EXHIBITIONS
The UMI Arts Gallery in Manoora, Cairns, holds five exhibitions every year featuring the artwork and crafts of our talented member artists. Each exhibition has a different theme and rationale, and showcases artists at different stages of their artistic career, from emerging to established. All gallery artworks are available for viewing and purchase in the online shop, and you can also view past exhibition catalogues below!

open applications
EXHIBITION: Freshwater Saltwater
UMI Arts group members exhibition – open to significant new artworks by mid-career, established and senior artists
EXHIBITION: The Summer Show
UMI Arts group members exhibition – open to all artists, works in any medium
2025 ART FAIRS
We are seeking new artwork, artefacts, giftware and homeswares to tour to Art Fairs and Markets. Give our friendly Retail Officer a call on (07) 4041 6152 to find out more!
upcoming Exhibtion
Culture Through Our Eyes
FIRST NATIONS YOUTH EXHIBITION
Opening 9th May 2025

current Exhibtion
‘YOU & ME’
FEATURED ARTISTS
(Gugu Thaypan / Guugu Yimithirr, Hopevale)
(Nugal Warra / Guugu Yimithirr, Hopevale)
(Guugu Yimithirr /Thuubii, Bindhi and Bulgun warra, Hopevale)
(Thuppi Warra / Guugu Yimithirr, Hopevale)
(Umpala / Lama Lama, Northern Peninsula Area (NPA))
(Waanyi / Kurtijar, Cairns)
EXHIBITION OPEN 7 March – 29 April 2025
PAST Exhibtions
The Summer Show
artists, whose works reflect the dynamic, electrical energy of a
northern summer. Across the Far North we feel the temperature
building in this late part of the year, and in the tropics we start to
feel also the water in the air, the storms and rains we know are to
come.
2024 ‘Exhibition-Ready’ Graduate Exhibition
Jinneecka Don
& Cecelia Slade
by our 2024 ‘Exhibition Ready’ Program Graduates,
JINNEECKA DON and CECELIA SLADE.
Since 2023, these two member artists have been thoughtfully building bodies of works inspired by their own memories and experiences. Each of our annual exhibitions holds a special place in our hearts, but the Graduates Exhibition brings a unique joy. It’s a moment to witness emerging artists take a bold step toward their first solo showcase, and to see their confidence and artistry flourish.
freshwater saltwater
group members exhibition
culture
through our eyes
first nations youth exhibition
you & me
the summer show

freshwater saltwater
7 July – 31 August 2023
culture through our eyes
first nations youth exhibition
26 May – 26 June 2023