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WHEN : 4th April – 5th May WHERE : Andrew Baker Art Dealer Fiona Foley (born 1964) is a contemporary Indigenous Australian artist from Badtjala, Fraser Island, Queensland. She studied at the Sydney College of the Arts. She has travelled as an artist internationally and to remote communities in Northern Territory. In particular visits to […]

WHEN : 17th April – 5th May WHERE : Jan Murphy Gallery Dunlop often alludes to the precision of botanical art in his paintings by including realistic renderings of plants. However where botanical illustration is tethered to exactitude (drawing is basically a stand in for specimen collecting), Dunlop’s paintings thrive in inexactness. It is the

WHEN : 17th April – 28th April WHERE : Graydon Gallery QUIVER is an exhibition of new paintings inspired by concepts of Mother Nature. Using the age-old transcultural/religious tree-of-life symbol, Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox explores distance from the nano to the multiversal. In this distance where perspective, both literal and metaphoric, takes on multi layered dimensions, the

WHEN : 17th April – 12th May WHERE : Phillip Bacon Galleries Over the past three decades John Young has continuously negotiated with the definitions and concepts surrounding the question: what is the role of the artist? Throughout his long artistic journey Young’s practice has responded to and been shaped by the seismic shock waves

WHEN : Until 21 April WHERE : Fireworks Gallery Artists : Yessie Mosby, Judy Napangardi Watson, Dorothy Napangardi Roberston Image : Dhoeri, 2011, bamboo cane, twine, natural ochres, bird scull, goose and rainbow pigeon feathers, 68 x 56 x 15 cm

WHEN : 16th – 27th April WHERE : POP Gallery PhD candidate Brian Sanstrom is using POP in conjunction with his research to continue with a work in progress. This is in line with his investigations in the spatial relationships of an individual within the shared space of an art gallery, being POP. Brian has

WHEN : Until 1st July WHERE : Gallery of Modern Art This exhibition shows how contemporary artists are exploring social contact with their subjects and audiences. Many are interested in historical events, but others look at the ways we perceive the world today and our place within it. Addressing themes including human rights, sustainability and

WHEN : 13th April 6:00 – 11:00pm WHERE : Bleeding Heart Gallery ARTISTS:Alley cat, Aurora Braid, Chris Mckenzie, Eleven, Gus Eagleton, Mark Joncheff, Josh Rufford, Joshua White, Keiron Mcmaster, Keith Carey, Quentin Purdie. MUSICIANS: Lauren Moore, HC, O’Little Sister, Mouldy Lovers.

WHEN : 13th April, 6:00 – 10:00pm WHERE : Jugglers Art Space Recognised for his low brow retro pop contemporary work, Brisbane born and bred Keiron McMaster’s latest collection of vivid, iconic paintings reflect his influences of Disney, advertising and horror movies.

WHEN : 12th – 28th April WHERE : Milani Gallery Hughes’s work combines what are usually considered to be opposing modes in visual culture: a seductive aesthetic and aberrant figuration. “I think about these modes in terms of the ‘grotesque’. In my images, unfamiliar ‘bodies’ bulge with misplaced and enlarged limbs. They are broken by

WHEN : 12th April, 7:00pm WHERE : IMA

WHEN : 11th – 14th April, 6:30 – 11:30pm WHERE : Contortionist Studios ROAM is Brisbane’s newest & most exciting creative arts festival. Held over four nights at Contortionist Studios in Woolloongabba, it will showcase scores of original new works from up-and-coming Brisbane artists of all mediums. Each night, the doors and bar will open

WHEN : Until 21st July WHERE : Heiser Gallery Maureen Hansen is an artist living and working in Brisbane. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Queensland University of Technology and currently works as an art curator and a freelance fine art teacher. Image : Maureen Hansen, Martin Boyd Remekins, Oil on Belgium

WHEN : Until 14th April WHERE : Phillip Bacon Galleries Before immigrating to Australia I studied Biology, Microbiology and Theology in Würzburg and Munich.After my arrival in Australia in 1986 I decided to study art and completed a BFA and MFA at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne and later a PhD at

WHEN : Until 3rd June WHERE : Gallery of Modern Art The English artist Phil Collins explores the construction of identity, particularly in relation to the video or television camera. Reflecting his own experiences growing up in northern England in the 1970s and 1980s, his works often use music, television and pop culture to explore

WHEN : 4th April, 6:00 – 8:00pm WHERE : Current Projects An exhibition by Pirrin Francis curated by Current Projects ARI. Francis’ recent practice is concerned with how unconventional narrative structures can be used to portray events, places and characters within a realm where reality and imagination overlap. Working predominantly with video and digital media,

WHEN : 5th April, 6:00pm WHERE : Institute of Modern Art To celebrate his hundredth birthday, we are showing films featuring the iconic American composer, philosopher, poet, and mushroom enthusiast John Cage. The program includes collaborations with Merce Cunningham, Nam June Paik, Stan Vanderbeek, and Robert Rauschenberg. 16mm prints from National Film and Sound Archive,

WHEN : 4th April, 6:00 – 8:00pm WHERE : Ryan Renshaw Gallery “The works of [Marcel Cousins]( are informed by a new Pacific Rim aesthetic. He has an acute ability to fashion a fresh artistic view of a longitudinal time zone based slice of the globe. The range of his imagination covers the signs and

WHEN : 4th April, 6:00 – 7:00pm WHERE : Metro Arts Featuring artists Arryn Snowball, Tiffany Shafran, Jason Castro and Shanna Muston in discussion with David M Thomas. Promise Program 2012 is a survey of the considerable talent of artists and arts writers emerging out of Queensland’s leading arts institutions. It heralds the beginning of

WHEN : 1st April / Ongoing WHERE : Eight Collective How much effort are you willing to make in order to really get to know someone? To what extent can you really get to know others and how much of that knowledge is assumed? With so much information through technology, now available at our fingertips,

WHEN : 31st March, 2:00 – 4:00pm WHERE : Jan Manton Art Samuel Tupou is a Cairns based artist with a specialty in screenprinting. Tupou’s practice reflects contemporary dilemmas of cultural identity, Westernization and immigration. Through the re-invention and repetition of found imagery from Western popular culture, and the use of industrial materials, Tupou creates

WHEN : 31st March – 3rd June WHERE : UQ Art Museum China’s capital Beijing is a pulsing, vibrant metropolis where the old and new compete for space in an ever-changing environment. Beijing Hao! presents the work of six Chinese photomedia artists whose imagery is based in and around Beijing. Included are Zhou Jun’s digitally

WHEN : 31st March – 17th June WHERE : QUT Art Museum The first pieces of Indigenous art held in the QUT Art Collection—two traditional bark paintings from Maningrida in western Arnhem Land—were acquired in the mid 1960s. However, the major part of the Collection has been assembled over the past two decades and continues