Black Fig Gallery

Black Fig Gallery A curated art gallery in Alstonville, NSW - created for artists & for people who feel the room, and know when something belongs in it. Seasonal collections.

Considered curation. Conversations that matter.

💥 Open:
Wed - Fri 10am - 4pm
Sat - 10am - 2pm

Birds may be one of the oldest obsessions in art history.Before cameras, artists were literally helping document species...
26/05/2026

Birds may be one of the oldest obsessions in art history.
Before cameras, artists were literally helping document species and map the natural world.

Now?
We still paint them.
Not because we need to identify them, but because humans apparently can’t resist projecting all our emotions onto tiny feathered creatures.

Freedom. Grief. Hope. Existential crisis.
Sometimes all in one painting.

These are a range of bird works currently on show at Black Fig Gallery.

DM or text for enquiries o48o 676 957

WANTED FOR OUR UPCOMING EXHIBITION ✨We’re looking for a few extra hands for a big upcoming show at Black Fig GalleryCurr...
23/05/2026

WANTED FOR OUR UPCOMING EXHIBITION ✨

We’re looking for a few extra hands for a big upcoming show at Black Fig Gallery
Currently looking for:

🥂 1 x RSA Holder
Help run a simple exhibition bar during opening night

🖼️ 3 x Exhibition Install Assistants
Help hang and install the show alongside our guest curator

Perfect for anyone interested in:
• The arts
• Events
• Gallery work
• Creative industries
• Behind-the-scenes exhibition experience

No gallery experience needed, just reliability, good energy, and willingness to help.

Send us a message or drop into the gallery ✨

One of the best parts of owning a gallery is calling an artist to tell them they’ve sold a piece. And one of the other g...
21/05/2026

One of the best parts of owning a gallery is calling an artist to tell them they’ve sold a piece. And one of the other great parts is seeing a work come to life in its new home.

I love seeing the different ways people work pieces into their spaces and lives, or even simply where they choose to place them and how they interact with the room around them. It’s a reminder that once a piece leaves the gallery, it starts a whole new life of its own.

I always appreciate when people send through photos once their artwork has found its place. There’s something really lovely about seeing a piece settle into its new home 🤎

Artwork by Branda Bryant

One of my favourite parts of curating is watching completely different visual languages start speaking to each other.Cub...
20/05/2026

One of my favourite parts of curating is watching completely different visual languages start speaking to each other.

Cubist-inspired ceramics beside a traditional painting of a New Holland Honeyeater.
Contemporary abstract landscapes above vintage timber and native banksias.
Quiet little tensions between texture, form, detail and atmosphere.

None of these works were made to match.
That’s exactly why they work.

Artwork pictured:
Abstract Landscapes - Bridie Amelia Schmidt
New Holland Honeyeater - Rina Hartley
Ceramic forms & Vase - Suvira McDonald

14/05/2026

Black Fig Gallery is a little hidden gem in plain sight.

I love when people wander in having only just discovered us. I hear things like, “I didn’t expect to find a gallery like this here,” or “I love coming back each month to see what’s new.”

That’s exactly what I hoped this space would become: a haven from the world, from the rain and the sun.

Artwork pictured:
Ceramics by Suvira McDonald
Vessel by Dr Ruth Park and Sue Fraser
Portrait by Ash Darq
Landscape by Jemima Patch-Taylor
Abstract landscape by Mim O’Grady

13/05/2026

Black Fig Gallery has an exquisite treat in store for you in our upcoming show The Civilising Skirt, opening on 5th June. Omie tapa or beaten bark cloth was there at the very beginning of time when the first woman on earth- Saja, created the very first wrap around tapa skirt.

After the Omie people of remote PNG ceased holding the very detailed tattooing sessions for initiating teenage boys into manhood, their tattoo motifs were transferred onto tapa.

All of nature is on display and more in this exhibition from our nearest neighbour PNG. We invite you to marvel at this rare and unusual offering.

Private early access tickets for a champagne floor talk with Joan Winter are available at a limited number - 4pm Friday 5th June - please contact 0480 676 957 for more information.
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Artwork featured:
Front side (left to right)

Penny Rose Sosa Jije Hia’e deje jimue’ jimue translates as The moon, evening star, python skin, small bird and tattoo design

Onesmus Ugiobari
Dahoru’e Mountains

Ilma Ugibari
Maja Nun Sun and rays is the other type of Omie tapa
Sihot’e mud soaked tapa cut and appliqued to the base white tapa cloth.

Dangel Sirimi
Nuanohu’o de Jonohu’o sine sore Front + back torso tattoos given to young male initiants in earlier times. The green colour is highly unusual in any pacific tapa
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Information side:

Didimus Bojugo
Side – a small clan bird. One of the many totems that help to organize Omie society

Linda Grace Svari
Pigs tusks The Omie observe and paint many body parts of animals and humans
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The Civilising Skirt
Omie Tapa (beaten bark cloth) Artists PNG
You, your friends and family are invited to the 'The Civilising Skirt’
🗓️ Opening Friday 5th June 2026 | 🕔 5 - 7.30pm
Full exhibition Runs June 4th - July 4th 2026

Gallery Opening Hours: Wednesday - Friday 10-4pm & Saturday 10-2pm or
by appointment | 0480 676 957 | 📍Shop 7, Alstonville Plaza, Alstonville NSW

The wonderful PhD ceramicist Dr Ruth Park. ✨Ruth has been with the Gallery from the very beginning, and it’s felt specia...
11/05/2026

The wonderful PhD ceramicist Dr Ruth Park. ✨
Ruth has been with the Gallery from the very beginning, and it’s felt special right from the start. Instant friend for life.
You’ll find Ruth’s work woven throughout the Gallery across sculpture, wall hangings and tableware; thoughtful pieces that hold both intelligence and warmth in equal measure.
Pictured preparing lesson plans out the front of the Gallery beneath Jane Hewetson’s Truncal Secrets. DM or Text 0480 676 957 all enquiries.

11/05/2026

We are back Thursday, we are having some work done. Lots happening this month in time for our June exhibition.

24/04/2026

One of my favourite things about selling an original piece of art, is calling the artist to let them know. So much hard work goes into making an original piece of art and sometimes that's quite evident like in a marble sculpted piece. This place will take place in its new home down in Tasmania. I love that I get to be a part of an art pieces journey, and discovering where it might end up. ✨🐴

Artwork by Bonnie Larden. This is your final chance to see her work as a collection, the show wraps up this weekend. 🏵️
16/04/2026

Artwork by Bonnie Larden. This is your final chance to see her work as a collection, the show wraps up this weekend. 🏵️

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Shop 7, Alstonville Plaza/8-20 Robertson Street
Alstonville, NSW
2477

Opening Hours

Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 10am - 2pm

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