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WHEN : 6th Nov – 1st Dec WHERE : Heiser Gallery Celeste Chandler was born in Hobart in 1977. In 1998 Chandler graduated from the University of Tasmania, Tasmanian School of Painting, with a Bachelor in Fine Art (majoring in painting). In 2003 she obtained her Masters in Fine Art from the same institution. Chandler’s […]

WHEN : Nov 8, 7:00pm WHERE : Lust for Life The Very Big Small Print Show will feature works by 80 artists from print groups Impress Printmakers and Griffith University Printmaker’s Club, with each artist submitting up to 10 pieces. All works are no larger than 30cm x 30cm. . Acoustic duo SHIFTING SANDS, Geoff

WHEN : 7th Nov, 6:30pm WHERE : The Block, QUT Creative Industries Precinct 2012 BFA (Visual Arts) Honours Graduate Exhibition. To be officially opened by Professor Rod Wissler, Executive Dean, Creative Industries Faculty. If you are unable to attend opening night, the exhibition is open at the following times: Wednesday 7 November, 2pm – 5pm

WHEN : 7th Nov – 3rd Dec WHERE : Brisbane Powerhouse This documentary photographic exhibition presents historical photographic overview of the Bangladesh war of independence in 1971. The Bangladesh war of independence was one of the bloodiest conflicts in living memory. An incredible list of talented and deeply dedicated photographers from all across the globe

WHEN : 3rd Nov – 24th Nov WHERE : Jan Manton Art Michael Doolan lives in Melbourne and works in Sydney where he is a Lecturer at Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney. In 1981, he completed a Bachelor of Arts (Ceramic Design) at Chisholm Institute of Technology, Melbourne, and in 2001, graduated

WHEN : 3rd Nov, 4:00 – 9:00pm WHERE : Pestorius Sweeney House, Brisbane Points on a Line, 2010, directed by artist Sarah Morris (*1967) documents a shared desire to build structures that might change the way we think about a house, a form and a context. These two buildings were the result of shared ideas

WHEN : 3rd – 10th Nov WHERE : Art Factory Gallery. 84 Merivale Street, South Brisbane.

WHEN : Until 16th Nov WHERE : MAAP SPACE, 111 Constance Street, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane In gallery 2, MAAP presents a selection of highlights from the 6th Bangkok Experimental Film Festival (BEFF6). The festival, titled Raiding the Archives, was first screened in Bangkok in January 2012. The program responds to Walter Benjamin’s idea that “articulating

WHEN : Until 11th Nov WHERE : Lethbridge Gallery John Brigden was born in Brisbane in 1949. His interest in art began at a very early age and by Secondary School was being tutored by Rex Backhaus-Smith, who once stated that John ‘’….has shown that he has exceptional ability in art…’’. Brigden took advice from

WHEN : 2nd – 25th Nov WHERE : Doggett St Studios Jun Chen was born in China in 1960 and migrated to Australia in 1990. He trained in painting at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts and later the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane. In China, Chen was a brush and ink painter; in Australia

WHEN : Until 3rd Nov WHERE : POP Gallery An investigation into post-industrial landscapes exploring edgelands; liminal zones at the fringes of urban habitations.

WHEN : Until 10th Nov WHERE : Fireworks Gallery The geometrics of line and circle are blurred and dissipated in Johnson’s colourful large-scale oil pieces as he explores space, light, speed and tactility. Johnson investigates the subtleties and complexities of the play of light in the natural world through form: “Everything we see is conditioned

WHEN : 2nd November, 6.00pm for 6.30pm WHERE : QUT Art Museum, 2 George Street, Brisbane The inaugural showcase of established QUT Visual Arts graduates. Click here to RSVP by 26 October

WHEN : 1st Nov, 7:00pm WHERE : QUT Creative Industries The much-anticipated launch of Brisbane Media Map 2012 is just around the corner.Created and presented by Media and Communication students from QUT’s Creative Industries Faculty, Brisbane Media Map is the city’s ultimate online guide to media and communication industries.

WHEN : 30th Oct – 27th Nov / Opening 30th Oct, 6:30pm WHERE : BREW – Lower Burnett Lane, Brisbane A playful exhibition of new works by Sirmano. Sirmano is the alias of Anna Manolatos an Australian graphic designer and illustrator based in Barcelona, Spain.

WHEN : 29th Oct, 6:00pm WHERE : Jam Jar, 182 Boundary Street, WestEnd A exhibition of new works by local artists Barek.

WHEN : 27th Oct, 6:00 – 8:00pm WHERE : Boxcopy The Holy Trinity (THT) comprises the fictional egos of Alicia King, Mish Meijers, and Tricky Walsh. THT explores experiential installation that engages cross-media to construct an interconnected circularity of disparate components exploring parallel worlds, bodily metamorphosis and ritual within hallucinatronic-fetishistic escapisms. Concentrating conceptual thematics around

WHEN : 26th Oct, 6:00pm WHERE : Jugglers Art Space A display of work by QUT Visual Arts students, including 2 dimensional work, live art and street art. Co-curated by this year’s Post Datum executive and some of the 2013 cohort. Featuring: Holly Gardiner, Aaron Butt, Kendall Coffin-Grey, David Turner, Caitlin Royal, Tahlia Geiger, Miriam

WHEN : 24th Oct, 6:00 – 8:00pm WHERE : Current Projects, Studio 3.5, Level 3, Metro Arts, 109 Edward Street, Brisbane Threefold explores the collective practice of Pirrin Francis, Hayley Brandon and Melissa Ryke. Through a constant process of exchange, dialogue and the editing of one another’s work, Threefold aims to map, blur and potentially

WHEN : 8th – 28th Oct (Dusk until 9:00pm) WHERE : Parer Place Urban Screens, Kelvin Grove QUT Glomation is a showcase of innovative contemporary animation from around the world. From the Latin word, animãtiõ, animation means ‘the act of bringing to life’ and it’s the focus for Parer Place Project for 2012. This year’s

WHEN : Until 27th Oct WHERE : Andrew Baker Art Dealer Queensland based artist born in 1951 in the United Kingdom. Friend studied at the Eastbourne College of Art from 1967-69. Between 1969-70 he completed a foundation year at the Exeter College of Art, and from 1970-73 he completed a Diploma in Art and Design

WHEN : Until 25 November WHERE : UQ Art Museum Polly Borland’s photographic practice has straddled commercial/photographic documentary, and fine art practice, and is characterised by an edgy sensibility that lends her images tension and resonance. Her concerns have included identity, the outcast, beauty and ugliness. Drawn to the weird and wonderful, Borland’s left-of-centre approach

WHEN : 16th Oct – 3rd Nov WHERE : Edwina Corlette Gallery Miranda Skoczek’s art gestures towards utopia. Her paintings, which draw freely from across the globe’s visual languages, allow the viewer to witness the birth of new meanings and relationships, and imagine how the fantastical spaces that materialize out of the artist’s musings and

WHEN : 26th Oct – 22nd Dec WHERE : Artisans This is the first major Steampunk exhibition in the country and will showcase highly imaginative, handcrafted Australian Steampunk sculpture, photography, fashion, lighting, illustration, jewellery and communication devices. Steampunk merges a 19th century aesthetic with scientific invention, salvage, and new technology, and artisan has partnered with

WHEN : 11th – 20th Oct WHERE : POP Gallery