Dry Season
Monday – Friday: 9am – 4:30pm
Saturday: 9am – 2:30pm
Sunday: 9am – 2:30pm
Wet Season
Monday – Friday: 9:30am – 3:00pm
Saturday: 9:30am – 2:00pm
Sunday: Closed
Born: 30 September 2000 Region: Central Desert Community Centre: Utopia Outstation or: Atnangkere Language Bloc: Arandic Language: Anmatyerre
Sharon is the daughter of Caroline Numina and Daniel Turner. Caroline’s father is Douglas Pananka Petyarre (deceased). Her mother is Barbara Pananka Mbitjana who is an elder painter and cultural elder from Stirling Station. Caroline is an Anmatyerre artist from Ti Tree, 190km North of Alice Springs in Central Australia and grew up on Stirling Station, a cattle station south of Tennant Creek along with her Five sisters Jacinta, Lanita, Louise, Selina and Sharon Numina, who are also well-respected artists from Utopia and three brothers.
Sharon attended primary school at Stirling Station, where she began painting at a young age, taking guidance from her aunties as well as world-renowned aunties Gloria and Kathleen Petyarre. Caroline and Sharon later moved to Darwin with their family. In Darwin Sharon attended primary school at Sanderson Middle School and then went on to complete year 10 and 11 at Casuarina High School.
We are also a signatory to the Indigenous Australian Art Commercial Code of Conduct, which was recently introduced to promote fair and transparent dealings within the Industry.
Aboriginal Fine Arts Gallery is a founding member of the Australian Indigenous Art Trade Association, which was established to promote the ethical trade of indigenous art.
Dry Season
Monday – Friday: 9am – 4:30pm
Saturday: 9am – 2:30pm
Sunday: 9am – 2:30pm
Wet Season
Monday – Friday: 9:30am – 3:00pm
Saturday: 9:30am – 2:00pm
Sunday: Closed