Coconut Studios was founded by Stephanie Martin in 2020 on Larrakia land in the suburb known as Coconut Grove, NT. Coconut Studios presents important work by contemporary artists in a bid to reveal ways of seeing and relating in present times.

CONTACT

Stephanie Martin (Director)

0475 381 170

info@coconutstudios.com.au

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VISIT

Coconut Grove gallery temporarily closed.

8/18 Caryota Court

Coconut Grove, NT 0810

Darwin, Australia

ACCESSIBILITY

Upstairs gallery not wheelchair accessible, entry via 18 stairs with handrail. Downstairs gallery and reception wheelchair accessible. Disability access toilet on site. 

If you have specific access questions or needs, please email the gallery.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Print Media

2025     Jorgensen, D. “Coconut Studios”, Art Collector, #111 Jan-Mar 2025, p. 130-131

2024     Harwood, T. “Monsters of Energy” & O’Riordan, M. “Shock of the new”, Memo Review, Issue No. 2, p. 60-69, 82-87

2023     Harwood, T.  “Gary Lee: Midling (Larrakia: Together) and Heat”, Artlink, Issue 43:3 Warltati / Summer 2023, p. 72-77

2023     Harwood, T. “Three Darwin Art Shows”, #464 Aug-Sept 2023 https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/culture/exhibition/2023/08/24/the-darwin-festival-natsiaa-2023-and-the-darwin-aboriginal-art-fair#mtr

2023     Curby, N. “Larrakia artist Gary Lee explores male beauty in new NT gallery exhibition”, ABC Darwin and ABC Queer, Aug 2023, https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-15/larrakia-artist-gary-lee-exploration-of-male-beauty/102717768

2022     Burrow, L., Harwood, T. “Shock & Ore”, Memo Review, 17 Sept 2022, https://www.memoreview.net/reviews/shock-ore-by-lauren-burrow-and-tristen-harwood

2022     McDonald, J. “The must-see art coming from the Top End”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 12 Aug 2022, https://www.smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/the-must-see-art-coming-from-the-top-end-20220808-p5b86c.html

Radio

2023     Ellen, R. “Art mirrors life in the work of these fiction authors + the ethnographic vision of Gary Lee”, ABC Radio National The Art Show, 23 Aug 2023, https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/the-art-show/art-books-gary-lee/102683630

2022     Browning, D., Ellen, R. “Meet the Tennant Creek Brio — a thrilling new voice in art”, ABC Radio National The Art Show, 10 Aug 2022, https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/the-art-show/tennant-creek-brio-natsiaa/14005008

2021     Ellen, R. “Kunwaral: shadows of western Arnhem Land”, ABC Radio National The Art Show, 18 Aug 2021 

TV           

2023     Garnish, P. “A Darwin art exhibition celebrates a family’s strong connection to art and Country”, ABC News (Australia), Mar 2023