Bundanon has announced several female First Nations artists who will feature in the art museum's new major exhibition.

The new major exhibition of works by acclaimed Australian artist Rosalie Gascoigne (1917-1999), will also feature new commissions by leading contemporary First Nations artists Lorraine Connelly-Northey, Janet Fieldhouse and Glenda Nicholls.

Rosalie Gascoigne: Sky, Earth, Water will showcase Gascoigne's poetic assemblages of salvaged found materials, whilst evoking the textures and spirit of rural Australia.

Bundanon will also present more than 20 key works on loan from major institutions including the Art Gallery of New South Wales, National Gallery of Australia, the National Gallery of Victoria, Heide Museum of Modern Art, TarraWarra Museum of Art and significant private collections.

Rosalie Gascoigne, Plenty, 1986. (Image: supplied)

Bundanon chief executive officer, Rachel Kent, said the national arts organisation is proud to show Gascoigne's renowned works alongside major new commissions by leading contemporary First Nations artists.

"Bundanon is delighted to be presenting 'Rosalie Gascoigne: Sky, Earth, Water', celebrating the work of this respected artist and deepening its connection to place - something Bundanon has an unparalleled capacity to do as a museum immersed in the landscape," she said.

"We are proud to show Gascoigne's renowned works alongside major new commissions by leading contemporary First Nations artists. Together, these parallel presentations create a powerful dialogue across generations and perspectives, celebrating the enduring role of landscape, memory and material in shaping artistic expression."

New commissions by First Nations artists Lorraine Connelly-Northey, Janet Fieldhouse and Glenda Nicholls, created during residencies at Bundanon, continue the organisation's longstanding commitment to site-responsive art making, it says.

Their works reflect the cultural resonance of materials and the stories embedded in place.

Glenda Nicholls is a Waddi Waddi, Ngarrindjeri and Yorta Yorta artist and master weaver based in the Swan Hill region of Victoria.

Gifted her net-making technique from her ancestors in a dream, she has since created a significant body of sculptural work reviving her ancestral practice and their deep connection to waterways, plants and grasses on her Country, ensuring its protection for future generations.

Drawing on her time in residence, Nicholls is creating a large-scale new work that responds to Bangli/the Shoalhaven River.

Janet Fieldhouse is a Meriam Mer (Torres Strait) ceramic artist based in Cairns, Queensland. Her hand-built forms acknowledge Torres Strait traditions of navigation, living from the sea and the land, and women's practices such as weaving body adornments for ceremony and scarification.

Bringing together new and existing works, Fieldhouse's work will focus on the bird life of the Shoalhaven region.

Lorraine Connelly-Northey was born and raised on the cultural boundaries of the Wamba Wamba and Wadi Wadi peoples in the Swan Hill region of north-western Victoria. Now living on her mother's Country, Waradgerie (Wiradjuri) Country in New South Wales, she creates large-scale metal sculptures inspired by Aboriginal fibre bags, also known as bush bags.

Engaging with Bundanon's expanded Art Museum spaces, Connelly-Northey will create an installation that is in conversation with the Dharawal and Dhurga stories of place.

Lorraine Connelly-Northey, Narrbong from the installation Narrbong- galang (many bags), 2022, metal. ( Image courtesy of the artist and the Art Gallery of New South Wales)

Throughout 2026 the Boyd Collection Gallery will present a selection of works by Arthur Boyd drawn from its own collection in conversation with key paintings from the National Gallery of Australia: Sharing the National Collection program, including early explorations of the natural landscape.

As a young person, Boyd lived with his artist grandfather on the Mornington Peninsula and wrote devotedly to his artist mother to report on the paintings he spent his days creating. This early, immediate engagement with the natural world shaped Boyd's practice and, much later, was a cornerstone in the founding of Bundanon.

Bundanon's mission is to operate the property as a centre for the creative arts and education, for scientific research and a place to explore landscape and engage with First Nations history and culture.

Bundanon is supported by the Australian Government through the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development Communications, Sport and the Arts.

The exhibition runs from 7 March to 14 June, 2026.

Bundanon acknowledges the people of the Dharawal and Dhurga language groups as the Traditional Owners of the land within its boundaries, and recognises their continuous connection to culture, community and Country.

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