APYACC: New Ground

New Ground brings together emerging First Nations artists connected to the APY Lands, regional South Australia, and Adelaide, presenting a diverse range of contemporary practices across painting, ceramics, sculpture, and mixed media. The exhibition highlights artists working within community art centres while expanding the material and conceptual boundaries of art centre practice today.

The exhibition is curated by Ngarrindjeri artist Tiarnie Edwards, whose practice explores identity, culture, history, and contemporary Aboriginal experience through storytelling and material engagement. Raised on Nauo Country and based on Kaurna Yarta, Edwards brings a nuanced understanding of art centre practice and emerging contemporary approaches.

Presented in collaboration with the APY Art Centre Collective, New Ground features artists from Tjala Arts, Collective Art Centre, Port Augusta Aboriginal Arts Mob, and Umoona Community Art Centre. Together, the works reflect cultural continuity, experimentation, and the strength of emerging Aboriginal voices shaping new ground in contemporary art.

Christine Lennon, 2-25PA, acrylic on linen, 154 x 122 cm. Photo by Andy Francis, courtesy of APYACC