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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are respectfully advised that this website contains the images and names of people who have passed away
Owls by Mario Munkara from the Tiwi Islands, are carved from ironwood and painted in natural ochres.
Welcome to Mason Gallery, where our extensive selection of authentic, Australian Aboriginal art has been collected primarily from throughout the Central and Western Desert regions, Utopia Aboriginal Lands of the Eastern Desert, Arnhem Land and across the Top End.
Opening hours (current as of 1 September 2026)
Monday–Friday 9.30am–4.00pm
Saturday Closed Sunday 10am to 3pm
Women’s Ceremonies by Ningura Napurrula. Acrylic on Belgian Linen. 300cm x 180cm. Painted from April–July 2007. Catalogue number NN0753A
We are so proud to be able to display this beyond magnificent painting by Ningura Napurrula – stretched on a show frame and now hanging in Mason Gallery for you to be amazed by. Words cannot describe the power and presence of this piece, which occupies almost an entire half of one of Mason Gallery’s show walls.
Ningura was born (c.1938) at Watulka, south of the Kiwirrkura Community, WA. Before becoming one of the most important and celebrated artists in the Australian Aboriginal Art Movement, she participated in a collaborative painting by senior Pintupi women, which was included in the ‘Papunya Tula: Genesis and Genius’ exhibition at the Art Gallery of NSW. Ningura was selected to represent the Western Desert artists and went to Paris with Aboriginal people from other parts of Australia to paint the ceiling of the Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac in Paris.
Selected awards: Alice Prize, highly recommended (2002) and Finalist, 18th Telstra Art Award (2001).
Selected exhibitions: Art Gallery of NSW (2000), Peintres Pintupi, Galerie DAD, Mantes-la-Jolie, France (2004); Gifted: Contemporary Aboriginal Art: The Mollie Gowing Acquisition Fund, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (2006–2007); Papunya Tula Artists – across the board, Utopia Arts Sydney (2006); and Oceanic Art, Galerie DAD, Paris, France (2006).
Selected collections: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra; Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin; Museum de Lyon, France; the Musée du Quai Branly, Paris, France; and the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
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Mason Gallery is a proud member of The Aboriginal Art Association of Australia, a membership-based organisation that serves and represents artists, individuals and organisations that produce, promote, protect or support Indigenous art and the cultures that create and nurture that art. We work together to build a vibrant, sustainable and inclusive Indigenous Visual Arts industry. Click here to find out more.
Mason Gallery operates on Larrakia country. We acknowledge the Larrakia people as the Traditional Owners of the Darwin region and pay our respects to Larrakia elders past and present. We are committed to a positive future for the Aboriginal community.
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