Returning for a third year in 2026, Munupi Arts & Crafts Association presents works by Leon Russell Black, whose practice is deeply rooted in Tiwi cosmology and expressed through uniquely personal visual languages.

Leon is a highly regarded artist whose bold ochre works speak from a young, assertive voice, grounded in Tiwi culture. He invokes totemic symbolism—sharks, birds, spirit figures—and grounds his practice in inherited knowledge from his family lineage. His work is marked by an emotional immediacy and raw presence, reflecting both deep cultural respect and a contemporary Tiwi experience and identity.