The journey and fascination with the beauty of these Dreamtime depictions began over 20 years ago when, as a young lad in search of an adventure, the company’s creator, Paul Gleave, began travelling Australia.

Spending most of the next decade in the Northern Territory, he was privileged enough to be introduced to a number of artists, and after being continually welcomed into their communities, his understanding and appreciation of the incredible dreamtimes which form the spiritual foundation of the people began to develop.

The relationships with the artists was maintained and nurtured, and six years ago, Kooroora Art Gallery was created.

Although proudly featuring the foremost, award winning Aboriginal artists in the world, Paul’s adventurous nature has not abated, and we continually elicit great pleasure in finding unknown artists hidden in the midst of Alice Springs communities, with a wealth of talent which would otherwise have remained undiscovered.

Directors & Owners Paul Gleave & Michael Peake

Fekui Prefecuture Council
Oct 2006

This painting was presented by the Adelaide Hills Councillors, Vall Hall, Ian Bailey  & Ron Nelson, to the Chairman of the Fekui Prefecuture Council, Japan. The Councillors were visiting Japan for a business conference with the Fekui Prefecture Council, and chose to take an Aboriginal dreaming as their gift of appreciation.  It was a great pleasure for Kooroora Art Gallery to supply the art for this event.  The painting depicted is a Bush Banana Dreaming by Nancy Martin Napanardi.


NAIDOC Exhibition
Adelaide Town Hall
26th June to 28th, 2006

Special thanks to the Right Honourable Lord Mayor of Adelaide, Michael Harbinson.

Artists we represented at the exhibition:

Minnie Pwerle, Kathleen Petyarre, Abie Loy Kemarre, Gracie Morton Pwerle, Jeannie Petyarre, Rosemary Petyarre, Margaret Scobie, Nancy Martin Napannardi, Maureen Hudson Nampijinpa, Jean Hudson Nampijinpa, Yilpi Marks and Damien Marks Jungala

This was a time I will never forget.  We were able to take some of the artists to the opening of Naidoc, and felt such a thrill as we observed people’s amazement at the works they had created. The artists were able to mingle with the guests, some of whom had never previously met an Aboriginal artist. The experience was even more extraordinary and precious to the guests, as one particular artist had come from Yuelamu, Mt Allan, NT. 

This is a remote area 400km north from Alice Springs near the Western Australian border, which is hot and deadly to people that have no knowledge of remote Australian conditions. At this exhibition, we displayed up to 30 prominent works. Some pieces measured as large as 250cm X 180cm, combined with a few smaller pieces measuring about 150cm X 100cm.


Aboriginal Awareness Week
Adelaide Festival Centre, 2005

At this event, we were again privileged to be accompanied by an artist from Yuelamu, Mt Allan NT  who came to showcase more amazing contemporary Aboriginal art.

South Australian Aboriginal art is still very much traditional dot painting, but at this time we were starting to see the art evolution occurring in NT beginning to emerge in SA.  Many at the event were taken aback by this new movement taking place.

The artists spent the day at the site working on their paintings, and at the end of the day, Kooroora Art & Design donated the paintings toward the annual auctions which raise money for the next year’s Awareness week.

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