TOGETHER: Heroes, Warriors, Defenders & Peacemakers

Spinifex Hill Studio and FORM acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians of Kariyarra Country and all those throughout Western Australia both past and present, whose enduring connection to this Country and ongoing contributions to our collective culture and communities we respect and honour. We appreciate and are deeply grateful for the privilege of working on these lands.

Cover image: Untitled Sophia Alone, 2023 Acrylic on canvas, 76 x 122 cm

“When people hear the word heroes, they often think of people with superpowers and a cape. But what does it truly mean to be a hero?

“Heroes

are people with courage and noble qualities that save lives. Doctors, parents. It does not take a flashy costume and superpowers to be a hero.

We can all be heroes together!”

- Layne Dhu-Dickie (Artist)

Ruby Djikarra Alderton | Lena

Alone | Sophia Alone | Gladys

Bidu | Pauline Bunwarrie | Doreen

Chapman | Maywokka Chapman

| Nyanjlpayi (Nancy) Chapman

ARTISTS

Ruby Djikarra Alderton | Lena Alone | Sophia Alone | Gladys Bidu | Pauline

Rayne Crowe | Layne Dhu-

Bunwarrie | Doreen Chapman | Maywokka

Chapman | Nyanjlpayi (Nancy) Chapman

Dickie | Sandra Francis | Gideon

Rayne Crowe | Layne Dhu-Dickie | Sandra

Francis | Gideon Gardiner | Gloria | Maggie

Green | Rekeshia Goodwin | Sally Mack

Gardiner | Gloria | Maggie Green

Mulyatingki (Muljadingi) Marney | Rhys

Dhalukmurru McLean | Ellen Maralwuy

| Rekeshia Goodwin | Sally Mack

McLean | Nyangulya Katie Nalgood Beryl

Ponce | Daisy Tinker | Lena Willalang

Mulyatingki (Muljadingi) Marney |

Rhys Dhalukmurru McLean | Ellen

Maralwuy McLean | Nyangulya

Katie Nalgood

Beryl Ponce |

Daisy Tinker | Lena Willalang

$1,781

$2,831

Heroes, Warriors, Defenders, and Peacemakers.

Untitled Sophia Alone, 2023 Acrylic on linen

71 x 91.5 cm, 23-1039

Untitled Sophia Alone, 2023 Acrylic on canvas 76 x 122 cm, 23-1040

Doreen

Sophia Alone

2024, Monoprint

25 x 35 cm, 24-198 $244

Doreen

Sophia Alone

2024, Monoprint

25 x 35 cm, 24-199 $244

Doreen

Sophia Alone

2024, Monoprint

25 x 35 cm, 24-200 $244

Heroes, Warriors, Defenders, and Peacemakers.

Maywokka Chapman

Sophia Alone

2024, Monoprint

25 x 35 cm, 24-196 $244

Maywokka Chapman

Sophia Alone

2024, Monoprint

25 x 35 cm, 24-197 $244

Maywokka Chapman

Sophia Alone

2024, Monoprint

25 x 35 cm, 24-195

$244

Heroes, Warriors, Defenders, and Peacemakers.

Sharlene Sophia Alone

2024, Monoprint

25 x 35 cm, 24-193 $244

Sharlene Sophia Alone

2024, Monoprint

25 x 35 cm, 24-194 $244

Mulyatingki

Sophia Alone

2024, Monoprint

25 x 35 cm, 24-202 $244

Mulyatingki

Sophia Alone

2024, Monoprint

25 x 35 cm, 24-203 $244

Heroes, Warriors, Defenders, and Peacemakers.

Gum Tree and Kuntal (Edible botanical gum otherwise known as Sugar Bag)

Maggie Green

2024, Monoprint

25 x 35 cm, 24-211

$281

Gum Tree and Kuntal (Edible botanical gum otherwise known as Sugar Bag)

Maggie Green

2024, Monoprint

25 x 35 cm, 24-212

$281

Heroes, Warriors, Defenders, and Peacemakers.

Sally Mack

2024, Acrylic on canvas

30.5 x 51 cm, 24-71

$188

Kangaroo

Heroes, Warriors, Defenders, and Peacemakers.

Cockatoo

Sally Mack

2024, Acrylic on canvas 35.5 x 35.5 cm, 24-72

$150

Untitled

Rayne Crowe

2024, Acrylic on canvas

71 x 61 cm, 24-227

$1,038

Crocodile and Barramundi

Rayne Crowe

2024, Acrylic on canvas

101.5 x 122 cm, 24-20

$2,919

Heroes, Warriors, Defenders, and Peacemakers.

Ngarra ga Bapa

Rhys Dhalukmurru McLean

2024, Acrylic on canvas 30.5 x 76 cm, 24-223 $219

Cathy 2000

Ellen Maralwuy McLean

2024, Acrylic on canvas 30.5 x 30.5 cm, 24-265 $88

Ngathi ga gaminyarr (Granddad & grandaughter)

Ruby Djikarra Alderton 2024, Acrylic on canvas, 30.5 x 45.5 cm, 24-264 $481

Rulyapa

Ruby Djikarra Alderton, 2024, Acrylic on canvas, 51 x 51 cm, 24-77, $1,038

Heroes, Warriors, Defenders, and Peacemakers.

A guide through darkness

Rekeshia Goodwin

2024, Acrylic on canvas

45.5 x 45.5 cm, 24-37

$244

35.5 x 35.5 cm, 24-59 $150

Heroes, Warriors, Defenders, and Peacemakers.

Guardian of the deep Rekeshia Goodwin

2024, Acrylic on canvas

Gideon Gardiner 2024, Acrylic on canvas

30.5 x 45.5 cm, 24-107

Tears can be...

Gideon Gardiner

2024, Acrylic on canvas

30.5 x 40.5 cm, 24-105

David & Goliath

$113

$113

40.5 x 76 cm, 24-81 $300

Heroes, Warriors, Defenders, and Peacemakers.

Patience is the key... Gideon Gardiner

2024, Acrylic on canvas

Heroes, Warriors, Defenders, and Peacemakers.

Untitled Sandra Francis 2023, Acrylic on canvas 40.5 x 76 cm, 23-675 $988

Heroes, Warriors, Defenders, and Peacemakers.

Left: Untitled Doreen Chapman 2022, Acrylic on canvas 71 x 61 cm, 22-520 $1,200

Top: Untitled (Angry Chihuahuas) Doreen Chapman 2023, Acrylic on canvas 76 x 122 cm, 23-166 $2,831

Bottom: Untitled Doreen Chapman 2020, Acrylic on canvas 101.5 x 122 cm, 20-791 $3,381

Aeroplane Doreen Chapman

2023, Acrylic on canvas

45.5 x 76 cm, 23-1019

$1,031

Aeroplane Doreen Chapman

2023, Acrylic on canvas

76 x 122 cm, 23-957

$2,831

Untitled Doreen Chapman

2023, Acrylic on canvas

91.5 x 91.5 cm, 23-477

$2,631

Emu Doreen Chapman

2024, Acrylic on canvas

51 x 51 cm, 24-51

$713

Untitled Beryl Ponce 2023, Acrylic on canvas 61 x 91.5 cm, 23-874 $919

Parrot

Nyangulya Katie Nalgood

2024, Acrylic on canvas

30.5 x 30.5 cm, 24-279

$494

Willie Wagtail

Nyangulya Katie Nalgood

2024, Acrylic on canvas

30.5 x 30.5 cm, 24-224

$494

Heroes, Warriors, Defenders, and Peacemakers.

Untitled Lena Alone 2023, Acrylic on canvas

45.5 x 40.5 cm, 23-754 $225

Untitled Lena Alone 2023, Acrylic on canvas

45.5 x 45.5 cm, 23-833 $244

Untitled Gloria 2018, Acrylic on linen

45.5 x 61 cm, 18-780

Untitled Gladys Bidu 2021, Acrylic on canvas

61 x 91.5 cm, 21-495

Heroes, Warriors, Defenders, and Peacemakers.

$756

$1,056

Ngurra (Home Country, Camp)

Nancy Nyanjilpayi Chapman

2022, Acrylic on canvas

61 x 91.5 cm, 22-373

Ngurra (Home Country, Camp)

Nancy Nyanjilpayi Chapman

2022, Acrylic on canvas

71 x 61 cm, 22-396

Ngurra (Home Country, Camp)

Nancy Nyanjilpayi Chapman

2022, Acrylic on canvas

91.5 x 91.5 cm, 22-379

$1,756

$2,994

$1,369

Untitled - Mulyatingki Marney Ngurra (Home Country, Camp)

Mulyatingki (Muljadingi) Marney

2023, Acrylic on canvas, 61 x 61 cm, 23-974 $1,500

Ngurra (Home Country, Camp)

Mulyatingki (Muljadingi) Marney

2022, Acrylic on canvas 45.5 x 61 cm, 22-193 $1,100

Untitled - Mulyatingki Marney Ngurra (Home Country, Camp)

Mulyatingki (Muljadingi) Marney

2023, Acrylic on canvas 61 x 61 cm, 23-972 $1,500

Heroes, Warriors, Defenders, and Peacemakers.

Untitled Pauline Bunwarrie

2024, Acrylic on canvas

51 x 71 cm, 24-226 $538

Untitled Daisy Tinker

2024, Acrylic on canas

61 x 91.5 cm, 24-55

$1,338

Heroes, Warriors, Defenders, and Peacemakers.

Untitled Lena Willalang 2024, Acrylic on linen 30.5 x 45.5 cm, 24-103 $225

Untitled Daisy Tinker 2024, Acrylic on canvas 30.5 x 30.5 cm, 24-114 $213

Untitled Maywokka Chapman

2023, Acrylic on canvas

51 x 71 cm, 23-485

$1,169

Untitled Maywokka Chapman

2023, Acrylic on canvas

51 x 101.5 cm, 23-203 $1,594

Untitled Maywokka Chapman

2022, Acrylic on canvas

91.5 x 91.5 cm, 22-517 $2,994

Heroes, Warriors, Defenders, and Peacemakers.

Gum Tree and Kuntal (Edible botanical gum otherwise known as Sugar Bag)

Maggie Green

2024, Acrylic on canvas

40.5 x 91.5 cm, 24_1 $988

Kunmunya, Myroodah Station, Maggie Green, 2022, Acrylic on canvas, 61 x 91.5 cm, 22-710, $1,756

Untitled

Maggie Green

2024, Acrylic on canvas 76 x 101.5 cm, 24-64

Gum Tree and Kuntal (Edible botanical gum otherwise known as Sugar Bag)

Maggie Green

2022, Acrylic on canvas 61 x 91.5 cm, 22-707

Heroes, Warriors, Defenders, and Peacemakers.

$1,756

$2,425

FORM Building a State of Creativity and Spinifex Hill Studio

For nearly two decades, cultural organisation FORM Building a State of Creativity has worked to support the creative community of Western Australia’s remote Pilbara region. In 2008, realising there was no established support for Aboriginal artists living in the Hedland area, FORM started providing materials, art sessions and mentoring opportunities specifically so that local artists could paint together and develop their practices. This group of artists were the foundation of the collective that now paints at Spinifex Hill Studio, one of Australia’s most dynamic art centres, and the only Aboriginal art collective in the wider Hedland area.

In 2014, with the support of Principal Partner BHP, FORM established the Studio’s permanent home in South Hedland. This is essentially FORM’s base in the Pilbara, and the Studio’s Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal support and management personnel are part of the FORM team. From Monday to Friday the Studio opens to facilitate the practices of a core group of around twenty artists daily, however around a hundred artists are associated with the Studio and will paint there when in town. With a focus on acrylic painting, artists are given professional support in the preparation, creation and documentation of artwork. They are also given transport to and from the studio, lunch, and the opportunity to work with studio staff in refining their paintings for exhibitions, awards, markets and other professional opportunities.

Artists regularly participate in major national exhibitions and events, and are represented in national collections including the Art Gallery of South Australia, The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Curtin University, Flinders University Art Museum, the Janet Holmes à Court Collection, the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, and the Western Australian Museum.

The aim has been to make the Studio a safe, holistic and dynamic environment for artists, and it has grown into an important cultural and community place for South Hedland and the wider Pilbara region. It is relatively unique in Australia as an urban-based art centre representing Aboriginal artists from numerous cultural backgrounds and language groups; there is no dominant ‘house style,’ rather the Studio supports an eclectic range of art practices in recognition of the diversity of Indigenous experience.

Many artists have been able to build esteem and pride through their art making, gain confidence to share stories in a culturally appropriate way, travel outside their home region to attend exhibitions and art fairs, and create new income streams for themselves and their families.

Most importantly, the Studio has supported the artists in articulating their culture to audiences around Australia and the world, helping build the reputation of the Pilbara as a dynamic cultural and artistic artmaking region.

Spinifex Hill Studio is an initiative of FORM Building a State of Creativity. The Studio is supported by its Principal Partner BHP, and by the Federal Government’s Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support (IVAIS) program. Spinifex Hill Project Space was constructed thanks to support from BHP, Major Supporter Lotterywest, and Project Supporter the Pilbara Development Commission through the Regional Economic Development (RED) Grant Program. FORM is supported by the Department for Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries Arts Organisation Investment program, and is assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia.

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