Join us in celebrating our first exhibition season of 2024.

Experience 4 magnificent new exhibitions including the inaugural presentation of ‘NGURRUWARRA/ DERNDERNYIN: Stone Fish Traps Of The Wellesley Islands’ from Mirndiyan Gununa Aboriginal Corporation, Mornington Island Art, ‘Conversations with my barista (real or imagined)’ by Cairns-based emerging artist Selina Kudo, ‘Facing Time: 50 Years’ by artists and long-term friends Euan Macleod with Cairns-based Geoff Dixon and a series of new editions produced through our SpotFire First Nations artist print program.

EXHIBITION OPENING

Time and Date: 5.30PM — 7:30PM, Friday 2 February

Venue: NorthSite at Bulmba-ja, 96 Abbott Street, Cairns City

Exhibitions

AMY LOOGATHA, DOLLY LOOGATHA, ELSIE GABORI, AGNES KOHLER, DOROTHY GABORI, AMANDA GABORI, BERELINE LOOGATHA, GLORIA GAVENOR, CORALIE THOMPSON, JOELENE ROUGHSEY | NGURRUWARRA/ DERNDERNYIN: Stone Fish Traps Of The Wellesley Islands | Gallery 1

The inaugural presentation of ‘NGURRUWARRA/ DERNDERNYIN: Stone Fish Traps Of The Wellesley Islands’ is a monumental painting installation by established and emerging artists from Mirndiyan Gununa Aboriginal Corporation, Mornington Island Art, the outcome of a research project led by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (CABAH).

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SELINA KUDO | Conversations with my barista (Real or imagined) | Void

Cairns-based artist Selina Kudo delves deep into the intricate landscape of the human psyche—a realm teeming with ceaseless thoughts, ever-evolving emotions, and a cascade of never-ending images.

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EUAN MACLEOD and GEOFF DIXON | Facing Time: 50 Years| Gallery 2

This exhibition features works by artists and long-term friends, Euan Macleod and Cairns based artist Geoff Dixon.

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Acknowledgment logos — Logos: Mirndiyan Gununa, NorthSite Contemporary Arts, James Cook University Australia, ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Cairns Regional Council, Queensland Government, Creative Australia.

NGURRUWARRA/ DERNDERNYIN: Stone Fish Traps Of The Wellesley Islands was commissioned by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage and coordinated by James Cook University. The exhibition will also travel to the Queensland Museum in 2024.

SpotFire has received funding through Regional Arts Development Fund, a partnership between the Queensland Government and Cairns Regional Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland.

NorthSite Contemporary Arts is assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body. NorthSite Contemporary Arts is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.