Kumarangk

Upcoming Exhibition
21 February - 4 April 2026
Painting of the Kumarangk bridge breaking, with water rushing through and people gathered below.
Painting of the Kumarangk bridge breaking, with water rushing through and people gathered below.

Kumarangk is an intergenerational love letter for Ngarrindjeri women; an exhibition that explores the resistance to colonial destruction and the survival of culture.

When

21 February to 4 April 2026

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Kumarangk is headlined by a new commission for artist and activist Aunty Sandra Saunders. Through a series of paintings and wireworks, Aunty Sandra retells the story of the building of the bridge to Kumarangk (colonially known as hindmarsh island). The exhibition also features major new works by prominent Ngarrindjeri weavers Aunty Betty Sumner; Aunty Ellen Trevorrow, working with the multidisciplinary art collective Mardawi (Elizabeth Rankine, Margi Sumner, Temeika Campbell, Bessie Rigney, Zemiah Campbell, Debra Rankine and Stephanie Russell); Sonya Rankine; Carly Tarkari Dodd; early career ceramicist Tiarnie Edwards; and  renowned Ngarrindjerri weaver Aunty Yvonne Koolmatrie.

Feature Image: Sandra Saunders, Ngarrindjeri/Boandik people, South Australia, born Millicent, South Australia 1947 Nature's Justice, 2025, Port Lincoln, South Australia oil on hardboard, 130x 75cm. Photography by Nat Rogers.

Curators

Dominic Guerrera,
Danni Zuvela

Artists

Temeika Campbell,
Zemiah Campbell,
Carly Tarkari Dodd,
Tiarnie Edwards,
Debra Rankine,
Elizabeth Rankine,
Sonya Rankine,
Bessie Rigney,
Stephanie Russell,
Sandra Saunders,
Betty Sumner,
Margi Sumner,
Ellen Trevorrow

Kumarangk is supported by the South Australian government through Create SA; Country Arts SA; and Adelaide Contemporary Experimental (ACE).

This project is presented and supported by Adelaide Festival.

This project is also presented as part of Tarnanthi. 

The publication is supported by the Gordon Darling Foundation.

ACErlu tampinthi, ngadlu Kaurna yartangka inparrinthi. Kaurna miyurna yaitya yarta-mathanya Wama Tarntanyaku. Parnaku yailtya, parnaku tapa purruna, parnaku yarta ngadlurlu tampinthi. Yalaka Kaurna miyurna itu yailtya, tapa purruna, yarta kuma puru martinthi, puru warri-apinthi, puru tangka martulayinthi. Ngadlurlu tampinthi purkana pukinangku, yalaka.

ACE respectfully acknowledges the Kaurna people are the traditional custodians of the Adelaide Plains. We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship with the land. We acknowledge that they are of continuing importance to the Kaurna people living today. We acknowledge Elders past and present.

ACErlu tampinthi, ngadlu Kaurna yartangka inparrinthi. Kaurna miyurna yaitya yarta-mathanya Wama Tarntanyaku. Parnaku yailtya, parnaku tapa purruna, parnaku yarta ngadlurlu tampinthi. Yalaka Kaurna miyurna itu yailtya, tapa purruna, yarta kuma puru martinthi, puru warri-apinthi, puru tangka martulayinthi. Ngadlurlu tampinthi purkana pukinangku, yalaka.

ACE respectfully acknowledges the Kaurna people are the traditional custodians of the Adelaide Plains. We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship with the land. We acknowledge that they are of continuing importance to the Kaurna people living today. We acknowledge Elders past and present.

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