A significant new exhibition at Flinders University Museum of Art brings together works by some of Australia’s most compelling First Nations artists, exploring how their practice challenges Western systems of knowledge and affirms the continuing authority of Indigenous cultures.
Un-Discipline: Blak works from Flinders University Museum of Art, curated with Associate Professor Ali Gumillya Baker, draws from the museum’s collection to examine how artists work beyond and against frameworks that have historically sought to categorise, define and control.
The exhibition runs from 20 July to 18 September at the Bedford Park campus.
What the exhibition explores
The concept of “un-discipline” refers to acts of creative sovereignty and methodological refusal. These are approaches that challenge imposed boundaries and unsettle colonial frameworks while affirming the continuity of First Nations cultures and histories.
Through art, story, language, memory, archive and activism, the works examine how artists create space for alternative understandings of history, identity and belonging. Rather than rejecting order altogether, Un-Discipline invites audiences to imagine alternatives to systems that have divided land into property, culture into objects, and people into fixed categories.
“These artists offer powerful expressions of cultural continuity, resilience and sovereignty, while opening new ways of thinking about history, place and belonging,” said Fiona Salmon, Director of Flinders University Museum of Art.
Featured artists
The exhibition showcases the breadth, diversity and strength of First Nations artistic practice within the FUMA collection. Spanning multiple generations, media and cultural perspectives, it features works by:
- Hayley Millar Baker
- Richard Bell
- The Blak Laundry
- Lorraine Connelly-Northey
- Michael Cook
- Selma Nunay Coulthard
- Destiny Deacon
- Karla Dickens
- Ali Cobby Eckermann
- Gordon Hookey
- Vanessa Inkamala
- Peter Japanangka Blacksmith
- Danie Mellor
- Nancy Naawi
- Clinton Naina
- Alexander Nganjmirra
- Sonya Rankine
- Michael Riley
- Yhonnie Scarce
- Darren Siwes
- Uta Uta Tjangala
- Judy Watson
Public launch
A public exhibition launch will be held on Thursday 30 July from 5pm to 7pm, with formalities from 6pm. Guest speaker Kirstie Parker, a reconciliation advocate and signatory to the Uluru Statement from the Heart, will address attendees.
Tickets for the launch are available from Eventbrite.
Exhibition details
Un-Discipline: Blak works from Flinders University Museum of Art
Dates: 20 July to 18 September 2026
Venue: Flinders University Museum of Art, Bedford Park Campus
Launch: Thursday 30 July 2026, 5pm to 7pm
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