Exhibition Opening July 24 2024

Celebrate the opening of four unique solo exhibitions by Queensland-based Indigenous artists; Janet Fieldhouse, Naomi Hobson, Tommy Pau and Ryan Presley

Opening event with talks from Tina Baum, Curator, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, National Gallery of Australia and Hon Leeanne Enoch , Minister for Treaty, Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships, Minister for Communities and Minister for the Arts. 

All are welcome to attend this free event.  RSVP essential.

Janet Fieldhouse, Material Culture

8 June – 1 September 2024

Featuring new works  further exploring the subject of Zenadth Kes/Torres Strait Islander cultural charms used traditionally for personal, ceremony and/or religious purposes.

Naomi Hobson, Life on the River

8 June – 1 September 2024

Bringing together a series of new photographs taken during the wet season, the images capture Coen’s vibrant river culture and the relationships between the people and Wukaanta – The Coen River.

Robert (Tommy) Pau, Ilan Oman

25 May – 4 August 2024

Ilan Oman explores themes of ilan pasin - island way - how life was and still is practised in the Torres Strait, particularly through the matriarchal line.

Ryan Presley, Mongrel

1 June – 25 August 2024

In Ryan’s large-scale paintings, identity, politics, power imbalance and history are constantly inter-woven.

Ilan Oman, Life on the River and Material Culture have been supported through Cairns RSL Club Artist Fellowship Awards.

Related event: Exhibition Artist Talks: Janet Fieldhouse, Naomi Hobson, Tommy Pau and Ryan Presley