Exhibitions
Pormpuraaw Arts and Culture at Tali Gallery

Pormpuraaw Arts and Culture at Tali Gallery

Tali Gallery is pleased to welcome the work of the artists of  Pormpuraaw Arts and Culture Centre on Cape York. Please join us to enjoy this wonderful collection of ghostnet sculptures with its array of sea creatures, together with wooden carvings, etchings and paintings created in a way that is quite unique to this community.  ...
Limited Edition Fine Art Etchings from Pormpuraaw

Limited Edition Fine Art Etchings from Pormpuraaw

The Artists of Pormpuraaw have earned a reputation for very beautiful etchings and lino cuts – limited edition fine artworks which depict the creatures of their tropical landscape on the Cape York Peninsular and the coastline of the Gulf of Carpentaria.   These are part of our ‘For Love of Country’ exhibition opening Saturday November...
For Love of Country - Pormpuraaw Wood Carvings

For Love of Country – Pormpuraaw Wood Carvings

From far North Queensland, dogs, turtles and birds –  brolga, pelican and egret – depicted in milkwood and ironbark.    
For Love of Country - Torres Strait Island Vinylcuts Featuring Glen Mackie

For Love of Country – Torres Strait Island Vinylcuts Featuring Glen Mackie

In conjunction with Canopy Art Centre in Cairns, Tali Gallery is delighted to present the work of Torres Strait Island (Zenadh Kes) artists. The last two decades have seen printmaking become one of the most recognisable and respected visual forms of cultural expression by these artists.  Pionered in the early 1990s, their natural carving ability...
The Must Have Deadliest Bag!     Erub Erwer Meta Artists  -  Deadly!

The Must Have Deadliest Bag! Erub Erwer Meta Artists – Deadly!

Created with charm and skill, these are among the deadliest bags we’ve seen! With beach, everyday and evening design offerings, they’re the must have fashion accessory for this summer and many to come – as they’re made from indestructible and literally deadly ghost nets washed up on the beaches of the islands and coastlines of...
For Love of Country -  Elisa Jane Carmichael at the Gallery in November through December

For Love of Country – Elisa Jane Carmichael at the Gallery in November through December

Elisa Jane is a Salt Water Murri, an Indigenous Contemporary Artist from North Stradbroke Island, Queensland. She is a descendant of the Ngugi people, one of the 3 clan groups of the Quandamooka people of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia, the people of the sand and seas, Yoolooburrabee. Leecee was living in London for 18months until...
For Love of Country - TSI Under Water by Zoe Reynolds

For Love of Country – TSI Under Water by Zoe Reynolds

“Love” Saibai, Torres Strait, Australia.   Already underwater each monsoon season due to the very real effects of climate change and the rising tides. Photographer, Zoe Reynolds, captured the plight of the people on Saibai, one of five islands in the Torres Strait threatened by the rising seas, as the oceans engulf their homes and they...
For Love of Country - Indulkana's Iwantja Artists

For Love of Country – Indulkana’s Iwantja Artists

In the Anangu Ptijantjatjara Yangkunyjatjara Lands in the far north of South Australia, characterised by red dirt, dust, dry river beds and scrub, four internationally famous octogenarian artists depict their custodial country: every rockhole, waterhole, wiltja (shelter) and tree.   And where to find mai wiru (good food).   Ngura (country, place, home) is central to Aboriginal...
For Love of Country - Tiger Yaltangki Unleashed

For Love of Country – Tiger Yaltangki Unleashed

Tiger Yaltangki from Iwantja Arts in Indulkana in the desert lands of South Australia is certainly not afraid of colour and expression!   These wonderful paintings are a testimony to his free spirit in depicting his country and given their and his wonderful bright nature, he will enjoy a dedicated space in the gallery during...
Gamba Gamba - HopeVale Artists On Line Exhibition

Gamba Gamba – HopeVale Artists On Line Exhibition

Tali Gallery is pleased to present the Gamba Gamba of HopeVale in Remote Cape York having met Madge Bowen, Wanda Gibson, Grace Rosendale and Dora Deemal  recently at Joel Dicken’s curated exhibition at ‘the tate’ in Glebe (opened by Her Excellency the Governor Marie Bashir).  The artwork was the result of Joel’s residency at the...
Bindi Eye - Exhibition at Tali Gallery from October 20

Bindi Eye – Exhibition at Tali Gallery from October 20

Mwerre Anthurre Art Studio   In the heart land of Central Australia, lies Bindi Inc, a cross cultural organization providing opportunities for all people with disabilities for over 32 years. Bindi Inc’s Artist Collective Mwerre Anthurre commenced in 2000 and supports some of Australia’s leading and emerging artists whose work exhibits nationally and internationally. Mwerre Anthurre...
Northern Culture - Artefacts from Arnhemland

Northern Culture – Artefacts from Arnhemland

  Mimih’s, Wandurrks and Wyara, bark paintings, fish traps, pandanus dilly bags, mats and baskets, yawk yawks, stingrays and…..