CIAF celebrates its sixteenth edition, returning to the Tanks Art Centre in Cairn's botanical arts precinct – where the fair began....
Cairns Indigenous Art Fair | 10 – 13 July 2025
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Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) 2024: ‘Country Speaking’
CIAF celebrates its fifteenth anniversary with a cultural and artistic showcase featuring hundreds of First Nations artists, performers, fashion designers, and creatives....
Cairns Indigenous Art Fair | CIAF 2022
Continuing its commitment to providing platforms for cultural exchange and economic opportunity for Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, CIAF returns with a vibrant and multifaceted program of events....
2021 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair | Online
For 2021, Cairns Indigenous Art Fair is taking the annual celebrations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts and culture into the digital realm for all to enjoy....
CIAF 2020 | The Cultural Evolution
In a first for the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF), the dynamic program championing Queensland's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts and culture will be delivered entirely online....
2019 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair
‘Cairns Indigenous Art Fair’ celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and culture through storytelling, song and language from 10 to 14 July....
Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) | Connection to Country
'When we are on Country, we flourish' is the premise behind this year's 'Cairns Indigenous Art Fair' (CIAF) theme: Connection to Country – curated by CIAF Artistic Director, Janina Harding, and renowned curator and writer, Hetti Perkins....
CIAF Art Award winner | Aurukun artist Garry Namponan
CIAF Art Award winner Garry Namponan will receive $15,000 for the support and development of his art practice, renowned for his Ku’ (Camp Dog) sculptures and abstracted painted canvases....
Cairns Indigenous Art Fair
CIAF opens on 13 July for its 8th iteration of music, dance and art events showcasing the talents of artists from Queensland’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, as well as awarding a number of prizes celebrating excellence and innovation in the field....
Lei it on
Exploring the lei as an inherent symbol of identity and cultural meaning, this co-curated Cairns Art Gallery (CAG) and National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) exhibition presents over 40 unique artworks....
Cairns Indigenous Art Fair
Christian Thompson’s practice combines photography with conceptual and performative elements to explore issues of identity, cultural hybridity and history. Thompson’s work engages with topics that affect and move both Indigenous and non-indigenous Australians, transcending cultural boundaries and speaking about the universal human experience....
Cairns Indigenous Art Fair
Queensland’s dynamic Indigenous arts and culture is on show this month with the fifth annual ‘Cairns Indigenous Art Fair’ (CIAF) set to be a show stopper and apt kick off to Australia’s national art fair and festival circuit. Since its launch in 2009, CIAF has cemented...