John Curtin Gallery acknowledges all First Nations People of this place we call Australia and recognises the many nations who have looked after Country for more than 60,000 years. We are honoured and grateful for the privilege to operate in Boorloo (Perth) in Australia. We pay our respects to Elders past and present as Custodians and Owners of these lands. We recognise their deep knowledge and their cultural, spiritual and educational practices, and aspire to learn and teach in partnership with them.
The John Stringer Prize was inaugurated by The Collectors Club in 2015 in celebration of the memory of one of Australia’s most acclaimed art curators, the late John Stringer (1937–2007).
Since 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic spread, the presence of borders, and the fact that they can be closed and opened, has had innumerable impacts on our physical and psychological lives.
In this exhibition we celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the landmark repatriation of the Carrolup child artist’s drawings in The Herbert Mayer Collection of Carrolup Artwork from Colgate University, New York to Nyungar Boodja in 2013.