Spinifex Hill Studio acknowledges the Kariyarra people as the Traditional Owners of the land on which our studio is based, the Whadjuk Noongar people of Perth where FORM is headquartered, and Traditional Owners across Western Australia. We honour and pay respect to community Elders and to their ancestors who survived and cared for this Country. Always Was, Always Will Be, Aboriginal Land.
Cover image: Untitled, Sandra Francis #23-655 acrylic on canvas 61 x 61 cm
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ARTISTS
Lena Alone Ruby Djikarra Alderton Sophia Alone Gladys Bidu Pauline Bunwarrie Maywokka Chapman Nancy Chapman Sandra Francis Gloria
Maggie Green Donovan Brown Jungala Mulyatingki (Muljadingi) Marney Sally Mack Beryl Ponce Daisy Tinker Lena Willalang Maisie Ward Rochelle Yabarllar
Wunyjurru Muwarrpalaman Referendum Ku: thought-provoking works from the Pilbara. About ideas, about questions, about the time to think and reflect, about being brave to ask, about facing the unknown. In 2023, our nation, our people will be asked one question, one question that will impact 25 million people. Wunyjurru Muwarrpalaman Referendum Ku brings together artists from across the Pilbara with artwork that presents opportunities to contemplate this moment in our nation’s history.
Untitled, Sandra Francis, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 91.5 x 91.5 cm, 23-688, $5,500
Untitled, Sandra Francis, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 61 x 61 cm, 23-655, $1,169
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Yambirrpa (Fish Trap), Ruby Djikarra Alderton, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 76 x 45.5 cm, 23-617, $1,500
Milngurr, Ruby Djikarra Alderton, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 30.5 x 51 cm, 23-710, $600
Untitled, Ruby Djikarra Alderton, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 76 x 122 cm, 23-280, $4,119
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Untitled, Gloria, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 71 x 61 cm, 23-114, $1,200
Untitled, Gloria, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 45.5 x 71 cm, 23-507, $869
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Untitled, Beryl Ponce, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 51 x 61 cm, 23-38, $500
Untitled, Beryl Ponce, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 76 x 76 cm, 23-310, $938
Untitled, Beryl Ponce, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 51 x 101.5 cm, 23-3, $831
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Untitled, Lena Willalang, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 101.5 x 91.5 cm, 23-650, $1931
Untitled, Lena Willalang, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 61 x 91.5 cm, 23-656, $1,056
Untitled, Lena Willalang, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 45.5 x 45.5 cm, 23-696, $369
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Untitled, Lena Willalang, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 51 x 51 cm, 23-628, $488
Untitled, Lena Willalang, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 45.5 x 40.5 cm, 23-556, $338
Untitled, Lena Willalang, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 71 x 61 cm, 23-615, $819
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Untitled, Mulyatingki (Muljadingi) Marney, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 91.5 x 91.5 cm, 23-591, $3,831
Ngurra (Home Country, Camp), Mulyatingki (Muljadingi) Marney, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 51 x 61 cm, 23-119, $1,163
Untitled - Mulyatingki Marney Ngurra (Home Country, Camp) Mulyatingki (Muljadingi) Marney, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 51 x 51 cm, 23-673, $1,038
Untitled, Mulyatingki (Muljadingi) Marney, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 35.5 x 51 cm, 23-557, $675
Untitled - Mulyatingki Marney Ngurra (Home Country, Camp) , Mulyatingki (Muljadingi) Marney, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 51 x 71 cm , 23-164, $1500
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Lorna, Sophia Alone, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 71 x 61 cm, 23-290, $1,200
Sally Mack, Sophia Alone, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 71 x 71 cm, 23-400, $1,363
Daisy Tinker, Sophia Alone, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 30.5 x 30.5 cm, 23-414, $244
Untitled, Sophia Alone, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 71 x 61 cm, 23-666, $1,200
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Untitled, Lena Alone, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 56 x 56 cm, 23-623, $363
Yarta Kankara, Lena Alone, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 45.5 x 40.5 cm, 23-429, $225
Karli + Mungu, Lena Alone, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 40.5 x 35.5 cm, 23-430, $194
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Seven Sisters, Gladys Bidu, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 71 x 101.5 cm, 23-723, $1,444
Seven Sisters, Gladys Bidu, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 51 x 71 cm, 23-343, $700
Seven Sisters, Gladys Bidu, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 71 x 101.5 cm, 23-307, $1,444
Untitled, Gladys Bidu, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 71 x 61 cm, 23-452, $819
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Untitled - Maggie Green, Maggie Green, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 76 x 122 cm, 23-649, $3,219
Untitled - Maggie Green, Maggie Green, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 51 x 101.5 cm, 23-574, $1,594
Untitled - Maggie Green, Maggie Green, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 71 x 61 cm, 23-571, $1,369
Untitled - Maggie Green, Maggie Green, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 71 x 61 cm, 23-614, $1,369
Untitled - Maggie Green, Maggie Green, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 91.5 x 91.5 cm, 23-676, $2,994
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Untitled - Maywokka (Mayiwalku) Chapman Ngurra (Home Country, Camp), Maywokka Chapman, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 61 x 91.5 cm, 23-442, $1,756
Untitled - Maywokka (Mayiwalku) Chapman Ngurra (Home Country, Camp), Maywokka Chapman, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 51 x 71 cm, 23-485, $1,169
Untitled - Maywokka (Mayiwalku) Chapman Ngurra (Home Country, Camp), Maywokka Chapman, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 101.5 x 101.5 cm, 23-482, $3,219
Untitled, Maywokka Chapman, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 71 x 61 cm, 23-476, $1,369
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Untitled, Lena Willalang, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 45.5 x 45.5 cm, 23-596, $288
Untitled, Pauline Bunwarrie, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 76 x 76 cm, 23-510, $819
Untitled, Pauline Bunwarrie, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 71 x 61 cm, 23-495, $619
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Untitled, Maisie Ward Nungurrayi, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 91.5 x 152 cm, 23-687, $2,919
Untitled, Maisie Ward Nungurrayi, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 40.5 x 76 cm, 23-420, $750
Untitled, Maisie Ward Nungurrayi, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 51 x 51 cm, 23-697, $619
Untitled, Maisie Ward Nungurrayi, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 51 x 71 cm, 23-541, $888
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Untitled - Nyanjilpayi Nancy Chapman Ngurra (Home Country, Camp) Nancy Nyanjilpayi Chapman, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 601 x 101.5 cm, 23-610, $1,813
Untitled - Nyanjilpayi Nancy Chapman Ngurra (Home Country, Camp) Nancy Nyanjilpayi Chapman, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 101.5 x 91.5 cm, 23-609, $3,219
Untitled - Nyanjilpayi Nancy Chapman Ngurra (Home Country, Camp) Nancy Nyanjilpayi Chapman, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 56 x 76 cm, 23-616, $1,369
Untitled - Nyanjilpayi Nancy Chapman Ngurra (Home Country, Camp) Nancy Nyanjilpayi Chapman, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 51 x 51 cm, 23-627, $813
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Untitled, Rochelle Yabarllar, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 76 x 76 cm, 23-603, $525
Untitled, Rochelle Yabarllar, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 45.5 x 71 cm, 23-618, $300
Untitled, Rochelle Yabarllar, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 76 x 40.5 cm, 23-669, $300
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Untitled, Daisy Tinker, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 35.5 x 35.5 cm, 23-706, $288
Untitled, Daisy Tinker, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 30.5 x 51 cm, 23-636, $356
Untitled, Sally Mack, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 30.5 x 35.5 cm, 23-335, $131
Untitled, Donovan Brown Jungala, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 71 x 101.5 cm, 23-4, $1,831
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Untitled (1 of 10), Sandra Francis, 2023, Digital Artworks, Digital File 16:9, 23-787, $1,350
Untitled (1 of 10), Sandra Francis, 2023, Digital Artworks, Digital File 16:9, 23-786, $1,176
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 starting 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 the Australia Council. ©FORM 2023. All rights reserved. Unless otherwise stated, copyright for imagery and written content in this publication is held by FORM Building a State of Creativity or the individual contributing writers, where applicable. Every effort has been made to adhere to best practice ICIP protocols.
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