Tolarno Galleries is pleased to announce representation of Tennant Creek Brio, a cross-cultural artist collective living and working on Warumungu Country in the Northern Territory of Australia. Once a station for the Overland Telegraph Line, later the site of extensive gold mines, Tennant Creek is today the home of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. Presently, the collective work between studios in Melbourne and Tennant Creek.

Living in and around Tennant Creek, Brio came together as a group in 2016. Its current members include Fabian Brown Japaljarri, Lindsay Nelson Jakamarra, Rupert Betheras, Joseph Williams Jungarayi, Clifford Thompson Japaljarri, Jimmy Frank Jupurrula, Simon Wilson, Fabian Rankine Jampijinpa, Marcus Camphoo Kemarre, and recent collaborators including Eleanor Dixon Jawurlngali, Lévi McLean, Gary Sullibhaine, Jonathan Leahey, Arthur Dixon Jalyirri.

Known for their punk attitude and use of salvaged materials from the region’s historical mining boom, their work explores the confluences and conflicts between industrialisation and traditional ways of life.

Tennant Creek Brio’s first exhibition at Tolarno Galleries will open in February 2026. The same month, the major sculpture Rumpofsteelskin is anticipated to be a highlight of the Melbourne Art Fair.

photo: Harry Price