Tjukurpa Tjina – Desert Tracks is an exhibition that explores powerful themes of ancestral knowledge, spiritual presence, and connection to Country.

Through depictions of malevolent spirit beings, ancient celestial narratives, and stories of women traversing the land in search of sustenance, each work reflects a deep engagement with Tjukurpa—ancestral law and creation stories. Expressions of healing, protection, and survival are intertwined with memories of landscape, sacred knowledge, and cultural continuity. These paintings are more than visual records; they are acts of teaching, resistance, and care—carried across generations, embedded in land and spirit, and shared through storytelling, ceremony, and art.

Tjukurpa Tjina – Desert Tracks presents the paintings of artists Angela Burton, Amelia Riley, Barbara Mbitjana Moore, Freda Brady, Janie Kulyuru Lewis, Kushia Young, Marissa Munti, Naomi Douglas, Naomi Kantjuriny, and Shirley Adamson, as well as animal carvings from the artists of Tjala Arts.

Tjukurpa Tjina – Desert Tracks is presented by BSG Projects in collaboration with Tjala Arts.

Opening Night 12 July, 6-8PM

Barbara Mbitjana Moore, Ngayuku Ngura – My Country, Nturiya 107-25. Acrylic on canvas, 151 x 121cm