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www.mbantua.com.au Mbantua Gallery is a long established and very well known Aboriginal Art Gallery in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory.

Mbantua Gallery is located in the Central Australia town of Alice Springs and presents Aboriginal Art mainly from the Utopia region. The gallery displays beautiful works of art along with smaller gift items made in Australia.

21/10/2026

Arlatyeye (Pencil Yam) Dreaming by Eileen Bird Kngwarreye

Eileen is an Eastern Arrernte and Anmatyerre artist from Denipa Station. She has painted for our gallery since the mid-1990s and is part of a strong family connection to the Utopia art movement.

The Arlatyeye story is a major Dreamtime story for Eileen's Country and ceremonies by her people are performed to ensure its productivity as a food source and life form of the ancestors.

In the Dreamtime, there are two parts to this story where two different seeds were born that created two different species of Pencil Yam, one called Atnwelarr and the other called Arlatyeye.

Arlatyeye produces smaller yams which are an important food source for the Aboriginal people. They can be eaten raw or cooked in hot sand and ashes.

Browse more of Eileen’s art for sale on the website – visit Art by Artist under the Utopia Art menu.

19/10/2026

Mageline’s paintings are vibrant and expressive, with a diverse palette that can include bright pinks, greens, oranges, purples, yellows and many other colours.

Each painting is created slowly and deliberately, with layers of carefully placed dots building intricate patterns across the canvas. It is a process that requires great patience and concentration.

This meticulous dot-on-dot technique is a defining feature of her work, influenced by her mother-in-law and fellow artist, Josepha Petrick. Magdeline has adapted Josepha’s distinctive dot-pattern style (with permission) to express her own Ahakeye Dreaming.

Ahakeye II is an exhibition of Magdeline’s work currently on display in our Alice Springs and Darwin galleries. We hope to see you soon for a visit!

For those who can’t make it in person, this exhibition is also available to browse on the website. Find it under the Shop All menu.

17/10/2026

We had a lovely surprise a few weeks ago when Lia Finocchiaro MLA dropped by our Darwin gallery.

She stopped in to congratulate our team on being finalists in the Northern Territory Local Business Awards.

Thanks for taking the time out of your busy schedule, Lia. We hope you enjoyed browsing our latest arrivals in art and giftware!

16/10/2026

Sit back, relax and enjoy a stunning selection of new artworks from Utopia, Central Australia.

Artists featured here:

✨ Selina Teece Pwerle

✨ Anna Tilmouth Napangardi

✨ Delvine Petyarre

✨ Betty Morton Pwerle

✨ Susan Hunter Petyarre

✨ Thelma Dixon Kemarre

Find these works and more on our website: mbantua.com.au.

14/10/2026

With two weeks left of our current exhibition, there’s still plenty of time to drop by and view Magdeline Payne Ngale’s colourful works up close.

The daughter of renowned artist Jean Petyarre and Brian Payne, painting has always been part of Magdeline’s family life. Her artistic practice has developed through generations of knowledge, observation and creative influence.

Magdeline and her sisters, Caroline and Janella, were passed the Ahakeye (Bush Plum) Dreaming from their grandfather's country at Adelaide Bore.

The exhibition will be on display in our Alice Springs and Darwin galleries until 31 October.

For those who can’t make it in person, we’ve also made Magdeline’s art available to browse on the website.

Find the exhibition under the Shop All menu.

12/10/2026

Iy-lenky-la (Small Earth Worm) by Jilly Jones Petyarre

Jilly paints the story of small earthworms found in her country.

Pronounced 'Iy-lenky-la' in Jilly's language, this creature is represented by the concentric circle designs.

She, Iy-lenky-la, is asleep in the centre and then unwinds herself around and around.

Iy-lenky-la is special to Jilly as the story belongs to the women of her country, Arawerre.

Size: 90x60cm, Price: $750

Find it on the website: https://mbantua.com.au/mb061966-jilly-jones-petyarre/?view=exhib

10/10/2026

Nakita Inkamala dropped by recently to collect supplies. We can’t wait to see what she paints next 😍

Want a sneak peek? You can browse all of Nakita’s current art for sale on the website: https://mbantua.com.au/our-artists/utopia-artists/nakita-inkamala/?view=exhib

And in case you’re wondering, the artworks in this image are by Nakita and her grandmother, Betty Morton Pwerle.

09/10/2026

Next time you’re visiting Alice Springs, we hope to catch your eye with our new gallery sign 😊

Pictured here are our Alice Springs gallery manager, Simone, with Utopia artist Dora Mpetyane, whose beautiful artwork is featured on the new display.

Dora’s artwork depicts My Mother’s Awelye (Women’s Ceremony) Story. We love how its bright colours stand out beautifully against the desert sky.

The linear designs in this artwork represent one of the oldest art forms in the world, Awelye.

If you’ll be visiting the Red Centre soon, we hope you’ll pop in to say hello and view Dora’s art up close.

But even if not, you can find Dora’s work alongside 100+ more artists from our community on the website: https://mbantua.com.au/our-artists/dora-mpetyane/

Happy Browsing!

07/10/2026

Artist Delvine Petyarre discusses the varied symbols and meaning behind one of her new artworks with Alice Springs Gallery Manager, Simone.

This artwork is a beautiful representation of Delvine’s Country, Alhalkere.

It may surprise you to know that every single line or shape depicted in this painting has been meticulously detailed by Delvine using very fine dots.

Swipe to see some close-up examples 👉

Size: 180x90cm, Price: $5,950

Find it on the website: https://mbantua.com.au/mb063321-delvine-petyarre/?view=exhib

05/10/2026

Awelye (Women’s Ceremony) for Sugarbag (Native Honey) by Jessie Hunter Petyarre

Jessie paints Awelye (Women's Ceremonial and Body Paint Designs) for Sugarbag. Sugarbag is the bush honey of Australian native bees. Bush honey can be found in the trees in her Country.

Size: 45x30cm, Price: $595

Find it on the website: https://mbantua.com.au/mb063307-jessie-hunter-petyarre/?view=exhib

Address

24 Elder Street
Alice Springs, NT
0870

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

+61477443473

Website

http://www.mbantua.com.au/

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