Snowy River Toy Inc. is pleased to present its newest line of toy collectables in celebration of Australia’s rich cultural diversity! Fair Dinkies is a series of collectable Koalas ironically tasked with representing the vast cultural diversity within Australia. Simmering beneath the façade of playful innocence, along with promises of equality, safety, and prosperity, is […]
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A Celebration of Contemporary Australian Ceramics Ceramic Arts Queensland (CAQ) is delighted to announce the winners of the Siliceous Award for Ceramic Excellence and the Gwyn Hanssen Pigott Wood Fired Ceramics Award. The 2025 Siliceous Award for Ceramic Excellence has been awarded to Tamasin Pepper for the work ‘Wrapped Rust and Flight’. Highly commended awards, supported by The Australian Ceramics Association, were
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Jan Murphy Gallery presents a compelling group exhibition featuring a diverse selection of artists whose practices span painting, sculpture, ceramics, and photography. Each artist brings a distinct perspective, engaging with themes of culture, identity, memory, and materiality. ZAACHARIAHA FIELDING Born in Port Augusta (1991),Zaachariaha Fielding comes from a strong family lineage of artists and
The Ancient PRESENT brings together two remarkable Aboriginal artists, Tommy Yannimar Pikarli Watson (c1935-2017) and Joanne Currie Nalingu (b 1964), whose works highlight their unique journeys and shared connection to Aboriginal art. Watson, a senior elder from the desert heartlands of Central Australia, and Nalingu, who grew up beside the Maranoa River in South West
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Mitchell Fine Art presents Monochrome, an exhibition showcasing a striking collection of Aboriginal and contemporary artworks that forgo colour in favour of a bold black and white narrative. Monochrome explores the interplay of contrast and harmony within these two shades, highlighting the depth and diversity of artistic expression. Each piece speaks through the universal language
recompose 2021 – onwards, is a tarot reading led by artist Caitlin Franzmann. By engaging with a deck of hand drawn divination cards, audiences are invited to attune to the understory of a forest, its leaf litter, humus, microbes, and symbiotic entanglements as analogies for personal and collective guidance. Learning from decay and regeneration, Franzmann draws our
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Volatile Terrain is an exhibition that explores the intersections and divergences of geography and geology, with consideration to a world in constant flux. The exhibition provides an opportunity to examine how humanity lives on Earth, as well as interacts, destructs and rehabilitates it. Featuring work by Bonita Ely, Cassandra Hodgins, Dylan Sarra, Jim Filmer, Judy Watson,
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Rachel North is an Ipswich based artist and educator, working across textiles and ceramics. Growing up and living in predominantly rural and regional areas, her connection to landscape is an inherent component of her artwork. This exhibition continues the artist’s exploration of connections between the landscape and memory and how the colours and textures of
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Are you a seasoned photographer or a casual snap-shooter? Everyone has a unique creative vision, and the BBA One Shot Award 2025 is your chance to showcase yours. Open to anyone 18+ Submit one image per entry – any theme, medium, or subject is welcome Accepting lens-based, mobile, AI-generated, film, digital, and analogue photography Prizes:
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Known for their distinctive mark-making and textile backgrounds, contemporary artists Kitty Horton & Claudia Mazzotta have teamed up to lead this exploratory and engaging workshop, offering insight into their creative processes while guiding you in making your own stitched multimedia artwork. This hands-on session will introduce a range of experimental techniques, paired with complementary mark-making
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15 Artists is an annual acquisitive prize developed to enhance City of Moreton Bay’s Art Collection and exhibition program. Each year, Council invites 15 artists to take part in the exhibition. The winning artist is awarded $20,000 and their work is acquired into the City of Moreton Bay’s Art Collection. The exhibition highlights recent works by
Applications to exhibit at QCAD Galleries are now open. You can apply to exhibit from July 2025 – March 2026 across our three South Bank spaces. We accept proposals from QCAD students, staff, and external applicants. Please take the time to read through the information listed on the QCAD Galleries website, including the Terms and
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Don’t get too comfortable escapes into a realm of imagination. There are recurring motifs: volcanoes, tents, rodeo bulls, zoos, wild animals, nature – cultured and wild, the topsy-turvy space of the picture plane. Despite its clear escapism, this imagery presents as metaphor, and speaks to experiences we all face in our lives and relationships. Matthew and
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Experience an extraordinary year of art at the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA). The 2025 program presents major solo exhibitions, immersive experiences, and powerful contemporary works, including: Archie Moore: kith and kin (27 Sept 2025 – 18 Oct 2026) – The acclaimed Venice Biennale project exploring First Nations Australian histories and
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Emerging from the depths of nature, Tamara Dean’s practice examines the human condition. Leave only footprints is the first survey of the critically acclaimed photomedia artist and traverses more than 20 years of her photographic practice. This immersive exhibition incorporates scent, photography, installation and the moving image to create an environment that engages the senses. Dean’s
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Edwina McLennan’s work is positioned at the intersection of textiles, painting, consumerism, and digital culture. Originally trained in fashion design at the Royal Academy of Antwerp, McLennan deconstructs imagery of mass consumption, sourced largely from fashion magazines. Employing a combination of handmade, mechanical, and digital processes, her works take the form of reconstructed Surrealist landscapes,
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Yianni Maggacis creates a visual conflict between the familiar and the strange through his representation of the strangely familiar liminal space- that which we know and are comfortable with and that which is foreign and unfamiliar. This conflict causes the work to take on new contours, allowing the viewer to actively participate in a construction
The 2025 Milburn Art Prize for Landscape reflects the evolving nature and aims of BIA to honour Paul Milburn, a much loved and respected tutor who began teaching in 1989 at BIA until his death in 2011. With this in mind we offer a prize of $10,000, along with approximately 5 highly commended awards of
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The Georges River Art Prize is a biennial art prize that provides an opportunity for artists from all over Australia to display their best work. There are categories for painting and sculptural work, children and youth, and local artists. The Georges River Art Prize is hosted by Hurstville Museum & Gallery and the Clive James
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The unbroken spirit of the Kalkadoons is a tribute to survival and the enduring power of culture to heal both the land and its people. Colleen Sam, Kalkadoon (Kalkadunga) woman and visual artist, and her mother, Aunty Ena Sam, share the powerful story of the Kalkadoon people’s resilience, survival, and unwavering strength. Colleen’s artworks and animations,
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The FiKVA Award 2025 offers a €3,000 grand prize, along with art supplies, marketing support, and a 6-month online gallery representation. Open to all 2D representational and figurative painters worldwide, this is an opportunity to showcase your best work. Prizes Include: First Prize: €3,000 + art supplies + digital promotion + online exhibition + gallery
The Moreton Bay Art Prize and Outdoor Art Prize is an annual exhibition and prize that supports and celebrates our diverse local artists. Each year, the Moreton Bay Art Prize is awarded to an artist aged 18 years or over who currently resides in the City of Moreton Bay local government area or identifies as a Kabi
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Robert Brownhall (b.1968, Brisbane) is a realist painter, inspired by his local environment of South-East Queensland. Over nearly thirty years of painting, Brownhall has developed a unique style characterised by a strong connection to place with his moody nocturnes, broad sweeping panoramas and gritty vignettes of urban life. Brownhall’s realism is not slick. The humanity
Arabella Walker is from the maternal line of Wulli Wulli the Auburn Hawkwood people and an emerging female contemporary Aboriginal artist; her practice conveys significant topics of First Nations histories with a focus on the challenge of being an Aboriginal woman living in the Colony. Walker deals with this challenge by weaving Indigenous ways of
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ARCUS Project’s artist-in-residence program provides opportunities for artists in the field of contemporary art to cultivate their artistic creativity and vision. Located around an hour from Tokyo, a residency at ARCUS Studio allows participants in the program to come into contact with the contemporary art scene in Japan as well as devote themselves to their
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Redland City Council invites expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced Redland and South East Queensland artists or artist collectives to deliver new public artworks for the Redlands Coast Eco Precinct: Phase 1 (Expression of Interest): Applications Open: Wednesday, 26 March, 2025 Application Close: Monday, 14 April, 2025 Phase 2 (Concept Development): Shortlisted Applicants Advised:
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Maitland Regional Art Gallery (MRAG) is calling for exhibition proposals for two exhibition spaces in the 2026-2028 program. Both spaces are considered project spaces and can be used for a range of purposes including installation of exhibitions and creative making. Our exhibition program is full in all other spaces until 2028. Proposals should include: images
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FEED is an exploration of the influence of social media and the societal implications of its wide spread use. This exhibition seeks to critically examine how these forces shape our identities, behaviours, and perceptions, often blurring the lines between public and private, real and virtual, and empathy and apathy. Join us in this event celebrating
The Malamegi Lab Art Award is an international competition for artists across disciplines, including drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, graphic design, mixed media, digital art, and video. Key Opportunities for Artists: Artwork Acquisition Award: Inclusion in Malamegi Lab’s permanent collection. Group Exhibition: Showcase your work to an international audience of collectors, gallery owners, and art enthusiasts.
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‘Syzygy’ presents the works of Queensland artists Martina Clarke and Ella Senbruns. Spanning across oil painting, mixed media drawing and ceramics, this exhibition investigates the qualities of stone and flesh as a recurring motif. Referencing the union of opposing forces, ‘Syzygy’ is an investigation of metaphoric and visual contradiction. Historic sculptures, ceramic armatures and the
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Artists: Alicia Frankovich, Caitlin Franzmann, Norton Fredericks, John Gerrard, Simryn Gill, Gabriella Hirst, Angelica Mesiti, Betty Muffler and Maringka Burton, Open Spatial Workshop (Terri Bird, Bianca Hester, Scott Mitchell), Alexandra Pirici, Susan Schuppli, Yasmin Smith, James Tylor. Curator: Anna Briers Petroleum, chemicals, and bacteria have become agents of history. Humanity, or rather the settler-colonial project, has infiltrated every
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There’s more going on in Queensland than you might think, but it can be hard to find without a map. Join us at the Institute of ModernArt for the launch of Town Hall No.3 and a panel discussion. Town Hall is a new free newspaper, published biannually by the Institute of Modern Art. It’s a unique project, gathering and
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In 2005, aged thirty-four, Archie Moore undertook a residency for emerging First Nations artists organised by Campfire Group at FireWorks Gallery, Meanjin/Brisbane. He produced seven large, unstretched canvases that turned on his sharing his first name with the famous American comicbook character. The paintings emphasise the difference of his childhood experiences—experiencing bullying and abuse; poverty,
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This is the second iteration of our annual Queensland new-artists project. It presents three artists. Shannon Toth’s assemblages combine timber, confectionary, and sound in sticky performances that evoke the body. Jarrod van der Ryken is known for his moody video installations, evoking spaces of illicit sexual encounter and discovery, dens and beats. Keemon Williams queers Australianness and Indigeneity through comic
One of Australia’s most respected landscape painters, Joe Furlonger came to prominence in the late 1980s with a series of large-scale figurative paintings. Employing a highly physical method, he applied swathes of colour with vigorous sweeps of the brush. With inspiration drawn from Matisse, Picasso, and Ian Fairweather, Furlonger has never attempted to disguise his
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Our screening room will host the first institutional display of Skibidi Toilet (2023–ongoing), the viral YouTube video series by Alexey Gerasimov, known as Boom, that has become a Gen Alpha cultural touchstone. Boom’s machinima series employs videogame violence and meme culture on an epic scale, where a race of toilet-bound heads clash with camera-headed men in an
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