Niah Juella McLeod, Doonooch Mabra - Owl Eyes

The Arts d'Australie • Stéphane Jacob gallery is pleased to present ‘Doonooch Mabra – Owl Eyes | In the Wake of the Owl’, the first solo exhibition in France by Aboriginal artist  Niah Juella McLeod, a rising star on the contemporary Australian art scene. Born in 1991 in New South Wales, Niah Juella McLeod belongs to the Yuin people on her father's side and to an Anglo-Celtic lineage on her mother's side. This dual heritage, both intimate and powerful, informs a body of work in which spirituality, memory and healing are woven together in a pictorial language deeply rooted in Aboriginal tradition, yet resolutely personal.

Each of McLeod's canvases is a cartography of the soul, a silent song carried by the presence of the Ninoxe owl, the artist's totem animal and guide. Pointillism, circular motifs and vibrant lines compose a meditative and organic universe, a true place of reconnection between the intimate and the ancestral.

The exhibition ‘Doonooch Mabra – Owl Eyes | In the Wake of the Owl’ offers a dive into this unique universe, where the works become spaces for dialogue, healing and transmission. It is a tribute to collective memory, to Mother Earth, to forgotten voices, carried by an artist whose artistic approach is also a gentle form of resistance.

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EVENTS RELATED TO THE EXHIBITION
Preview on Thursday 16 October from 5pm to 9pm
Opening on Saturday 18 October from 3pm
Inauguration in the presence of the artist


On the occasion of Starting Sunday - Paris Art Week
Sunday 19 October - special opening from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
In the presence of the artist

11 a.m. - Brunch and tour of the exhibition

3 p.m. - Signing of the monographic catalogue
Catalogue: "Niah Juella McLeod,
Doonooch Mabra - Owl Eyes | In the wake of the owl"
Editions Arts d'Australie Stéphane Jacob, 2025
Bilingual French/English catalogue
Format 26 x 21 cm - Paperback, 56 pages
ISBN: 979-10-95931-03-4 Price: €20

4 p.m. - Tour of the exhibition


Videoconferences as part of Aboriginal Art Thursdays:
Thursday 23 October from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Presentation of the exhibition ‘Niah Juella McLeod, Doonooch Mabra - Owl Eyes | In the Wake of the Owl’ by Stéphane Jacob-Langevin
Registration: sj@artsdaustralie.com

Daily guided tours from 20 to 25 October at 3 p.m.

Photography ©Katrina Parker ©Niah Juella McLeod