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Munimba-ja Blak Creatives Collective: Nothing to Write Home About

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Outer Space presents Nothing to Write Home About, a group exhibition developed through Munimba-ja Arts Centre’s Blak Creatives artist development program. Featuring artists Clea North, Brenda Mau, Lexie Abel, Tanika Orr, Nadine McDonald Dowd, Keely Eggmolesse and Desirai Saunders, the exhibition is curated by Libby Harward. The exhibition creates space for First Nations artists to […]

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Queensland College of Art and Design Graduate Exhibitions 2026

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The Queensland College of Art and Design (QCAD), Griffith University, presents its 2026 graduate exhibitions, showcasing the creativity and innovation of emerging artists and designers across Design, Visual Art and Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art. The public opening celebration takes place on Thursday 22 October, with an opening ceremony and awards at 6pm in the QCAD

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fortyfivedownstairs: Exhibition Opportunities 2027

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fortyfivedownstairs is inviting proposals for exhibitions in 2027. Located at 45 Flinders Lane in Melbourne CBD, the organisation features two distinctive exhibition spaces: the Small Gallery and the Large Gallery. Proposals are welcome from artists and curators working across a broad range of contemporary art practices, including painting, photography, installation, video and interdisciplinary work. Applications

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The Bald Archy Prize 2027

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The Bald Archy Prize returns in 2027, inviting artists of all styles and experience levels across Australia to submit comic or satirical portraits of distinguished Australians in art, science, literature, politics, sport or the media. Established in 1994 by Peter Batey OAM, the competition celebrates humour, parody, caricature and the irreverent Australian spirit. The prize

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Elaine Bermingham National Watercolour Prize in Landscape Painting

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The Elaine Bermingham National Watercolour Prize in Landscape Painting is a triennial award presented by Griffith University’s Queensland College of Art and Design, celebrating excellence and innovation in watercolour. The prize is open to Australian artists over the age of 18. The overall winner will receive a $20,000 non-acquisitive cash prize, generously donated by Elaine

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Burnie Print Prize 2027

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Entries are now open for the Burnie Print Prize 2027, one of Australia’s leading national printmaking awards, celebrating excellence, innovation and technical skill in contemporary print practice. Presented by Burnie Arts, the acquisitive prize welcomes emerging and established artists from across Australia working in traditional and expanded printmaking practices. Finalists will be exhibited at the

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Vida Lahey Memorial Travelling Scholarship 2027

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The Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) is calling for applications for the 2027 Vida Lahey Memorial Travelling Scholarship, expanding the program to offer two recipients $50,000 each. Made possible by a bequest from Shirley Lahey (1925–2011), the niece of Queensland artist Vida Lahey, the scholarship honours Lahey’s artistic achievements and the

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Sapporo Tenjinyama Art Studio Residency

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Sapporo Tenjinyama Art Studio welcomes applications for its ongoing artist residency program, offering self-funded residencies of up to three months in one of Japan’s leading public art centres. Located within Tenjinyama Park in Sapporo, the residency provides studio apartments, shared creative facilities and opportunities to engage with the local community through exhibitions, workshops and public

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Melt Festival

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Melt Festival is an annual open-access festival of queer arts and culture staged across Magandjin/Brisbane, Australia. Building on the success of its predecessor, Melt, which was staged annually at Brisbane Powerhouse from 2015, the festival showcases queer art, artists, allies, icons, sport and ideas. With Brisbane preparing to host the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games,

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Objects: One Day Studio Workshop in Art and Drawing

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Open Field Studio presents Objects: One Day Studio Workshop in Art and Drawing, a drawing program exploring line, mark-making and form through a series of structured but open-ended studio sessions. Participants will experiment with drawing as a visual language, observation, memory and composition while exploring pivotal artworks and ideas that inform contemporary drawing practice. The

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Homiens Art Prize 2026

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The Homiens Art Prize is an international visual arts competition offering more than US$12,000 in annual awards and funding. Open to emerging and established artists worldwide, the non-acquisitive prize allows artists to retain full ownership of their work. The competition accepts artworks across all mediums, including painting, sculpture, photography, drawing, printmaking, installation and audiovisual art.

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Lawrence Daws

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Lawrence Daws (1927–2025) is a major figure of modern and contemporary Australian art. He sustained a successful career as a painter and printmaker for over a half a century. Daws’ depictions of the Australian landscape are as unique as the psychological landscapes he often grafts within them. His works are a personal journey of self-awareness

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Geoffrey Batchen: Eyes Wide Shut: A History of Photography

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The Institute of Modern Art (IMA), in partnership with the University of Queensland School of Communication and Arts, presents a talk by Australian photography historian Geoffrey Batchen exploring the relationship between sight and blindness in the history of photography. The talk examines a contemporary Instagram trend in which celebrities pose with their eyes closed, considering

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CIAF 2027 Art Fair Showcase: EOI

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Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) invites Expressions of Interest from art centres, commercial galleries, not-for-profit arts organisations, independent artists, artist groups and collectives, and artist-run initiatives to exhibit in the CIAF 2027 Art Fair Showcase. The showcase brings together First Nations artists, practices and perspectives from across Queensland and the Torres Strait. CIAF particularly encourages

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Collie Art Prize 2027

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The Collie Art Gallery presents the Collie Art Prize 2027, a national biennial art prize inviting Australian artists to respond to the theme of Identity through contemporary visual art. The prize has attracted artists from every state and territory, presenting diverse perspectives on belonging, culture, community and the evolving Australian experience. The 2027 exhibition will

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Lagos Artists-in-Residence Programs

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The Lagos Artists-in-Residence Programs offer international residency opportunities in Berlin, Germany; Oaxaca, Mexico; and Mexico City, Mexico. The programs are designed for visual artists, curators, writers and cultural agents with emerging or established practices, with a focus on artistic development, intercultural dialogue, collaboration and professional networks. Residents receive professional and curatorial support, international visibility through

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MiSHŌ Residency 2027

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MiSHŌ Residency is an interdisciplinary residency in Fujino, Japan, west of Tokyo, welcoming critically and socially engaged artists, creatives, researchers, writers, educators, musicians, dancers, choreographers, permaculture designers, farmers, cooks and practitioners working across disciplines. The residency encourages context-responsive creative practices through engagement with Fujino’s local community and its cultural and natural landscape. Projects can be

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SMALL! 2026

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SMALL! 2026 is fortyfivedownstairs’ sixth annual open-call exhibition for small-scale artworks. The exhibition is open to all artists, from child artists and first-time creators through to established professionals, with every submitted artwork displayed in the gallery. All media are welcome, including painting, drawing, photography, prints, textiles and small sculptural works. Works must not exceed 20

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AGALAB Artist-in-Residence: Amsterdam

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Four-week residencies; the residency period begins on the first Monday of the month and ends on the last Friday of the month. Applications are accepted year-round. AGALAB’s Artist-in-Residence program supports research, experimentation and the development of new work, providing artists with 24/7 access to professional printmaking facilities, technical expertise, workspace and a network of local

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Bronwyn Hill: Bloom

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Lethbridge Gallery presents Bloom, the latest collection by Brisbane-based painter Bronwyn Hill. Following a successful VIP preview, the collection features a selection of oil paintings exploring introspection, observation and the beauty of natural forms. Hill is recognised for her photorealistic oil paintings, which combine poetic narratives with gentle observation. Her practice focuses on portraiture and

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Cultivate: La Baldi Residency

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Located in the historic village of Montegiovi in southern Tuscany, Italy, Cultivate’s La Baldi Residency is a multidisciplinary, self-directed international residency for artists, writers and researchers. The residency expands Cultivate’s investigative platform centred on land, place and the commons. Individuals and collaborative teams are invited to experiment, develop ideas and projects, rejuvenate and explore the

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Elysha Rei: Paper Echoes

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Onespace presents Paper Echoes, a solo exhibition by Elysha Rei in the Main Gallery, exploring memory, identity and belonging through the delicate and versatile medium of paper. Returning to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, thirty-eight years after being born in Tabuk, Rei revisits a landscape previously known to her through photographs, documents, family stories and

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LOOKOUT @ QUT Art Museum

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QUT Art Museum is inviting applications for LOOKOUT, an exhibition program showcasing the research and creative practice of QUT students. Open to projects across visual art, design, research and interdisciplinary practice, LOOKOUT offers selected participants the opportunity to exhibit in the Museum’s prominent window gallery at Gardens Point campus. Visible to the public 24 hours

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Land Street Gallery: Exhibition Applications Open

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Land Street Gallery is calling for applications for solo and group exhibitions from May through to December 2026. Artists, performers, and curators across all disciplines and career stages are invited to apply, with both short- and long-term exhibition options available. Alongside exhibitions, Land Street Gallery is also seeking proposals for artist talks, sound activations, workshops,

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Metropolitan Fukujusou Artist Residency

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Applications are open for the Metropolitan Fukujusou Artist Residency, a Kyoto-based international residency offering artists the opportunity to live and work within a 200-year-old traditional Kyo-Machiya townhouse. Designed for artists interested in Japanese culture, minimalism and slow living, the residency encourages participants to embrace a simple way of life while developing new work. Residents have

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Off Grid 7: Building Stories with Janina Gosseye

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The Institute of Modern Art presents Off Grid 7: Building Stories with Janina Gosseye, a talk exploring how architecture and the built environment might be understood through new forms of writing, storytelling and creative practice. Drawing on feminist thinkers and writers, Netherlands-based academic Janina Gosseye asks who gets access to knowledge and what becomes possible

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