
Proud Gunggari woman and artist Desirai Saunders is a digital illustrator known for her bold, character-driven portraits that reflect contemporary First Nations experiences and urban cultural identity...
Monash University's campuses on Boonwurrung Country will be transformed into spaces of ceremony, creativity and connection. Where ancient wisdom meets future worlds, weaving together global First Nati...
The University of Melbourne's Potter Museum of Art has opened a major new exhibition: Ngarn Wa'ngal: Art of the gum tree. Running until November 21, the exhibition explores this tree as a source of cr...
Art has always been one of the oldest ways First Nations peoples have carried knowledge across generations. It holds language, culture, history and identity, connecting people long before borders were...
Gulumerridjin (Larrakia), Wardaman and KarraJarri artist Jenna Mayilema Lee has turned maps from the British Museum into paper danala for the Telstra Work on Paper Award at the 2026 Telstra National A...
Marri Ngarr artist Ryan Presley has brought oil painting, politics and the Western canon together in his finalist work for the Telstra General Painting Award at the 2026 Telstra National Aboriginal an...
The 2026 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA) will open in Darwin this weekend, with three First Nations artists, curators and cultural leaders named to judge th...