QUT Artist run initiative Post Datum presents Storage Space. This group exhibition features eight QUT students that are currently undertaking undergraduate or postgraduate studies. The artworks presented will communicate concepts of memory and investigate ways in which we store, retain and revisit both personal experience and technological processes.
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Pine Rivers Art Gallery is an intimate contemporary space presenting new and diverse perspectives from emerging to mid-career artists. Only 30 minutes’ drive from Brisbane CBD and a 5-minute walk from the Strathpine Train Station, the gallery program blends local and national artists through collaborative projects and inspiring exhibitions. The gallery is an incubator space
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Explore one of Australia’s premier regional art galleries, renowned for its diverse programming and iconic Children’s Gallery. Ipswich Art Gallery is a visual arts and social history museum offering a dynamic array of exhibitions and heritage displays, complemented by art workshops, events, and a dedicated Community Gallery. Situated on Yuggera Country, we’re just 30 minutes
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Exist as part of Metro Arts’ new Friday Night event series; is excited to be programming a series of works in progress from contemporary artists at Metro Arts.Please go to level 3, Metro Arts in studio 3.1 and studio 3.7Curated by Tara Heffernan, and starring Eleanor Jackson and Ma Ya Ga Ng Re Ne (Thomas Day)
Local West End institutions, Boxvintage and The End Bar, are set to host their second pop-up art exhibition on Friday June 6, 2014, this time showcasing the works of Brisbane painter and contemporary visual artistLaura Horrocks. This one-night-only exhibition, entitled Shape Shift, uses pattern, shape, colour and depictions of nature to explore the vast combination
How long is the coast of Britain? This question formed the basis of a research paper by mathematician, Benoit Mandelbrot, published in Science magazine in 1967. What seems like a straightforward question with a finite answer is in fact quite the opposite: as Mandelbrot discovers, when it comes to geographical curves, the smaller the increment of measurement,
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Pan lived an amazing life, even though it was cut short due to a severe case of teflonitis. Born in China, November 17th 2013, he leaves behind 1 000 000 brothers and sisters and our thoughts go out to them in this somber time. Pan was a great friend; the kind who was always there for you.
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Something to Prove showcases recent work by Benjamin Crowley exploring themes of masculinity and identity in contemporary Australia. Specifically this exhibition will consider how masculinity is connected to and superficially reinforced by physical strength, sexual performance, AC/DC, bulk beers and arm-wrestles. So come along, drink piss and get involved in the business of being a good
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A group exhibition of 3 TAFE students, specially chosen from there graduating exhibition by the Director of Jugglers art Space, Peter Breen. Artists include Briony Law, Damian Jacinto and Scott Siden. Briony Law For the exhibition, Nature Documentary, Briony Law presents works that document aspects of her nature through selected outcomes from her first semester of a
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EightONE signifies the union of eight graduating art students into one cohesive exhibition. We are the South Bank Institute of Technology’s first Advanced Diploma group and we are excited by the potential to introduce ourselves to South East Queensland’s creative arts community. Eightone ‘s opening night celebrations begin Wednesday the 4th of June from 6
Between 1950 and 1972, galleries run by Brian Johnstone were Brisbane’s foremost forums for contemporary Australian art; Marodian Gallery (1950–1952), and The Johnstone Gallery run with his wife Marjorie (1952–1972), represented an impressive range of Australian artists. The Johnstone Gallery was arguably Australia’s most famous commercial gallery at that time, exhibiting the works of Charles Blackman, Arthur Boyd, Ray Crooke, Lawrence Daws, Donald
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Where do artists come from? Is it a matter of choice to become an artist, or do some predefined qualities make it inescapable? As part of The Working Life, Vilnius-based artist Darius Mikšys will host an Artists Parents Meeting at the IMA on Thursday 5 June, where these and other questions will be addressed in a private forum. Artists Parents Meetings are live
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Flying Arts Alliance is presenting a new exhibition of works which celebrates the rich artistic influences and diversity of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists of Far North Queensland at the Shopfront Gallery during May. The exhibition, Freshwater Saltwater: Connecting to Country, is curated by UMI Arts resident curator Teho Ropeyarn and features thirty
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Featuring works by Richard Bell, Andrea Fraser, Marianne Flotron, Melanie Gilligan, Jesse Jones, Darius Mikšys, Stuart Ringholt, and Superflex. Representations of labour have a long tradition in art; and anxiety, fear and terror equally so. In the years since the 2008 global financial crisis, many artists have showed a renewed interest in examining the relationship between
The stormtroopers, in the epic Star Wars films, were a collective of military personnel. They carried out Imperialist duties, prescribed by the evil Lord Vader, with cool efficiency. This is an interesting choice of imagery, for an artist of politically subversive and culturally critical means. For Alasdair Macintyre, his shiny white warriors are emblematic of
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Natalya Hughes deconstructs, reconfigures and rewrites figurative images to form partially abstracted and highly patterned psychological worlds. Working broadly across painting, collage, print, animation and installation, Hughes conflates the boundaries between realism and the fantastical, grotesque and kitsch in an intense and often humorous exploration of decadence and the grossly familiar. Based in Sydney, Hughes’s
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Painter Jasper Knight completed a Master of Arts at the University of New South Wales. His broadly coloured, painterly works viscerally depict icons of the urban landscape. Knight has held solo exhibitions in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, Alice Springs and internationally in London. He was awarded the Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship in 2003, the
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“The Long Martch” combines the historical concept of the marching army, with the perilous journey of the artist through time. Using the “stormtrooper” character from the “Star Wars” series, the lonely voyage of the artist is directly inscribed upon the armour of each trooper, reflecting both a homage to those who have gone before, as
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The Blaktism, a new video work by Megan Cope, is a high-energy performance and ritual that sees a young female “Fair-Skinned Aborigine” undertake a sacred ceremony in which she receives the rite of authenticity validated by cultural authorities ever present in the Australian cultural landscape. The sacred ceremony itself (too mystical to discuss in media ephemera)
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Svenja Kratz is a contemporary Brisbane based artist interested in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary creative practice, particularly the intersections between science and art. Svenja’s work gives rise to the complex relationships between humans and other organisms, engaging with the human endeavour to understand, manipulate and control the world around us, particularly through scientific research. Through her
The National Portrait Gallery calls all creative types aged 18 – 30 to submit a screen-based digital portrait for the $10,000 Macquarie Digital Portraiture Award 2014. The artist judged to have made the most outstanding screen-based digital portrait will be awarded a $10,000 bursary and an artistic residency at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.
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Established in 2001, the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize attracts strong support from artists, collectors and critics and is the first and only national acquisitive prize that showcases the quality and diversity of sculptures of smaller dimensions. Over 500 entries from national and international artists are received annually and approximately 40 finalists’ works are exhibited over
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Entries for the 2014 Black Swan Prize for Portraiture are now open. In 2014 the Black Swan Prize for Portraiture features the $50,000 Lester Prize and a $7,500 People’s Choice Prize. For more information please visit – Website
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Each year, the Brett Whiteley Studio, administered by the Art Gallery of NSW, invites applications for a major travelling art scholarship. The scholarship is awarded to a talented young artist with an established body of work, who is best able to demonstrate the use and benefit of the scholarship to further their art education in Europe.
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The Lumen Prize Exhibition celebrates the very best fine art created digitally from emerging and established artists globally. Our goal is to focus the world’s attention on this exciting genre of fine art through an annual competition and global tour of the works selected by our eminent panel of judges. We are seeking the most compelling
Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) Director Chris Saines today called for Queenslanders to contribute to a major new art installation being created by Los Angeles artist collective, Fallen Fruit. Fallen Fruit of Brisbane: Pineapple Express! is a large, site-specific artwork that has been specially commissioned for ‘Harvest’, GOMA’s major exhibition exploring the production,
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Join featured artist Camille Serisier and Museum of Brisbane Exhibition Designer Alison Ross for a personalised walk through David Malouf and friends. Gain inside knowledge into the development of the exhibition as well as a discussion into Serisier’s artwork and her connection with David Malouf. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Educators will explore the theme of “sustainability” by collecting materials and found objects to create an abstract mixed media assemblage artwork. Educators will be shown how to create an aesthetically harmonious collage of assembled elements by examining materials and composition.Date: Sunday 1 June Where: Brisbane Institute of Art, 41 Grafton Street, Windsor Time: 10am – 4pm
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This is a free workshop session dealing with Tax & Finance Matters for Artists & Artsworkers delivered by Brian Tucker. The focus of the session is Facts about tax, your arts business and preparing your tax return. Where: Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts & LIVESTREAM via Web TV Time: 7.00 pm – 8.00 pm Cost: FREE but
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On the eve of the centenary of World War I, a war that pitched Australia against Germany, it might be salutary to reflect upon the history of artistic interaction between the two countries. We might begin with the arrival here of several German or German-trained artists in the 19th century (John Lindt, Eugene von Gérard
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Martin Smith is a soulful photographer. His works reflect both the intimate and trying moments of his life, depicting meaningful moments and places, without contrivance.Smith foregoes traditional photography, incorporating text and collage within his images. Martin Smith’s works are exhibited regularly both in Australia and internationally. In 2007 Smith was included in Primavera at the MCA
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Svenja Kratz is a contemporary Brisbane based artist interested in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary creative practice, particularly the intersections between science and art. Svenja’s work gives rise to the complex relationships between humans and other organisms, engaging with the human endeavour to understand, manipulate and control the world around us, particularly through scientific research. Through her practice
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StateoftheART Gallery is inviting Australian artists currently studying or who have graduated within the last five years from a recognised higher education art or design course to apply for online representation. Artists working in any visual media can submit works for consideration. Please complete the Preliminary Application Form by following the link http://www.stateoftheartgallery.com.au/artists/join. All applications
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The MAX Indigenous Art Competition celebrates the quality and diversity of the practice of painting among Indigenous artists nationwide. The winning artworks will be used to help redesign the new GETS (Goldfields Employment and Training Services) program and bring a new face to GETS Australia, alongside other MAX Indigenous programs. The Major Prize winning artwork
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The Exhibition Development Project offers intensive training to emerging artists wanting to develop/improve their exhibition concept, planning, design and development skills to a professional level. Over five intensive workshops July – August participants will learn about the essential the principles of exhibition planning, design and development and gain valuable insight into the practicalities of how
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The Macquarie Photography Prize is an international photography competition open to anyone from any country. 2014 MPP categories are: Open – Any Subject The Colour Red People Arthouse 2014 MPP guidelines for entry: Entry fee is $7.00AUD per photograph. No limit to the number of photographs entered. Photographs must have been captured since 1st July 2012. $22,000AUD in
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