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Everywhen Artspace Contemporary First Nations art from leading and emerging artists & art centres across Australia

🌊Connected by Water🌊 Janet Dreamer (1959–2021) was a Jaru artist known for her vibrant paintings of her Country, wildlif...
16/10/2026

🌊Connected by Water🌊

Janet Dreamer (1959–2021) was a Jaru artist known for her vibrant paintings of her Country, wildlife, waterways and traditional life. Her unique style and cultural storytelling brought recognition to her work, which continues to be exhibited across Australia.

This work depicts water as an important part of traditional birthing practices, as explained by Dreamer in her description of this work:

‘This painting depicts the area where my mum was born at old Flora Valley Station (Wungu). She was born in a little creek near the homestead. My mum was also raised out there, she walked that country with the old people from there, they also taught her the language, culture and traditional ways of living as they would often have to hunt for their food.

In this painting there are the two main ranges, the three rivers, Black Elvire, Fox and Johnson River, the creek on the bottom is where my mum was born.’

Image: Janet Dreamer
My Mother’s Country - Old Flora Valley Station (Wungu), 2021
acrylic on canvas, 120 x 90 cm
Courtesy of the artist and Yarliyil Arts

11/10/2026

Well, hello there, creative corner of the Mornington Peninsula 🎨🌿

Tucked among bushland and gardens in Shoreham, Everywhen Artspace is well worth a little hinterland detour.

Step inside historic Whistlewood on Bunurong Country and discover contemporary Aboriginal art from across Australia. With artworks to catch your eye and a cottage full of history, this is somewhere to take your time. You might even find a special piece to bring home. ✨

Make a day of it: a gallery wander, a village coffee and wherever the winding roads take you next.

Plan your visit to Everywhen Art, where you are Always Welcome to come and admire. Discover more here https://bit.ly/4sirAul

🌊Connected By Water🌊 Melanie Koolmatrie Koolmatrie is a proud Ngarrindjeri, Ramindjeri, Boandik, and Paramungk woman b...
11/10/2026

🌊Connected By Water🌊

Melanie Koolmatrie

Koolmatrie is a proud Ngarrindjeri, Ramindjeri, Boandik, and Paramungk woman based in Adelaide, South Australia.

Deeply connected to her cultural heritage and community, Melanie’s creative practice is grounded in storytelling, movement, and the continuation of First Nations knowledge systems.

Her multidisciplinary approach reflects both tradition and contemporary expression, weaving together ancestral narratives with personal
experience.

Melanie is currently completing a degree in Visual Art at Flinders University, where she continues to refine her conceptual and technical skills. Her academic journey complements her cultural practice, providing a space to experiment, research, and expand the dialogue between Indigenous knowledge and contemporary art frameworks.

Her artistic expression is also deeply informed by movement. Melanie previously trained at NAISDA Dance College, Australia’s leading Indigenous training college for dance. This experience strengthened her understanding of storytelling through the body and reinforced her commitment to cultural expression through performance. She is a member of Tjarutja Dance Company, a contemporary Indigenous dance collective that celebrates culture, connection, and community through performance. Through dance, Melanie continues to embody and share stories that resonate across generations.

This work Lakes of Meningie, 2026 captures the meeting of the Coorong’s Lake Albert with the pink salt lakes of Meningie. These shores map an ancient Ngarrindjeri battlefield and a sacred Songline moving toward the Coorong and the Southern Ocean.

View Melanie’s work as part of Connected by Water on now 🌊

🌊Connected by Water🌊 opening today at 2.30 pm South Australian artists Melanie Koolmatrie and Janice Stanley, East Kimbe...
10/10/2026

🌊Connected by Water🌊 opening today at 2.30 pm

South Australian artists Melanie Koolmatrie and Janice Stanley, East Kimberley artists Susan Peters Wangamirr Nampitjin and Janet Dreamer, East Arnhem Land bark painter Muluymuluy Wirrpanda and Bentick Island’s Amanda Gabori interpret their countries in distinctive ways.

Their paintings speak of memories, identity, Country and enduring cultural connections, inviting us to see water not simply as landscape but as a living repository of stories and knowledge. 

Exhibition image by Alison Hoelzer

🌊OPENING SATURDAY🌊CONNECTED BY WATER Join us for opening drinks and exhibition introduction this Saturday October 10 at ...
08/10/2026

🌊OPENING SATURDAY🌊

CONNECTED BY WATER

Join us for opening drinks and exhibition introduction this Saturday October 10 at 2.30 pm to launch Connected by Water

From the striking pink lakes of Meningie, SA, to the shimmering salt lakes near Uluru, the winding waterways that flow to the  vast inland lake of Paruku (Lake Gregory), wildlife-rich rivers of the East Kimberley, the saltwater country of East Arnhem Land and the coastal reaches of Far North Queensland, the six artists featured in Connected by Water evoke landscapes of profound cultural and environmental significance. 
 
South Australian artists Melanie Koolmatrie and Janice Stanley, East Kimberley artists Susan Peters Wangamirr Nampitjin and Janet Dreamer, NE Arnhem Land bark painter  Muluymuluy Wirrpanda and Bentinck Island’s Amanda Gabori interpret their countries in distinctive ways.

Here, they are united by compelling interpretations of the rivers, lakes, seas, salt pans, wetlands, waterways and plants which shape their ancestral landscapes. Their paintings speak of memories, identity, Country and enduring cultural connections, inviting us to see water not simply as landscape but as a living repository of stories and knowledge. 

Everywhen Art
642 Tucks Road
Shoreham VIC

Image of Melanie Koolmatrie,
Lakes of Meningie by Alison Hoelzer

Connected by Water: Susan Peters Wangamirr NampitjinWalmajarri artist Susan Peters Wangamirr Nampitjin Yarliyil Art Cent...
04/10/2026

Connected by Water: Susan Peters Wangamirr Nampitjin

Walmajarri artist Susan Peters Wangamirr Nampitjin Yarliyil Art Centre was born on Argyle Station, WA in 1963 near the banks of the Behn River, and is a descendant of Walmajarri and Ngarti People (Yagga Yagga Way) who hold ancient stories, Waljirri (dreamtime) ceremonies, and oral history of families living around Paruku (Lake Gregory).

She grew up in the Kimberley and Queensland, and has lived in both regions throughout her life. Her art reflects her valuable knowledge about traditional lore, culture, and bush medicines from her grandparents.

Diverse countryside, waterways, and sand hills are depicted through her use of colour, texture and mark.

This work ‘Salt Pans - white clay and brackish water’ depicts the Tanami to Lake Gregory Country - white clay pans and brackish water. It is a reflection on the movement, depth and changing images that we glimpse as we look down into the waters.

The colours and patterns in the land change with the seasons and we see new images as the rain and wind and water sweep across the country.

We are seeing an ancient land that never changes and at the same time we are seeing a land that is always changing and showing us something new.

Susan Peters Wangamirr Nampitjin
Salt Pans - white clay and brackish water, 2026
acrylic on canvas
160 x 100 cm
Courtesy of the artist and Yarliyil Arts

Connected by Water: exhibition online now link in bio or in the gallery

CONNECTED BY WATERBringing together six artists from South Australia, the East Kimberley, Arnhem Land and Far North Quee...
02/10/2026

CONNECTED BY WATER

Bringing together six artists from South Australia, the East Kimberley, Arnhem Land and Far North Queensland, Connected by Water explores the rivers, lakes, seas, salt pans, wetlands, waterways and plants that shape their ancestral landscapes.

Melanie Koolmatrie, Janice Stanley, Susan Peters Wangamirr Nampitjin, Janet Dreamer, Muluymuluy Wirrpanda and Amanda Gabori each represent Country through distinctive visual languages, united by a profound connection to water as a source of memory, identity, knowledge and story.

These paintings invite us to see water not simply as landscape, but as a living repository of cultural knowledge and enduring connection to Country.

Opening drinks and exhibition introduction
Saturday 10 October | 2.30pm

Exhibition continues until 1 November

🏉Grand Final Weekend🏉 Everywhen will be open Friday Saturday and Sunday this long weekend 11 am - 4 pm Visit our current...
24/09/2026

🏉Grand Final Weekend🏉

Everywhen will be open Friday Saturday and Sunday this long weekend 11 am - 4 pm

Visit our current exhibition Pereip (Spring) 2026 featuring a wide range of art from across Australia 🌿


Image
Candy Nelson Nakamarra
Kalipinypa, 2023
Acrylic on linen, 152 x 152 cm
Courtesy of the artist and Papunya Tjupi Arts

Our current exhibition celebrates the joy and colours of Pareip, spring on the Mornington Peninsula, with beautiful pain...
19/09/2026

Our current exhibition celebrates the joy and colours of Pareip, spring on the Mornington Peninsula, with beautiful paintings by artists from top art centres such as Tjulyata Kulyuru (Ernabella Arts), Muluymuluy Wirrpanda (Buku-Larrnggay Mulka), Elizabeth Ngwarraye Bonney (Artists of Ampilatwatja) and Candy Nelson Nakamarra (Papunya Tjupi Arts).

Exhibition online now 🌷

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642 Tucks Road
Shoreham, VIC
3916

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Friday 11am - 4pm
Saturday 11am - 4pm
Sunday 11am - 4pm

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