SYDNEY MELBOURNE

 

Agathon Galleries specialises in sourcing and exhibiting museum quality Aboriginal art from the Central Desert and other regions and urban centres of Australia. We have a major gallery presence in Sydney. We are  actively involved in curating Aboriginal collections for private and corporate clients both locally and internationally. 

 


Agathon GalleriesTommy Watson Solo Sydney Exhibition 2009


 


Our specialist area is the remote Western Australian community of Irrunytju which is located in the center of the continent, close to the tri-state borders of Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory. Director of Agathon Galleries, John Ioannou, is the business advisor to Irrunytju which is a community owned and governed art centre. The Gallery represents some 30 artists from this community, the neighboring community of Wanarn and other centres. The gallery supports Aboriginal owned and operated art centres.

Artists represented include Alkuwarri Dawson, Angampa Martin, Anmanari Brown, Eileen Stevens, Lance Peck, Tiger Palpatja, Ruby Williamson, Helen McCarthy (Telstra and Torres Strait Islander People's Choice Winner 2007),  Ivy Laidlaw, Tjayanka Woods, Jean Burke, Cynthia Burke, Jorna Newberry, Karrika Belle Davidson, Bernard Newberry, Kuntjil Cooper, Myra Cook, Simon Hogan, Patju Presley, Roma Butler, Jayaku Bilgiba, Tjayanka Woods, Tjuruparu Watson, Wingu Tingima and Yannima Tommy Watson. Helen McCarthy Tyalmuty is the 2007 People's Choice Winner of the Telstra and Torres Strait Islander Award. Helen McCarthy paints exclusively for Agathon Galleries.
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Yannima Tommy Watson's work was chosen for permanent exhibition in the Musee du Quay Branly in Paris in 2007. Watson was one of six Indigenous Australian artists whose work was incorporated into the architectural structure of the museum. Watson's painting Wipu Rockhole will be on permanent display as a focal point of the museum's design, embedded in the ceiling. Yannima Tommy Watson paints exclusively for Agathon Galleries.
 

Agathon Galleries Sydney


 


Current Exhibitions

Sydney:
Selected Works - 1 January - 31 January 2010
Artists from Irrunytju: Artists featured include Kutjil Cooper, Nyakul Dawson, Wingu Tingima, Nyakul Dawson, Alkuwarri Dawson, Patju Presley, Carol Golding, Ivy Laidlaw and Angampa Martin. 

Melbourne:
The Melbourne gallery has closed. It will open in 2010 at a new location. Please contact the Sydney gallery on 02 8399 1888 for information about our artists