In 2025, Moa Arts presents new works by Paula Savage. ‘I am interested in everything. Weaving, lino printing, tie-dying, drawing, carving, and jewellery making. But my works are all based on my heritage, the cultural laws and customs we still practice today.’
William Mora Indigenous Art Centre Program
The William Mora Indigenous Art Centre (WMIACP) provides a fully funded exhibition package for Indigenous-owned Art Centres to participate in Melbourne Art Fair. It aims to promote and provide curatorial and commercial opportunities for Indigenous Australian artists working on Country and in communities across Australia.
The Program is funded by the Australian Government through the Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support (IVAIS) program, and generously supported by Morgans Financial Limited.
Past exhibiting art centres include:
Moa Arts (Mua Lag/Moa Island)
Munupi Arts & Crafts Association (Pirlangimpi/Garden Point),
Papunya Tjupi Arts (Papunya) and
Wik & Kugu Arts Centre (Aurukun).
Warlayirti Artists
Waringarri Aboriginal Arts
Milingimbi Art & Culture
Jilamara Arts & Crafts Association
Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre
Explore 2025’s exhibitors below.
Moa Arts
Paula Savage | 2024, 2025
Moa Arts is the trading name of Ngalmun Lagau Minaral, which means ‘our island’s design’. It is an Indigenous owned and operated Art Centre on Mua Island in the western cluster of Zenadth Kes – the Torres Strait. Through the centre’s work, they keep Mualgal traditions and Zenadth Kes arts and culture strong for everyone.
Munupi Arts & Crafts Association
Leon Russell Black | 2024
Carol Puruntatameri and Alison Puruntatameri | 2025
Drawing inspiration from their natural lush environment and Tiwi creation stories, in 2025 Munupi Arts & Crafts Association present works by Alison and Carol Puruntatameri. Both are highly regarded Tiwi artists, known for their unique and vibrant approach to painting using natural ochres on canvas and stringybark. Their art is deeply intertwined with Tiwi culture and heritage, each piece offering a personal and collective narrative that reflects their strong cultural identity.
Papunya Tjupi Arts
Candy Nelson Nakamarra | 2024, 2025
Maureen Poulson Napangardi and Carbiene McDonald Tjangala | 2025
100% Aboriginal owned and directed community arts organisation Papunya Tjupi Arts is based in Papunya, the birthplace of the Western Desert painting movement. The Art Centre supports emerging artists and some of Australia’s leading contemporary painters.
In 2025, Papunya Tjupi Arts returns to Melbourne Art Fair to present beautiful new works by see beautiful new works by Carbiene McDonald Tjangala, Candy Nelson Nakamarra and Maureen Poulson Napangardi.
Wik & Kugu Arts Centre
Keith Wikmunea | 2024, 2025
Garry Namponan | 2025
Wik & Kugu Arts Centre is located in Aurukun, a small remote Aboriginal community on the north-west coast of Cape York Peninsula, Queensland. The Centre is renowned for its iconic milkwood sculptures produced by the men of Aurukun, and the women are well-known for ochre and acrylic paintings.
In 2025, Wik & Kugu Arts Centre presents NGAK APALECH (Clear Water) with a dual presentation of new steel, wood and mixed media works by Leigh Namponan and Keith Wikmunea.
