Unwavering | Unmistakably Strong. Undeniably Fierce.
Opening night | Thursday 9 July 2026 | 6-9PM
10 July – 30 August 2026
We warmly invite you to the opening night of Unwavering, a major exhibition curated by Yolngu artist and printmaker Ruby Djikarra Alderton. Fourteen artists from Spinifex Hill Studio in South Hedland bring together their work to Perth.
The exhibition is a celebration of the unwavering strength and fierceness of Aboriginal women living in the Pilbara. Art centres like Spinifex Hill Studio play a pivotal role in the lives of Aboriginal and Islander communities: they are places of belonging, safe spaces for self-expression, environments for healing, and sites of generational exchange and learning.
Although our lives may be riddled with heaviness, pain, trauma, grief, we as artists have chosen to express and continue to heal ourselves from these harsh realities with a gentle, tender, soft palette. – Ruby Djikarra Alderton
Unwavering brings together works by Doreen Chapman, Gloria, Lena Willalang, Rekeshia Goodwin, Gladys Kuru Bidu, Denise Solly, Raylene Button Gordon, Maywokka (Mayiwalku) Chapman, Mulyatjinki (Muljadingi) Marney, Lorna Dawson, Crystal Gardiner, Daisy Tinker, Maggie Green, and Ruby Djikarra Alderton.
Exhibition runs 10 July to 30 August 2026.
NAIDOC Week Market at FORM Gallery
Saturday 11 July, 9-12pm
NAIDOC Week is a time to celebrate Aboriginal and Islander peoples, cultures, and histories. Come and mark it with us at FORM Gallery, where you’ll find original artwork available to collect directly from Spinifex Hill Studio. Browse the works and take a piece of the Pilbara home.
Artist Talk with Ruby Djikarra Alderton
Saturday 11 July, 11am
Join us for a conversation about the works, the making, and the women behind Unwavering.
Ruby is a printmaker, painter, and filmmaker whose practice is shaped by Rirratjingu clan designs inherited through her mother, the late Dr Banduk Marika OAM, and whose grandfather Mawalan Marika was a principal signatory of the 1963 Yirrkala Bark Petitions. Her early film work is held in the QAGOMA collection. She is also Vice Chair of Spinifex Hill Studio Aboriginal Council and Technical Coordinator of the studio.
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