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Short St Gallery

Locality: Broome, Western Australia

Phone: +61 8 9192 2658

Address: 7 Short St 6725 Broome, WA, Australia

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25.01.2022 BALUNGARR A SOLO EXHIBITION FROM MARK NODEA 25 SEPTEMBER - 15 OCTOBER 2020 Short St Gallery is proud to present this nearly sold out show ‘Balungarr’ by Gija artist, Mark Nodea. We invite you to view his mesmerising exhibition via the link to our website. Mark is one of the most exciting artists to emerge from Gija country in recent years. Mark's steady following has grown considerably in the last few years which have seen him be a finalist in a number of awards, and have a...rtworks placed in prominent collections within Australia. His bold contemporary compositions draw on the strong oral history and traditions of Gija language and culture. The resulting paintings strike a cord with the viewer and engage them long after the initial sighting. Mark paints Ngarrgooroon, his mother Nancy Nodea's country, which extends around Texas Downs Station and to Purnululu. As Mark explains below, 'I grew up in Warmun in the early 70s and went to school in Wyndham. My childhood was with my mother and grandparents at Balungarr (Texas Downs Station). As a child, my mother and grandparents always took me, brother and sister out bush, camping and living off the land, gathering bush tucker such as wild berries, bush honey, turtles, fish, freshwater shells, emu, turkey and kangaroos. At night around the campfire our grandparents would tell us stories of how their parents lived in the bush country, before colonisation, before white people came to this country. There were no vehicles, our people used to walk across rivers and creeks, climbing hills and mountains. Our grandparents also talked to us in our language (Gija). They taught us Law and Culture, teaching ceremonies our way. Now as an adult, I’ve got three boys of my own; 21, 18 and 17. I am 50 years old and still painting as my elders’ taught me in Warmun. I do love my art, it’s my life.' Email us at [email protected] to go on the wait list to preview future works by Nodea! Congratulations Mark on such a successful show! Warmun Art Centre Mark Nodea

23.01.2022 Enjoying the Betty Chimney & Vicki Cullinan exhibition before change over with some gorgeous reading material, check out that cover!

21.01.2022 We are excited to be representing Alison Anderson in this years Sydney Contemporary 2020! Alison Anderson The secret at the desert's heart, 2020 Acrylic on Linen... 140 x 100 cm (840739) See more

21.01.2022 We are so excited for our upcoming Tangentyere exhibition in February. Featuring delightful works rich in colour and story from the wonderful Town Camp artists of Alice Springs. Join our mailing list here to see the exhibition preview coming soon. www.shortstgallery.com.au/mailing-list/ Photo of artist Nora Abbott courtesy of Tangentyere. ... #broomegallery #artgallery #aboriginalart #indigenousartist #australianartist #exhibition

17.01.2022 COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT TIWI ISLANDS ARTWORK FROM THE TIWI ISLANDS & SPECIAL PROMOTIONS 7 SEPTEMBER 2020.... The Tiwi Islands are located North of Darwin in the Northern Territory and comprise of Melville Island, Bathurst Island and nine other small Islands. Tiwi culture is very unique, as Pedro says, it has an emphasis on dance and also the Pukumani (burial) ceremony. As well as a skin name, each person has their own dreaming and dance which they inherit. During ceremony, the body is painted in geometric abstract designs, known as jilamara. The art of the Tiwi Islands is often derived from the artists personal jilamara painted with natural ochre on to bark, canvas or sculpture. This has resulted in a culture where self-expression is admired and each artist develops their own unique aesthetic within the traditional practice and with an emphasis on good design. Creating beautiful art is part of Tiwi culture and has been recognised by the many important institutions and collections that Tiwi art can be found in world wide. Short St Gallery works with three art communities on the Tiwi Islands, Jilamara Arts and Crafts Association, Munupi Arts and Crafts Association and Ngaruwanajirri Inc. Each art centre offers a unique perspective into the art and culture of the Tiwi Islands. The art community celebrates engagement in Jilamara (good design) and encourages artists to find their own voice and expression across all three art centres. This is evident in the diverse styles found in the Tiwi Islands. They range from gestural, to refined lines and geometric shapes, through to ephemeral mark making. The result is hypnotic paintings and sculptures that hold the weight of history while celebrating the artists individual voice. . In the words of artist Columbiere Tpiungwuti, 'Long, long, long time ago our great, great grand parents taught us how to paint, we have to have that in our heads and we gotta remember it and know it.' Short St Gallery invites you to view artworks from our Tiwi collection via the link below. If you fall in love with more than one work, we are offering 10% off multiple purchases from this collection until the end of September. See more

16.01.2022 Who wouldn’t want to be curl up in front of this gorgeous #shortstpiece by Tuppy Goodwin....

16.01.2022 COMING SOON: We are excited to announce our participation in the new Sydney Contemporary initiative '2020', an experiential, bespoke digital initiative that supports the arts community! Launching on the 1st October, 'Sydney Contemporary presents 2020' will take you on an art buying adventure from the comfort of your own home! Explore, discover and buy from over 450 new artworks created in 2020.We always remember the story of when, how and why we bought an artwork so why not ...take this opportunity to acquire a work created during this memorable year, and support our artists. Register now for early access www.sydneycontemporarypresents.com.au #scpresents2020 @sydneycontemporary

16.01.2022 ARTIST SPOTLIGHT : MATTHEW JOHNSON Matthew Johnson has lead an eclectic life. He was born in London, raised in New York and Sydney and is now based in Melbourne. Matthew graduated from the National Art School in Sydney with a strong art practice in abstraction. He held his first exhibition in the 1980’s and has since gone on to exhibit extensively through out Europe, Asia and Australia, including numerous residencies aboard. The compositional structure of Matthew's paintings... are drawn from nature and reflect his love of employing and working with paint. Using an array of pigments and oils, his eclectic experiences and diverse travels are distilled in his paintings. Matthew's artworks are built up from layers of rare pigments and have an effervescent glow that derives from a particular pigment he often employs in his paintings. The canvases draw on the process of art making, while exploring the parameters of colour, light, space and the tactual. As Johnson himself says, "Everything we see is conditioned by light and everything we see is transformed by light." Matthew Johnson has been widely acclaimed for his continued art practice including numerous accolades, awards and collection such as; Artbank, Campbelltown City Art Gallery, Faber Castell Collection, Holmes and Court Collection, Bundaberg Arts Centre, State Bank, Victoria, Moorilla Museum & Art Gallery, Tasmania and the Monash Museum of Art to name a few. Short St gallery is excited to present this weeks Artist Spotlight on Matthew Johnson. We invite you to view his work on our website via the link. In our efforts to continue to support and promote the industry we love and the artists we work with during the pandemic, Short St Gallery are doing Artist Profiles and Community Spotlights regularly, often with a special promotion, so keep your eyes on our emails for that little bit of something special. Our current promotion offers free shipping on artworks from our Staff Picks selection until the end of October.

15.01.2022 * BECKY BLAIR ARTWORK SALE - THIS WEEKEND! * For the first time in over two years, Becky Blair Artist is showing her work in Australia at Stackwood, in conjunct...ion with Short St Gallery. Following on the back of a highly successful collaboration with fashion label Gorman, Becky is pleased to release her works for sale to her Australian audience, including ’Shadow Patterns’ featured in the Gorman clothing line. A Long Distance Romance is aptly named while Becky remains in Britain due to pandemic travel restrictions, yet has her heart and soul firmly planted in Australia where she has held many exhibitions over the past two decades, and a country to which she returns to time and time again. THIS WEEKEND Friday 27 (9am - 2pm), Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 November (9am - 4pm) 10 Stack St, Fremantle We are also having a WAREHOUSE WIDE SALE operating in the same time hours as above with 20% off plants and offers from our studios. For details on both visit https://bit.ly/3ftcYTm ___ Photo by Hugh Fox See more

15.01.2022 Shirley Puruntatameri Kulama Design 2018 Ochre on canvas 120 x 80 cm 841872... Short St Gallery invites you to view artworks from our Tiwi collection via our website found in the link in our bio. If you fall in love with more than one work, we are offering 10% off multiple purchases from this collection until the end of September.

12.01.2022 As the sun sets on the turbulent year that has been 2020, we thank you for your wonderful support of Short St Gallery and all the artists that we represent. We hope that you will come to Broome to visit us in 2021. Our best wishes to all for a Happy New Year! Photo by Matt Deakin From Miles Away ... #happynewyear #nye2021 #broome #visitbroome #wanderoutyonder #thekimberleyaustralia See more

10.01.2022 Sebastian Arrow is a Yawuru artist from Broome and has lived in the area most of his life. Well-known senior law man and artist Aubrey Tigan was Sebastian’s mentor and taught him the traditional designs and craft of the region including Riji, carved pearl shell rubbed with ochre, ubiquitous amongst saltwater tribes of the Kimberley and Pilbara coast along the remote north western edge of Western Australia. Riji were traditionally used as a trading device with in land tribes a...nd during men's initiation ceremonies. Sebastian is able to produce some of the old local law designs and trading designs that Aubrey passed on to continue this extraordinary artwork on pearl shell. Enquire online: https://bit.ly/2LdwZlT Email: [email protected] Sebastian Arrow Jalinyi, 2020 Ochre & acrylic on carved pearl shell 16 x 13 cm (839243) #broomeartist #aboriginalart #indigenousart #yawuru #ochre #carving #pearlshell

07.01.2022 ARTIST SPOTLIGHT : STEPHEN EASTAUGH Short St Gallery is excited to present Australian artist Stephen Eastaugh in this week’s Artists Spotlight. Stephen has had a number of exhibitions with us over the years and we are long-time supporters of his incredible and quirky art practice. Stephen has recently added to his impressive CV by winning the mixed media/textile award In Broome’s Shinju Matsuri Art Award with his work, Remotely Close Region with Black Holes. He is set to app...ear in three major national exhibitions in the coming months including as a finalist in the National Works on Paper Show at the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery. Each of Eastaugh's semi-abstract, mixed-media artworks tells a story based on his travels, he calls his art of travel an 'Unstill Life'. In his many residencies and travel experiences, Eastaugh has visited over 80 plus countries including, Antarctica, the North Pole, Peru, Mongolia, Greenland, Tonga, Argentina and of course Broome in Western Australia. Stephen is known for producing semi-abstract, mixed-media art, and his work is often informed by his experiences traveling. Eastaugh studied at the Victorian College of the Arts from 1979 to 1981. After completing his Bachelor of Fine Art, he began to travel, first to New Zealand and Norway, and since then has not settled anywhere for more than a few months at a time. Since the early 1980s, he has participated in over 100 solo exhibitions and 100 group exhibitions in Australia and internationally. He is represented in many of Australia's state and national art collections including the National Gallery of Australia, the National Gallery of Victoria and Parliament House Canberra. His 2006 Summer studio at Australia's Davis Station in Antarctica was the subject of the ABC TV documentary AntarcticArt. In 2012 Eastaugh self-published Unstill Life, a book with a limited-edition of 500 copies, documenting his 30 years of traveling which he wrote over the winter of 2009 at Mawson Station in Antarctica. Short St Gallery invite you to view Stephen’s artwork via our website.Enquiries into his award-winning work can be made [email protected]

06.01.2022 Short St Gallery is excited to present Australian artist Stephen Eastaugh in this week’s Artists Spotlight. Stephen has had a number of exhibitions with us over the years and we are long-time supporters of his incredible and quirky art practice. Stephen has recently added to his impressive CV by winning the mixed media/textile award In Broome’s Shinju Matsuri Art Award with his work, Remotely Close Region with Black Holes. He is set to appear in three major national exhibitio...ns in the coming months including as a finalist in the National Works on Paper Show at the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery. Each of Eastaugh's semi-abstract, mixed-media artworks tells a story based on his travels, he calls his art of travel an 'Unstill Life'. In his many residencies and travel experiences, Eastaugh has visited over 80 plus countries including, Antarctica, the North Pole, Peru, Mongolia, Greenland, Tonga, Argentina and of course Broome in Western Australia. Stephen is known for producing semi-abstract, mixed-media art, and his work is often informed by his experiences traveling. Eastaugh studied at the Victorian College of the Arts from 1979 to 1981. After completing his Bachelor of Fine Art, he began to travel, first to New Zealand and Norway, and since then has not settled anywhere for more than a few months at a time. Since the early 1980s, he has participated in over 100 solo exhibitions and 100 group exhibitions in Australia and internationally. He is represented in many of Australia's state and national art collections including the National Gallery of Australia, the National Gallery of Victoria and Parliament House Canberra. His 2006 Summer studio at Australia's Davis Station in Antarctica was the subject of the ABC TV documentary AntarcticArt. In 2012 Eastaugh self-published Unstill Life, a book with a limited-edition of 500 copies, documenting his 30 years of traveling which he wrote over the winter of 2009 at Mawson Station in Antarctica. Short St Gallery invite you to view Stephen’s artwork via our website.Enquiries into his award-winning work can be made [email protected] See more

06.01.2022 A LONG DISTANCE ROMANCE: A SOLO EXHIBITION FROM BECKY BLAIR SHORT ST POP UP @ STACKWOOD STUDIOS 27 NOVEMBER - 18 DECEMBER 2020 Short St Gallery presents A Long Distance Romance with Becky Blair. During 2020 Becky has had to conduct her love affair with travel and Australia from a distance. Short St Gallery is honoured to be part of this long distance romance by presenting Becky’s first solo exhibition in Australia in over two years. While Becky remains in Britain due to pand...emic travel restrictions, her heart and soul is firmly planted in Australia, where she holds many memories and returns to time and again. Becky Blair is an artist who aspires to create imagery that has strength but is equally fleeting and momentary. Her work presents an exploration of colour, texture and composition to render physical aspects of life that are intangible. Her artwork is a celebration of these intangible moments, evolving through a complex layering of glazes, texture, drawing, printing and painting. They lead you through her obsession with colour toward memories of where you might have been or are yet to go. Becky’s artworks draw their inspiration from her eclectic experience’s; Mediterranean holidays in the 80s, India on motorbike in the 90s, travelling across Australia in a van and sleeping under the stars. They stir the viewer to remember their own adventures, reminding us of the romance and mystery of being elsewhere, and the longing of wanderlust. We invite you to view A Long Distance Romance via the link below. For those of you lucky enough to be based in Perth, we will be showing Becky’s artwork over three days at Stackwood Studios. A Long Distance Romance and additional works from Becky’s back catalogue will be available. Opening hours as follows, all welcome. Friday 27th - 9am - 2pm Saturday 28th - 9am - 4pm Sunday 29th - 9am - 4pm @ Stackwood Studios, 10 Stack St, Fremantle, Australia

06.01.2022 SPOTLIGHT ON : SHORT ST GALLERY STAFF PICKS Ever wondered what Short St Gallery’s staff would buy ? Or what they are drawn to and consider a rising talent or established power house in the art world? Five of Short St’s wonderful staff have selected four artworks each. Each piece has caught their eye for varying reasons and below is a quick explanation from each staff member. If you are interested in further insight into the selection we have included a PDF that can be downlo...aded from the Viewing Room link below. We are also available to via phone and email to answer any of your questions. We hope you enjoy viewing these glorious artworks as much as we have enjoyed fantasising about taking them home! Elya, Manager, ‘ Elizabeth Nyumi’s tactile surface; her loose and luminous palette as she re-connects to country, taking us on a delightful journey across the canvas, to which we are happy to oblige.’ Tahnee, Coordinator, ‘Yata Gypsy Yadda’s artwork has and always will make me feel something indescribable and ephemeral. I find this one of the beautiful things about art. It can speak to you personally to make you feel or think something that often can’t be quantified. This is one of the pleasures of perusing art and finding the right piece for you.’ Anna, Gallery Assistant, ‘I find Judy Martin's painting very compelling because of its complexity in form and colour. This is a work about her father's country at Wakura which is very special and sacred to her and her family.’ Jade, Gallery Assistant, ‘Mrs Japulija's use of colour is so vivid and lively, creating a sense of joy in her work. The Perspex medium creates a beautiful, glass-like aesthetic giving the work a unique quality.’ Anthony, Gallery Assistant, ‘Molly was born in the bush c.1948. Her painting Wakapulkatjara provides us with a metaphysical view into the past, illuminating the ancient bond between nature and humanity. Making this a very special work of art.’ Email us at [email protected] for a preview of the works selected

05.01.2022 Coming soon... A Long Distance Romance Short St Pop up exhibition at Stackwood Studios 27th November - 18th December 2020... Becky Blair Shadow Patterns acrylic on canvas 100 x 100 cm (61020)

05.01.2022 Broome Chinatown’s revitalisation is happening right outside our door! Because of this we have closed our gallery doors early but do not worry. Our stockroom on 3 Hopton Street is open Monday - Saturday 10- 2pm and via private appointment. Here you will find a treasure trove of glorious works! You can also access our entire collection on our website www. Shortstgallery.com or email us at [email protected]

05.01.2022 The assured, vivid brush strokes of Brenton Ken. Enquire online: https://bit.ly/3556ZAa Email: [email protected]... Brenton Ken Kulata Tjuta, 2017 acrylic on linen 152.5 x 122 cm (837892) #aboriginalart #indigenousart #contemporaryart #australianartist

04.01.2022 NOW OPEN! BALUNGARR A SOLO EXHIBITION FROM MARK NODEA 25 SEPTEMBER - 15 OCTOBER 2020 ... Short St Gallery is proud to present this nearly sold out show ‘Balungarr’ by Gija artist, Mark Nodea. We invite you to view his mesmerising exhibition via the link to our website. Mark is one of the most exciting artists to emerge from Gija country in recent years. Mark's steady following has grown considerably in the last few years which have seen him be a finalist in a number of awards, and have artworks placed in prominent collections within Australia. His bold contemporary compositions draw on the strong oral history and traditions of Gija language and culture. The resulting paintings strike a cord with the viewer and engage them long after the initial sighting. Mark paints Ngarrgooroon, his mother Nancy Nodea's country, which extends around Texas Downs Station and to Purnululu. As Mark explains below, 'I grew up in Warmun in the early 70s and went to school in Wyndham. My childhood was with my mother and grandparents at Balungarr (Texas Downs Station). As a child, my mother and grandparents always took me, brother and sister out bush, camping and living off the land, gathering bush tucker such as wild berries, bush honey, turtles, fish, freshwater shells, emu, turkey and kangaroos. At night around the campfire our grandparents would tell us stories of how their parents lived in the bush country, before colonisation, before white people came to this country. There were no vehicles, our people used to walk across rivers and creeks, climbing hills and mountains. Our grandparents also talked to us in our language (Gija). They taught us Law and Culture, teaching ceremonies our way. Now as an adult, I’ve got three boys of my own; 21, 18 and 17. I am 50 years old and still painting as my elders’ taught me in Warmun. I do love my art, it’s my life.' Email us at [email protected] to go on the wait list to preview future works by Nodea! Congratulations Mark on such a successful show!

03.01.2022 Tiwi artist Alfonso Puatjimi creates his distinctive art with bold strokes of colour and strong textural effects at Ngaruwanajirri art centre, located on Bathurst Island. Ngaruwanajirri translates to 'helping one another' it is also known as The Keeping House, where no one is an outsider. Founded in 1994 as place to make art and a shared home for Tiwi artists with disabilities; fostering skills, innovation and belonging. Enquire online: https://bit.ly/2WR2IvD Email: [email protected] Alfonso Puatjimi Self Portrait, 2019 Natural ochre on paper 38 x 29 cm 838517 #shortstgallery #indigenousart #tiwiart #contemporaryart #ochre

02.01.2022 Vicki Cullinan Munga Ilkari (Night Sky) 2020 Acrylic on linen 91 x 122 cm 840222