Art Exhibitions

As an expert on the botany of basketry and hand-woven textiles, he assisted the Fremantle Art Centre with their 1993 Fibre arts exhibition “High Fibre Diet”.

In 2006, he helped FORM with their “Cultural Strands/Woven Visions” project, which linked to the public exhibition “Woven Forms: Contemporary Basket Making in Australia” (2006). His photographs were exhibited in a joint exhibition with other Australian artists at Perth Galleries (North Fremantle) in 2007.

His first solo exhibition was at Kidogo Gallery in Fremantle (2010), followed by two group exhibitions in Australia in 2010 and with Lynne Tinley, a joint exhibition “Meditations on Nature” at Earlyworks Gallery in September 2012. Since then, he has had two exhibitions at Kidogo Gallery, including “Sense of Place: Bush and Beach” in 2016. Tony’s work is held in collections in Australia, Canada, Norway, the UK and the USA.

"In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet"

Albert Schweizer 1875 – 1965

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away"

Maya Angelou

"To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour"

William Blake

"The fight for beauty is not blind opposition to progress, but opposition to blind progress"

John Muir 1838 - 1914

International Ethnobotanist & Artist

Fine Art by Tony Cunningham

Perth based Tony Cunningham is a well travelled internationally renowned Ethnobotanist and Fine Artist. In a career spanning over 36 years, Tony has amalgamated a myriad of stunning fine art works largely influenced by the power of place, the beauty of nature and the wisdom of local people in the remote areas of his work endeavours, which include the great continents of Africa, Asia, Australia and the Pacific Islands. On this website, Tony makes available exquisite reproductions of his fine art in the form of prints on quality Hahnemuhle Fine Art Paper, along with beautifully decorative cushion covers. Tony's art, in any interior space, is more than just art decor. It serves as a subtle reminder to our subconscious of our inextricable ties with nature and the world around us.