Ung Jay Dijn Un (Weaving)
6 March - 19 April 2026
Ung Jay Dijn Un (Weaving)
Toni Bullarh Beeron, Trisha Nungayin Beeron and Marley Binda Beeron
Marley Binda Beeron, Gunibarrda, 2026, Acrylic paint on plywood, 15 x 15cm. Photograph courtesy Girringun Aboriginal Art Centre.
This exhibition presents work by Girramay/Jirrbal Traditional Owners and emerging artist sisters Toni Bullarh, Trisha Nungayin and Marley Binda Beeron. The artists’ practices predominantly span painting, weaving and ceramics. The sisters are from the Murray Upper region in North Queensland, with family connections to the Jumbun community near Murray Falls. Their works draw on Cultural knowledge and stories passed down through their family, particularly from their grandparents Claude and Theresa Beeron, and through the guidance of their mother, who is also an artist. Their works reflect an ongoing connection to Country, community and intergenerational knowledge-sharing.
This exhibition is presented in partnership with Girringun Aboriginal Art Centre.
Meet and Greet with the Beeron Sisters
12:30pm Friday 10 April 2026
Join Umbrella for a relaxed lunchtime gathering with artists Toni Bullarh, Trisha Nungayin and Marley Binda Beeron.
Free | Bookings not required | Full details here
Exhibitions launch
6pm Friday 6 March 2026
Speeches from approx. 6:30pm | Free entry | Bookings not required
Audiences are invited to start the evening from 5:30pm nearby at Murky Waters Studio for the launch of Justin Bishop's Meditations in Colour before heading to Umbrella for the launch of our three exhibitions.
Umbrella will be closed for the Easter weekend Friday 3 April to Monday 6 April inclusive, and Saturday 25 April for the Anzac Day public holiday.
Toni Bullarh Beeron (b. 2003) lives in the Jumbun Community of Murray Upper. She is an emerging artist who works across painting, weaving and ceramic sculptures.
Trisha Nungayin Beeron (b. 1995) lives in Tully, and her practice incorporates woodworking alongside painting, weaving and ceramics. She has exhibited nationally with Girringun Aboriginal Art Centre, including within the Strand Ephemera (2011) group installation which won the Artistic Excellence Award for that year. She has also exhibited in the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair (2018), Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (2012) and with Urban Art Projects in Art with Attitude at the Brisbane Airport (2012).
Marley Binda Beeron (b. 2002) also lives in the Jumbun community. She is an emerging artist working with painting, weaving and ceramics. Marley has exhibited in the 2018 Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair: Marketplace and in the Girringun Gune Mari (Long Way From Home) exhibition (2012) at Merenda Gallery, Walyalup / Fremantle, Western Australia.
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Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts respectfully acknowledges the Wulgurukaba of Gurambilbarra and Yunbenun and the surrounding groups of our region - Bindal, Gugu Badhun, Nywaigi, Warrgamay, Bandjin and Gudjal - as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we gather, share and celebrate local creative practice. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as the first people of Australia. They have never ceded sovereignty and remain strong in their enduring connection to land and Culture.
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Acknowledgements
Umbrella is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, part of the Department of Education, and the Visual Art, Craft and Design Framework, an initiative of the Australian, state and territory governments. | Umbrella is supported by the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation and receives funding from Creative Australia through the Australian Cultural Fund. | Townsville City Council is a funding partner of Umbrella's program.
