Frank Young

Frank Young is a founding member and senior leader of the Kulata Tjuta (Many Spears) Project, established at

Tjala Arts in Amata in 2010, and has contributed to every major iteration of the project, including Dark

Heart: 2014 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art at the Art Gallery of South Australia; TARNANTHI: Festival

of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art at the Art Gallery of South Australia in 2015

and 2017; Kulata Tjuta: Kupi Kupi at Fondation Opale, Switzerland, in 2019, marking the project’s first

international presentation; Kulata Tjuta: Tirkilpa at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, in 2025;

and Rememory, the 25th Biennale of Sydney, at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 2026, where the

monumental installation Kulata Tjuta: Rurrkuni was presented alongside Young’s paintings Kulata Tjukurpa

I–III. In 2017, Young, together with his grandson Anwar Young and niece Unrupa Rhonda Dick, was awarded

the overall Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award (NATSIAA) for the collaborative

work Kulata Tjuta – Wati Kulunypa Tjukurpa (Many Spears – Youngfella Story). Young held his debut solo

exhibition at APY Gallery, Sydney, in 2024, and his work has been recognised through numerous major

Australian art prizes and exhibitions, including the Sulman Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales

(finalist, 2023), Desert Mob at Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs (2023), TARNANTHI: Milpatjunanyi at

the Art Gallery of South Australia (2023), Hadley’s Art Prize (finalist, 2024), the Wynne Prize at the Art

Gallery of New South Wales (finalist, 2024), and the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

Art Awards (finalist, 2024). In 2025, Young was a finalist in the Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, where he

received the Preparator’s Residency Award and a four-week artist residency at Hazelhurst Arts Centre.