Aboriginal Art Galleries
Aboriginal art is widely sought after for its mythic beauty and as an investment.
Indigenous art features prominently in the Australian art scene, and can be found on sale and display in a number of dedicated collections and co-operatives. Often you will come across aboriginal art at the National Gallery of Victoria, which houses an Australian Indigenous art collection, though not on permanent display.
Below is a selection of galleries that feature Indigenous art from around Victoria and Australia.
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Located in the gallery precinct of Gertrude Street just north of the city centre, Australia Dreaming Art offers high quality, collectible indigenous art from the Central and Western Desert and beyond.
116 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy
Ph 03 9416 2961
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Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi has represented contemporary Aboriginal art since 1983, sourcing the best works from desert and urban artists and dealing exclusively with community representatives.
Level 3, 7577 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Ph 03 9654 2944
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The Ian Potter Centre devotes its ground floor galleries to showing items from its comprehensive collection of historic and contemporary Aboriginal art. Admission is free.
Federation Square, Melbourne
Ph 03 8620 2222
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The Koorie Heritage Trust Cultural Centre in Melbourne's CBD offers authentic Victorian Indigenous artwork with a total of four galleries and a number of exhibits each year.
295 King Street, Melbourne
Ph 03 8622 2600
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Aboriginal Galleries of Australia
This city gallery near Treasury Gardens has walls lined with colourful canvases based on important cultural stories and sculpture by contemporary artists from the central desert, including Kathleen Petyarre and Clifford Possum.
35 Spring Street, Melbourne
Ph 03 9654 2516
Alcaston Gallery
This Fitzroy gallery features contemporary indigenous Australian art by living artists. The works range in form from paintings to prints and sculpture and the extensive exhibition program is complemented by a series of education forums.
11 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
Ph 03 9418 6444
Flinders Lane Gallery
Flinders Lane Gallery shows three major group and solo exhibitions of work by central and western desert Aboriginal artists working at Utopia, Spinifex, Papunya and more each year.
137 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Ph 03 9654 3332
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Burrinja houses an excellent collection of contemporary and traditional Aboriginal and Oceanic art. Aboriginal art workshops are also a speciality of the centre, which features a licensed café.
351 Glenfern Road, Upwey
Ph 03 9754 8723
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A range of Aboriginal art and craft is available for purchase at this cultural tourism and educational centre, located just south of Geelong towards the coastal town of Torquay.
410 Torquay Road, Geelong
Ph 03 5241 5700
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East Gippsland Aboriginal Arts Co-op
The gallery is fully owned and controlled by the local community of artists and features contemporary and traditional works from emerging and established artists in the form of paintings, printmaking, baskets and artefacts. There is also a large workshop on the premises.
222 Nicholson Street, Bairnsdale
Ph 03 5153 1002
Kirrit Barreet Aboriginal Art Gallery
Kirrit Barreet Aboriginal Art Gallery features community arts and crafts and major works from around Australia. Contemporary and traditional pieces by distinguished artists are on display, and artists conduct workshops and interact with visitors to explain their work.
Main Road, Ballarat
Ph 03 5332 2755
Mia Mia Gallery
The Mia Mia Gallery is owned and operated by Aboriginal artist Colin McKinnon and offers authentic Aboriginal paintings and limited edition prints.
Westerfolds Park, Fitzsimons Lane, Templestowe
Ph 0414 596 324
Bynm Indigenous Designs Pty Ltd
This unique gallery space is wholly owned and operated by Koorie women and is located in the Latrobe Valley in Gippsland. The women specialise in handmade ceramic pieces, which are produced and painted onsite.
41 Tarwin Street, Morwell
Ph 03 5133 0325
