Japan’s first exhibition of art
by First Nations women from Australia

Many First Nations women artists have become leaders in today’s Australian art scene and also an increasingly powerful presence in contemporary art worldwide. However, in the 1970s and 1980s, when contemporary Aboriginal art was emerging, the focus was on male artists, leaving women artists largely unrecognized. How did these women overturn this situation and come to steer the direction of Aboriginal art and Australian contemporary art? This exhibition, the first of its kind in Japan, focuses on First Nations women artists and explores today’s Australian contemporary art through the works of seven individual artists and one collective, whose backgrounds span multiple generations and regions.