Yikwani: Contemporary Tiwi Ceramics is a touring exhibition of recent works by artists associated with Tiwi Design Aboriginal Corporation. Tiwi Design is situated at Nguiu on Bathurst Island, one of the Tiwi Islands, the other being Melville Island. The Tiwi Islands are located in the Arafura Sea about eighty kilometres north of Darwin, Australia.

Yikwani: Contemporary Tiwi Ceramics is a collaborative project organised by the NGV, Tiwi Design Aboriginal Corporation, and NETS (National Exhibitions Touring Support) Victoria. It is jointly curated by Cyril Kerinauia, John Kelantumama and Mark Puautjimi, from Tiwi Design Aboriginal Corporation, and David Hurlston, Curator, Australian Art Exhibitions, from the National Gallery of Victoria.

Toured by NETS Victoria to six venues, the exhibition includes 16 sculptures and around 50 photographs of contemporary life on the Tiwi Islands. For images of each of the sculptures included in the exhibition, please refer to the exhibition catalogue Yikwani: Contemporary Tiwi Ceramics, available from the National Gallery of Victoria Shop, phone: 03 8662 1542/1543,
or email: galleryshop@ngv.vic.gov.au.
Catalogues will also be available from each host venue.

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