Welcome

Lockhart River Arts Indigenous Corporation receives current funding from the Australian Government through the Department of Communications and the Arts under the Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support (IVAIS) program.

The Corporation also receives current funding from the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland's Backing Indigenous Arts initiative (BIA) program and the Regional Arts Development Fund (IRADF).

Business Hours: April 2022 to December 2022: Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, Saturday 9am to 1pm. Sunday by appointment through prior contact. Free entry.

Latest News

Mobile Phone Contact Only to Arts Centre

Sat 02 Apr 2022

Lockhart River Arts Centre's landline on 07 4060 7341 and fax number 07 4060 7342 is no longer operational. All contacts to the Arts Centre will be through mobile number 0498123434. Another mobile number will be added in mid April 2022. Customers can also email. Please see contact page on our website for details.

Enoch Perazim - Chief Executive Officer

Will our art retail prices increase in the current economic climate?

Sat 02 Apr 2022

Cost of goods and services and cost of fuel have increased in far North Queensland and Australia wide. As of 18 March 2022, the cost of diesel in Lockhart River was $2.05 compared to $2.29 at Shell Coles Express Service Station on Mulgrave Road Cairns, 900 kilometres south of Lockhart River. Unleaded. Unleaded ULP 91 in Lockhart River was at $2.15 per litre compared to Shell Coles Express Service Station on Mulgrave Road Cairns $2.10.

About

Lockhart River Arts Indigenous Corporation is the trade mark owner of the trade mark “ART GANG” under trade mark number 1122896. Lockhart River Arts Indigenous Corporation is also the trade mark owner of trade mark “LOCKHART RIVER ART GANG” under trade mark number 1122895. IP Australia has recorded the assignment of rights to Lockhart River Arts Indigenous Corporation effective 7 November 2016. Details of our trade mark can be viewed using the Australian trade mark search on www.ipaustralia.gov.au.

Artists

Other Artists

Samantha Hobson
Evelyn Sandy
Thelma Hobson
Leroy Platt
Johanne Omeenyo
Kevin Matty
Dorothy D. Hobson
Moira Macumboy
Joanne Butcher
Denise Fruit

Representative Galleries & Permanent Collection

Approved list of representative galleries both within Australia and Internationally that deal directly with Lockhart River Arts Centre.

Please click on the website of each represebtative gallery listed below to take you straight to their online shop.

In Australia:

Art Mob Gallery, Hobart Tasmania, Australia

Gallery Director: Euan Hills

Email: euan@artmob.com.au

Phone: +61 3 6236 9200 Fax: +61 3 6236 9300 Mobile: 0419393122

Address: 29 Hunter Street, Hobart, Tasmania 7000 Australia

www.artmob.com.au

Kate Owen Gallery, Rozelle, Sydney New South Wales, Australia

Director: Geoff Henderson

Email: geoff@kateowengallery.com

Phone: +61 2 9555 5283

Address: 680 Darling St, Rozelle NSW 2039, Australia

http://www.kateowengallery.com/

Aboriginal Exhibitions Gallery, Wangaratta Victoria, Australia - 4 Art Trail Gallery sites

1. De Bortoli Rutherglen Estate - Rutherglen, Cellar Door, 13-35 Drummond Street, Rutherglen, Victoria 3685 Australia

2. Quest Albury Townsend, 450 Townsend St, Albury NSW 2640, Australia

3. Club Savoy, 252-254 Myrtle St, Myrtleford Victoria 3737, Australia

4. The Plough Inn Tarrawingee, 2322 Wangaratta Beechworth Road, Tarrawingee, Victoria 3687 Australia

Gallery Co-owner and director: Hans Sip, Email Hans at hsip3bg@gmail.com

Mobile: 0414909505, www.aboriginalexhibitions.com.au

Samurai Gallery Australia - New gallery representative commenced 19 February 2021

Gallery owner: John Grasso, Aboriginal art from Lockhart River and quality antique Japanese swords & fittings specialist

Museum Art Gallery and Sales, Level 1, 20-22 Shields Street, Cairns, Queensland 4870, Next to Woolshed

Mobile: 0417 642 921, Email: info@samuraigalleryaustralia.com

www.samuraigalleryaustralia.com

Suzanne O'Connell Gallery Brisbane, Queensland Australia

Gallery Director: Suzanne O'Connell

Email: suzanne@suzanneoconnell.com

Address: 93 James Street, New Farm, QLD 4005

Gallery Opening Times: Wedesday to Saturday, 11am to 4pm

Phone: +61 7 3358 5811 Mobile: +61 0400 920 022 Fax: +61 7 3358 5813

www.suzanneoconnell.com

NorthSite Contemporary Arts ( formerly KickArts Contemporary Arts), Cairns Australia

Director: Ashleigh Campbell

Email: director@kickarts.org.au

96 Abbott Street, Cairns City, QLD

kickarts.org.au (website still under KickArts but brings you straight to NorthSite Contemporary Art)

Mount Sheridan Australia Post Retail Outlet, Mt Sheridan Cairns Queensland

Shop 2/106 Barnard Drive, Mount Sheridan Shopping Plaza, Mount Sheridan, QLD 4868

Phone: 131318

The Picture Framer Cairns

Contact: Mark and Nicole (Owners)

294 Severin Street, Parramatta Park, Queensland 4870

Phone: 07 40412590 Email: info@air2art.com.au

Sandra Bardas Art Gallery Victoria, Australia

Gallery Director: Aunty Lois Peeler AM, Victorian Senior Australian of the Year 2017

Gallery Coordinator: Lisa Hodgson

Address: 60 Barak Lane, Healesville Victoria 3777, Australia

Phone: +61 0359 624 344

Mobile: 0498 967 292 (or 0498 WORAWA)

Email: artgallery@worawa.vic.edu.au

www.worawa.vic.edu.au

Iron Range Cabins Accomodation Front Office, Lockhart River, Queensland (Temporarily unavailable due to repair works at the Cabbins)

1 Airport Road, Lockhart River, QLD 4871, email: ircabins@lhrac.com.au

Phone: 07 4060 7147, wwwlhrac.com.au

In United States of America:

Booker Lowe Gallery, Houston Texas, USA
Director: Nana Booker
Email: nana@bookerlowegallery.com
Address: 4623 Feagan Street, Houston, Texas 77007 USA
Phone: 713.880.1541
www.bookerlowegallery.com

In Paris, France

Arts d’Australie – Stéphane Jacob (Paris).

179 Boulevard Pereire, 75017, Paris France

Ph: +33 146 22 23 20, email: sj@artsdaustralie.com, https://www.aboriginalartdirectory.com

Museuem Collection in Switzerland:

Theresa Burkhardt-Felder - Conservatrice

Fondation Burkhardt-Felder Arts et Culture

Musée de l'art aborigène australien "La grange"

Musée de l'automobile "Le manège"

Château d'Ivernois

Grande Rue 7

CH-2112 Môtiers NE

Val-de-Travers

Suisse

Tél (0041) 032 861 2001 (direct)

Email: theresa.burkhardt@bluewin.ch

www.fondation-bf.ch

Exhibition

Our group exhibition history dates back to 1998. More details on solo and group exhibition records are contained in selected artist biographies.

February 2020: Online group exhibition at Art Mob Fine Aboriginal Art Gallery, Hobart Tasmania. Link: http://artmob.com.au/exhibition/lockhart-river/

February 2020: Group exhibition titled "Lockhart River Art Gang - Sharing our Stories", Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney NSW. Artworks by Rosella Namok, Samantha Hobson, Fiona Omeenyo, Irene Namok, Silas Hobson and Patrick Butcher Jnr.

March 2020: Lockhart River Group Art Expo, Nomads Hotel, Mulgrave Road, Cairns. 3 day exhibition titled "Puuya Kuntha - Strong Heart". Expo included daily performance by Kawadjii Wimpa traditional dance group from Lockhart River Community. August 2020 - Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair has been cancelled due to Covid-19. More information will be published in the near future

July 2020 - Cairns Indigenous Art Fair has been cancelled due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. Alterenative arrangements are being planned by the managment of Cairns Indigenous Art Fair and announcements will be published once available.

June 2020 - Fourth annual Lockhart River Gala Auction at Brisbane Club cancelled due to Covid-19. A new date will be announced post Covid-19 pandemic for the exclusive Lockhart River arts auction fundraising for Puuya Foundation Lockhart River.

Group participation at World Expo Dubai 2020 - Confirmed however finer details to be annouced in the near future and is also subject to Covid-19 Pandemic. 2 weeks participation by the Arts Centre's team of 8 artists and basket weavers at the Australian Pavillion Arts Program.
Group exhibition at Chengdu, China 2020 - organized through the Australian Consul General Chengu and DFAAT Team Chengdu in 2019 for 2020 is now on hold due to Covid-19 pandemic. Further annoucements to be published in the near future
February 2020: Online group exhibition at Art Mob Fine Aboriginal Art Gallery, Hobart Tasmania. Link: http://artmob.com.au/exhibition/lockhart-river/

February 2020: Group exhibition titled "Lockhart River Art Gang - Sharing our Stories", Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney NSW. Artworks by Rosella Namok, Samantha Hobson, Fiona Omeenyo, Irene Namok, Silas Hobson and Patrick Butcher Jnr.

March 2020: Lockhart River Group Art Expo, Nomads Hotel, Mulgrave Road, Cairns. 3 day exhibition titled "Puuya Kuntha - Strong Heart". Expo included daily performance by Kawadjii Wimpa traditional dance group from Lockhart River Community. August 2020 - Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair has been cancelled due to Covid-19. More information will be published in the near future

July 2020 - Cairns Indigenous Art Fair has been cancelled due to the Covid-19 Pandemic.

June 2020 - Fourth annual Lockhart River Gala Auction at Brisbane Club cancelled due to Covid-19.

Group participation at World Expo Dubai 2020 - Confirmed however finer details to be annouced in the near future and is also subject to Covid-19 Pandemic. 2 weeks participation by the Arts Centre's team of 8 artists and basket weavers at the Australian Pavillion Arts Program.

Group exhibition at Chengdu, China 2020 - organized through the Australian Consul General Chengu and DFAAT Team Chengdu in 2019 for 2020 is now on hold due to Covid-19 pandemic. Further annoucements to be published in the near future.

January 2017: ART MOB Fine Art Gallery, 29 Hunter St Hobart, Tasmania 7000, Australia. www.artmob.com.au

Group Exhibition titled “Ngampula Aalkan Nyiiku Maanchima – Mepla: Rise of a new beginning”, Paintings by Lockhart River Artists; Silas Hobson, Patrick Butcher & Business Manager Enoch Perazim will be present at the opening. Opening at 6pm Thursday 12 January 2017

2016 August: 10^th Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, NT, Australia
2016 July: Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns QLD, Australia
2016 January: Art Mob Hobart Tasmania, ‘Lockhart River Landscapes’, Paintings from Lockhart River, Far North QLD, Australia
2015 July: Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns QLD, Australia
2015 June: Art Atrium Gallery Sydney, ‘Punyas, Wungki and Malkari – Basket, Skirts and Shake-a-Leg’, Sydney, Australia
2014 November – December: emerge ART SPACE Perth, ‘Ngi’i-Chu’uchi Minthama, a group exhibition of exquisite miniatures by a selection of artists from the acclaimed Indigenous Art Community of Lockhart River in far North Queensland, Perth, Australia
2014 July: Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns, Australia
2013 October – November: emerge ART SPACE Perth, ‘Ngampula Kuunchi - We are family’, Perth, Australia
2013 August: Tanks Art Centre Cairns, ‘Kinship’, presented by Indigenous Art Centre Alliance (IACA), Cairns, Australia
2012 December: emerge ART SPACE, ‘The Affordable/Collectable Lockhart River Show’, Perth, Australia
2012 December: Booker Lowe Gallery, Houston Texas, ‘Land and Water/Ancient and Modern’, Texas, USA
2012 October – November: Art Atrium Sydney, ‘Lockhart River Group Exhibition’, Sydney, Australia
2012 July: Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns, Australia
2011 July: Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns, Australia
2010 January to December 2011: Booker Lowe Gallery Houston Texas, ‘Puuya Kuntha – Strong Heart’, Texas, USA
2010 July: Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), Cairns, Australia
2009 November: emerge ART SPACE Perth, ‘Affordable/Collectable Lockhart River Show’, Perth, Australia
2009 May: Woolloongabba Gallery Brisbane, ‘Four of Us’, Brisbane, Australia
2009 March – June: Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute Inc. ‘Some of Us’, Adelaide, Australia
2008 August: emerge ART SPACE Perth, ‘Tchi’ilpu Wunch Wuncha Wulpa’amu – Old men and young men coming together for men’s business’, Perth, Australia
2008 April: Indigenart Galleries, Perth and Melbourne, Australia
2008 February: Woolloongabba Gallery, ‘Meenthama – Coming out for ceremony’, Brisbane, Australia
2008 February: Holmes a Court Gallery, ‘Cape to Cove’, Perth, Australia
2007 - November 2007 to January 2008: ‘Booker Lowe Gallery Houston Texas, ‘The Art Gang Returns’, Texas, USA
2007 – September 2007 to January 2008: Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico, ‘Lockhart River Art Gang’, The exhibition was supported by Queensland Government Australia through the QLD Indigenous Arts Marketing Export Agency
2007 September: Palazzo Collicola, ‘Contemporary Indigenous Art of Lockhart River’, Spoleto, Italy
2007 July: Framed Gallery, ‘Lockhart Group Exhibition’, Darwin NT, Australia
2007 June: Kick Arts Contemporary Arts Gallery, ‘Looking Forward Looking Back’, Cairns, Australia
2007 May: Hogarth Gallery, ‘Old Girls Young Grandmothers’, Sydney, Australia
2006 November-December: emerge ART SPACE, ‘Wrapped Up’, Perth, Australia
2006 November: Framed Gallery, ‘Lockhart River Group Show’, Darwin, Australia
2006 October: Ewha University, ‘Lockhart River Art Gang’, Seoul, South Korea
2006 August: Gondwana Gallery, ‘Big Country’ touring exhibition, Alice Springs NT, Australia
2006 July: ‘Festival Interceltique de Lorient’, Brittany, France
2006 April: October Gallery, ‘Unchartered Territory’, London, UK
2006 March-April: ‘Carved From The Cape’, Australian Art Resources
2006 February-April: ‘Ancestral Spirits Aboriginal Art Collection, Virginia USA

Cultural Retention

Community Development & Cultural Retention

Lockhart River Arts Centre has a cultural retention and community development program strategy that engages community members to participate in locally driven arts projects. The program components are subjective to funding and includes the corporation’s counter funding contributions.

Watch this space for upcoming news and developments.

Contemporary Dance Development

The Lockhart River Arts Centre has a firm and positive background in supporting the Kawadjii-Wimpa dance group through contemporary dance and collaborative programs with external stakeholders. In 2017, we have identified new program opportunities to develop our engagement in this critical community link activity.

Watch this space for upcoming news and developments.

Community Public Art Project

Lockhart River Arts Centre has successfully implemented key community based art projects in the last 5 years. Through Arts Queensland’s IRADF Funding program, The Art Centre has successfully undertaken the Electric Power Pole Art Project, Community Mural Projects and Secondary Student art class programs.

Watch this space for upcoming news and developments.