Seva Frangos Art was established in 1998 to provide independent advice and services to individuals, corporate clients and public organizations and collections, on the purchase, collection, exhibition, curation and restoration of indigenous and contemporary art.
Significant and yet temporary exhibitions were organized in Perth and Melbourne, and this led to a permanent gallery in Subiaco, Perth.
The Gallery
Opened November 2006, the gallery is a boutique consultancy with a primary focus on promoting and establishing Australia’s finest indigenous artists. The gallery credits its reputation to the long standing integrity of the Director, Seva Frangos.
Representing contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island artists, Seva Frangos Art operates in partnership with a number of recognised art centres and peak representative organizations to present artworks from leading artists and artworks sourced from across Australia.
The gallery in Subiaco offers a regular program of exhibitions and collection highlight displays and provides an opportunity to hold discussions with various groups and artists on the artworks.
Seva Frangos
Seva Frangos has thirty years of experience in public art galleries and museums and has established a comprehensive professional network throughout Australia and overseas.
Seva Frangos is currently Director of Seva Frangos Art, a gallery and consultancy committed to promoting indigenous and contemporary art, artists and working creatively with indigenous art centres.
Previously as Director of Exhibitions and Development at the Art Gallery of Western Australia for ten years, Seva Frangos sourced and presented all local, national and international exhibitions and their associated educational and promotional programs. Senior management and program responsibilities included: collection policy; curatorial; exhibitions; education; development, marketing and sponsorship; registration; conservation; publications.
Touring exhibitions here and abroad, Seva Frangos was the Exhibition Director for the 1990 Venice Biennale, representing two Aboriginal artists, Rover Thomas and Trevor Nicholls on behalf of the Australian Government at the launch of their permanent Australian Pavilion.
During the tenure at the Art Gallery of Western Australia, in 1988 Seva Frangos was one of 3 official delegates on behalf of the State Government of Western Australia to assist in establishing a cultural program between the State and its sister State, the Zhejiang Province, China. This was followed by numerous visits and projects within China and the broader Asian region.
Experience and appointments include Senior Project Officer, Visual Arts Board, Australia Council and Member (three year term) of Visions of Australia Committee, recommending assistance for national touring exhibitions to the Federal Minister. Australia Council responsibilities included establishing and implementing a national and state based infrastructure for touring exhibitions.
In 2005 Seva Frangos established a three program for Xstrata Coal, The Xstrata Coal Emerging Indigenous Art Award hosted by the Queensland Art Gallery. In 2008 the program was completed and it has assisted 28 artists from throughout Australia. The selection of artists truly reflects the national reach of the Award is well reflected and remote communities are also prominent. The Award was complimented by generous acquisitions funds to assist the Queensland Art Gallery with their indigenous collection.
Qualifications
BA (Anthropology, Macquarie University; Fine Arts, Sydney University)
Post-Graduate Diploma, Museum Studies (Sydney University)
Approved valuer for the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program — Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Art.
Seva Frangos has thirty years’ experience in public art galleries and museums
Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art
The growing interest in Australian indigenous art lies in the exceptional, innovative, striking images and the spiritual aspects of many of the artworks. As inspirational contemporary artists, many of them are inseparable from their traditional foundations, culture and land.
Seva Frangos Art represents and exhibits artists in association with recognised art centres throughout Australia and in particular art centres within the East Kimberley region and across the ‘top end’ of Australia.
The art centres include the Warmun Art Centre, Turkey Creek, Waringarri Aboriginal Arts, Kununurra, Maningrida Arts and Crafts, Western Arnhem Land, Jilamara Arts and Crafts, Melville Island and Tiwi Design, Bathurst Island. Artworks from these areas are produced in earth ochres and pigments. New artworks are constantly selected.
Amongst this apparent explosion of artistic production, a new generation of artists is also emerging. Acclaimed as the ‘new wave’ and acknowledged for their independence, they impress with artworks that capture both the mastery of simplicity and the genius of complexity together with the creative interpretation of a traditional culture.
Seva Frangos Art also sources a wide range of artworks for clients and on request through art centres and from reputable organisations, galleries and agents across Australia.
The list of artists provided is a selection of leading artists represented by the Seva Frangos Art.
Information and images by all artists is accessed through the Exhibition Program and Stockroom.