Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally GaboriFrieze Masters 2025

Salon 94 and Karma are pleased to jointly present the work of Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori (c.1924–2015), a senior Aboriginal contemporary artist whose remarkable cultural legacy continues to shape the field of contemporary global First Nations art. Painting for only the last decade of her life, Gabori’s outpouring was widely celebrated for its originality, resilience, and ingenuity.

Deeply rooted in ancestral knowledge of Country, Gabori’s painting practice was an intuitive response to the colors, sounds, and spirit of coastal Kaiadilt life and history. Through her vibrant canvases, she conveyed storylines and oral histories from her homelands on Bentinck Island, capturing sites of profound personal and cultural significance—such as her husband’s place, Dibirdibi Country; her father’s place, Thundi; her own Country, Mirdidingki; and the first outstation, Nyinyilki—using bold color and expressive wet-on-wet brushwork.

Both Salon 94 (2024) and Karma (2025) have previously organized thorough exhibitions of Gabori’s work in New York, and look forward to collaborating to share her extraordinary practice with the Frieze Masters audience.

For more information, please contact Andrew Blackley (andrew@salon94.com)