Japingka Gallery - Aboriginal Art

Gallery of Australian Aboriginal Art | Next: Epenarra Artists + Fire and Water | open daily Mon/Fri 10-5, Sat/Sun 12-5

The best in contemporary Aboriginal art with 3 gallery spaces on 2 floors of an historic 1890s warehouse building in Fremantle. With 35 years experience in Aboriginal art, we offer 3,500 Indigenous artworks for sale from all regions of Australia. Senior artists and emerging communities are all well represented. New exhibitions are presented regularly in the upstairs galleries, while the ground flo

11/07/2024

J*pingka Gallery- we are open weekends 12-5 and weekdays 10-5. Or visit the website to see what’s new: https://japingkaaboriginalart.com/collections/new/

08/07/2024

Seven Sisters Dreaming, 177x90 cm, Tanya Brady J*p 022235 https://japingkaaboriginalart.com/collections/artwork-under-5000/ As seven sisters were travelling across the Country they discovered they were being followed by Wati-Nyiru who sought to seduce them and make them his own. The sisters travelled west from place to place to escape from the man who constantly changed his form, so they had to keep moving.

04/07/2024

J*pingka Gallery showing works by Yondee Shane Hansen, Kurun Warun and Kudditji Kngwarreye – open Sat/Sun 12-5, Mon/Fri 10-5 https://japingkaaboriginalart.com/collections/fire-and-water/

02/07/2024

Always great to see customers new homes for paintings, this one by Patrick Mung Mung from the Warmun Artists exhibition ‘Purnululu’ – see more of these ochre paintings here: https://japingkaaboriginalart.com/collections/purnululu-warmun-artists/

01/07/2024

Shell Middens by Yondee Shane Hansen, 164 x 81 cm, J*p 021302 https://japingkaaboriginalart.com/collections/yondee-shane-hansen/ Shell middens left from the shell fish where Whadjuk people have eaten, found along the river systems and the coastal areas of Western Australia.

25/06/2024

Yam Dreaming triptych by Bessie Petyarre, 180x120 cm, J*p 022842 https://japingkaaboriginalart.com/collections/utopia-artists/

21/06/2024

ochre paintings from Warmun Artists on view in Gallery2 – pic: Troy Drill, Purnululu, 150x150 cm, J*p 022723 – exhibition is open daily Mon/Fri 10-5, Sat/Sun 12-5, or see all the works online https://japingkaaboriginalart.com/collections/purnululu-warmun-artists/

19/06/2024

Paintings by local Noongar artist Yondee Shane Hansen hanging in Gallery1 at J*pingka – Derbarl Yerrigan (Swan River Waterways) and Rain Man – see more of the artist’s work here: https://japingkaaboriginalart.com/collections/yondee-shane-hansen/

18/06/2024
18/06/2024

Kudditji Kngwarreye painting hanging at J*pingka Gallery – 180x120 cm, J*p 005454 – gallery is open daily M/F 10-5, Sa/Su 12-5 or view online https://japingkaaboriginalart.com/collections/fire-and-water/

13/06/2024

A re-hang of Warmun Artists show ‘Purnululu’ in Gallery2 and new works up in Gallery1 – Purnululu, an exhibition of ochre paintings at J*pingka and online https://japingkaaboriginalart.com/collections/purnululu-warmun-artists/

12/06/2024

Paintings by Sonya Edney to view on her Artists page, pic: Seven Sisters, 195x120 cm J*p 021662 – see more artworks here https://japingkaaboriginalart.com/collections/sonya-edney/ Starry night skies in Gascoyne country

07/06/2024

Jimmy Pike, limited edition screenprint, Kirrkirr Chicken Hawk, 31x40 cm, J*p 018800 - from the online exhibition Art of the Great Sandy Desert - view all the artworks online https://japingkaaboriginalart.com/collections/jimmy-pike-art-of-the-great-sandy-desert/

05/06/2024

J*pingka Gallery is presenting an online exhibition of graphic works by Jimmy Pike. See the range of the artist’s imagery here: https://japingkaaboriginalart.com/collections/jimmy-pike-art-of-the-great-sandy-desert/ Walmajarri artist Jimmy Pike (1940-2002) created images of his homelands in the Great Sandy Desert, drawing on lived history, mythic and Dreamtime stories, and reactions to the contemporary world.

04/06/2024

Clarisse Tunkin, 152x46 cm, J*p 022354 - This painting deals with the legendary figure of Marlilu, a Pitjantjatjara ancestral creation figure, with evocative power. Clarise recalls visiting Marlilu’s cave with her mother when she was young.
https://japingkaaboriginalart.com/collections/clarise-tunkin/

31/05/2024

J*pingka Gallery is closed Monday 3 June for a public holiday, we are open over the weekend 12-5 pm – great to see the Martumili team in the gallery during the week https://japingkaaboriginalart.com/exhibitions/

29/05/2024

Five generations of painters at one art centre – Warmun Artists share the story of their art in this great interview
https://japingkaaboriginalart.com/articles/five-generations-painting-at-warmun-arts-centre/

Photos from J*pingka Gallery - Aboriginal Art's post 28/05/2024

Walter Jangala Brown, Tingari 145x85 cm, J*p 021952 from the Tingari- Desert Men exhibition at J*pingka - open daily or view online https://japingkaaboriginalart.com/collections/tingari-desert-men-exhibition/

22/05/2024

Tingari- Desert Men exhibition is now showing at J*pingka - paintings Walala Tjapaltjarri, Thomas Tjapaltjarri, Raymond Nelson – open daily or view online https://japingkaaboriginalart.com/collections/tingari-desert-men-exhibition/

14/05/2024

Tingari- Desert Men exhibition at J*pingka- Paintings L-R: George Tjungurrayi, Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri, Paddy Carrol Tjungurrayi, Jackie Giles – open daily or view online https://japingkaaboriginalart.com/collections/tingari-desert-men-exhibition/

12/05/2024

Riya by Phyllis Thomas, 80x60 cm, J*p 022717, from the exhibition of ochre paintings from Warmun Artists at J*pingka Gallery – open daily Mon/Fri 10-5, Sat/Sun 12-5, or see all the works online https://japingkaaboriginalart.com/collections/purnululu-warmun-artists/

08/05/2024

Taking in the exhibition of ochre paintings from Warmun Artists at J*pingka Gallery – open daily Mon/Fri 10-5, Sat/Sun 12-5, or see all the works online https://japingkaaboriginalart.com/collections/purnululu-warmun-artists/

07/05/2024

Close-up on ochre painting ‘Purnululu’ by Roberta Daylight, 120x45 cm, J*p 022725 – in the exhibition by Warmun Artists now showing at J*pingka Gallery through May 2024 and available online https://japingkaaboriginalart.com/collections/purnululu-warmun-artists/

01/05/2024

Purnululu: ochre paintings from Warmun Artists – now exhibiting at J*pingka Gallery through May 2024 and available online https://japingkaaboriginalart.com/collections/purnululu-warmun-artists/

30/04/2024

Purnululu- ochre paintings from Warmun Artists – pic: Patrick Mung Mung (L) and Phyllis Thomas (R) - exhibition is now open at J*pingka https://japingkaaboriginalart.com/collections/purnululu-warmun-artists/

29/04/2024

Ochre paintings from Warmun Artists, showing their connections to the ancient Purnululu site – pic: Try Drill, 60x60 cm, J*p 022721 - exhibition is open this week https://japingkaaboriginalart.com/collections/purnululu-warmun-artists/

24/04/2024

Delighted to have the new paintings arrive from Warmun Art Centre after a flood delayed freight service – The exhibition will be up next week. J*pingka’s hours this week: closed Thursday 25 April public holiday then open Fri 10-5, Sat 12-5, Sun 12-5 https://japingkaaboriginalart.com/exhibitions/

19/04/2024

J*pingka Gallery open hours Mon- Fri 10-5, Sat 12-5, Sun 12-5, or available to view online - https://japingkaaboriginalart.com/exhibitions/

09/04/2024

Small work 61x45 cm by Freda Price Pwerle, J*p 022324, found on the Artwork under $1000 at J*pingka along with 100 other paintings https://japingkaaboriginalart.com/collections/affordable-art/

02/04/2024

Some paintings hanging in the ground floor gallery space at J*pingka – including large work by Jorna Newberry 183x122 cm, J*p 022447 https://japingkaaboriginalart.com/collections/jorna-newberry/

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Our Story

See the rich selection of Aboriginal art being produced in Australia today. There are great collections of Aboriginal paintings at Japingka - new exhibitions are held in the upstairs galleries and our extensive stockrooms hold 4,500 artworks from all areas of Australia. Major artists and emerging communities are all well represented. Visiting artists and the best in contemporary Aboriginal art – open 7 days in Fremantle, or view exhibitions and artists’ profiles online. Email the gallery for invitations to exhibition openings.

See our exhibition program throughout the year, with new exhibitions opening every 7 weeks. These take place in the upstairs galleries, while the ground floor presents an overview of the range and quality of artworks currently being produced by indigenous communities and artists.

Japingka Gallery is a member of Aboriginal Art Association of Australia and the Australian Federal Government’s Indigenous Art Code, whose aims include best practice and ethical standards for the Aboriginal art industry. All artworks are provided with documentation that includes the story associated with the painting, the artist biography, information on the region or community, and a signed certificate of Authenticity or Provenance Statement.



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