Honey Ant Gallery

Honey Ant Gallery Aboriginal art specialists, est. 2005. View works online, or by private appointment at our Sydney home gallery.

Established in 2005, we are proud to showcase the immense talent of a select group of Aboriginal artists from Australia's central desert. As a family we frequently travel to central Australia to source art from remote Aboriginal community art centres. Our gallery is named after the honey ant, a fascinating little ant that has learnt to accommodate the harshness of the Australian desert by 'storing

' food as nectar in its abdomen. Our art is primarily sourced from country favoured by honey ants. We are members of the Indigenous Art Code and committed to the principles of ethical trade in Indigenous art.

24/04/2026

✨Mitjili Napurrula✨

Superb, contemporary work by the late Mitjili. Measures 100 x 90cm, and is stretched, ready for a lovely new home.

Her famous signature style represents the desert oak / spearwood trees, which are used for spear making. Her use of bold colours and structured patterns makes her one of Australia’s most highly recognised artists.

12/03/2026

✨Athena Granites Nangala paints her magical “Seven Sisters” story✨

An ancestral man was in love with the sisters, and chased them, but the ladies wanted nothing to do with him! The women were ultimately too clever for him, and ascended in to the sky, forming a constellation of 7 stars.

This stunner, yet to be stretched, is 61 x 61cm. Check out our website, we have a few new gorgeous works in by her.

04/03/2026

✨Glorious work by Barbara Weir✨

My Mother’s Country, 120 x 90cm.

18/02/2026

✨Gloria Petyarre - the queen of Bush Medicine Leaves✨

This stunning work has a unique and beautiful colour palette.

Painted in 2015, measures 90 x 45cm.

05/01/2026

✨our latest, very special, acquisition✨

Jorna Newberry, Perentie Dreaming, 183 x 122cm

Jorna Newberry was a Pitjantjatjara woman.  She was a “bush baby” and spent her childhood living the traditional lifestyle of hunting and gathering. 

Jorna is most famous for her representation of the Perentie lizard, which she paints in exquisite detail. The reptile is the fourth largest lizard on earth and important in Aboriginal culture in both a totemic way and as an important food source. Her paintings depict the circular patterning and intricate dotting on the back of the lizard. The swirling designs also represent the tracks of the animals and the contours of the landscape.

Tommy Watson, one of the country’s greatest Indigenous artists, was Jorna Newberry’s uncle and he was instrumental in teaching Jorna how to paint.

29/12/2025

✨Gorgeous new small works✨

…in case you need more retail therapy 🤣 we have just received these lovely small works.

✨30 x 30cm
✨stretched & ready for hanging
✨Original works by various Central Desert based artists (art centre)
✨each work comes with a certificate of authenticity providing the artwork story

23/11/2025

✨Desert Colours 2025 - final day✨

Showing at Curl Curl Creative Space, 105 Abbott Rd, Curl Curl.

Open until 4pm.

21/11/2025

✨FINAL DAYS • Desert Colours 2025✨

• Ends this Sunday 23rd November •

Location: Curl Curl Creative Space, 105 Abbott Road, North Curl Curl.

Open: 10am - 4pm

…& enjoy the detail in this magical painting by Meredith Curley.  She paints a significant story about a lizard man who stole a grinding stone and was subsequently pursued across the country.  Meredith depicts the cave where the lizard man and his wife, the echidna, were on honeymoon.  They ate a sweet treat which is chrysalis that is found on eucalyptus leaves.

You can view this work at our current exhibition.

20/11/2025

✨Final days -DESERT COLOURS 2025✨

Celebrating the talent of some of our finest Indigenous artists, including Walangkura Napanangka, and Lorna Brown Napanangka.

Only a few days left to enjoy these superb works.

LOCATION:
Curl Curl Creative Space, 105 Abbott Road, North Curl Curl.
 
GALLERY OPEN:
10am – 4pm, this Fri, Sat & Sun (exhibition ends this Sunday, 23rd)

15/11/2025

✨It’s a lovely day for a gallery visit!✨

NOW SHOWING:  
• DESERT COLOURS 2025 •

LOCATION:
Curl Curl Creative Space, 105 Abbott Road, North Curl Curl.
 
NOW SHOWING:
until next Sunday 23 November (only 1 week left!)
 
GALLERY OPEN:
10am – 4pm, Wed – Sun (closed Mon / Tue)

14/11/2025

✨gorgeous small works✨
showing at DESERT COLOURS 2025

We have the most beautiful selection of lovely small works.

• original artworks, fully certified •
• all 30 x 30cm •
• stretched & ready to hang •
• perfect Christmas gifts! •

Would love to see you at our current exhibition in Curl Curl, at Curl Curl Creative Space, Abbott Rd.

Address

Farnell Street
Sydney, NSW
2096

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 4pm
Tuesday 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 9am - 4pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm
Friday 9am - 4pm
Saturday 9am - 4pm

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