Mitch Cairns: Artist’s Mouth is a major survey exhibition celebrating twenty years since Mitch Cairns graduated from the National Art School. The exhibition brings together more than 50 works spanning Cairns’ practice as a painter and artist. Cairns’ playful paintings combine elements of Cubism, comics and concrete poetry, exploring pictorial conventions through puzzles, visual ambiguity […]
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Join Bowie Solutions for a hands-on Torres Strait Islander coconut leaf weaving experience at Aboriginal Art Co. Participants will learn about the cultural significance of coconut leaves and their traditional use in practical and playful objects including baskets, mats, fans and toys. Using fresh, hand-harvested coconut leaves, participants will learn foundation weaving skills and create
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Onespace invites you to an exhibition of ceramics by Baylee Griffin, The Space Here, in the Lounge Gallery. Based between Bidjara lands (Charleville) and Dharawal lands (Wollongong), Griffin’s ceramic practice is grounded in resilience, reciprocity and an embodied eco-centric philosophy. Working with locally sourced materials, Griffin explores the interconnected relationships between people and place, allowing
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Beginning with a residency in Lucban, Philippines, this project develops a large-scale installation inspired by the Pahiyas Festival. Through community collaboration and traditional kiping-making, the work explores intergenerational knowledge, ritual and material culture, creating an immersive environment reflecting the fragility and resilience of cultural memory. Jessica Dorizac is an artist whose work is currently informed
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Onespace presents Wumera Nangamay: Muru Walan, a new exhibition by Brisbane-based artist KONSTANTINA exploring the ancient Muru (path or journey) connecting her Gadigal ancestors in the Sydney region with the Arabanoo peoples of the central desert. Drawn to the enduring beauty and significance of Kati Thanda, KONSTANTINA’s richly layered paintings consider deep cultural connection, Country,
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Small Object Spaces: Progressions is the second iteration of artisan’s exhibition series exploring intimacy, tactility and the quiet presence of everyday materials. The series brings together Queensland-based artists working across object-based practices, inviting audiences to slow down and focus on crafted detail and process. This exhibition features Townsville-based silversmith Alison McDonald and her metal small
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The Open Cut Commission invites artists, creatives and researchers working across visual art, ceramics, photography, writing, performance, sound, moving image, interdisciplinary practice, and artistic or creative research. Applicants must propose a project with a clear connection to the Australian outback, regional communities, Broken Hill and/or the surrounding environment. Successful applicants should be willing to engage
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As part of the closing program for FORM ~ Movement, Studio Maverik presents a one-hour life drawing workshop exploring gesture, rhythm and dynamic movement. A professional dancer will act as the life model, moving continuously through the space rather than holding static poses. Participants will work with graphite on transparent paper to create free-flowing, layered
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Bus Projects invites artists, curators and collectives to submit proposals for its 2027 Artistic Program. The organisation is seeking creative practices that communicate current positionality and intersectional thinking across exhibitions, public programs, performances and interdisciplinary formats. Experimental and pivotal ideas across all creative disciplines are encouraged. Exhibiting at Bus Projects is free. Selected artists receive
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Alex Chadwick’s solo exhibition Beyond the Garden at Wild Canary explores what lingers beyond the gates of the garden. Developed through fieldwork at Brookfield Gardens and the nearby Rafting Ground Reserve, where Moggill Creek flows, the exhibition reflects Chadwick’s engagement with the ecological and cultural richness of the area. The collection brings audiences closer to
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The Ipswich Community Gallery (ICG) is a Council-owned venue available for hire, providing an accessible space for a variety of arts-based initiatives. The gallery aims to support professional growth and engage the local community through innovative and diverse projects. Exhibition applications are open for the 2027/28 hire period, with exhibition slots available between March 2027
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Ralph Wilson (b.1955, Brisbane) is a Brisbane based artist well recognised for his practice that focuses on depicting the coastal landscape and waters of south-east Queensland and northern NSW. Wilson’s practice begins with careful observation, often from the water, watching the way weather, tide and light can alter the landscape at the edge of the
The LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize celebrates excellence, artistic merit and innovation in contemporary craft. The 10th edition invites professional artisans to submit original works that demonstrate artistic intent alongside technical skill. Eligible works must be original, handmade or partly handmade, created within the past five years, one-of-a-kind and previously without a prize. Works should demonstrate
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The refurbishment of Levels 5 and 6 of QUT’s X Block at the Kelvin Grove campus was developed as a workplace guided by Country, with Blaklash engaged as First Nations Design Consultant alongside Wilson Architects and a group of First Nations artists, arts organisations, Knowledge Holders and QUT representatives. The project builds on QUT’s Campus
Milani Gallery presents an exhibition of recent paintings by Peter Booth across Galleries 1 and 2. Painted on cigar box lids, a by-product of the artist’s long-standing habit, the works distil Booth’s visual language into miniature form, offering a concentrated survey of his imagery. Also showing at Milani Gallery are Kairos (2024–25) by Daniel McKewen
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Join the Institute of Modern Art for Essay Club No. 8 with independent curator and arts writer Holly Eddington. The session will explore a section from Lucy Lippard’s Six Years: The Dematerialization of the Art Object from 1966 to 1972, an experimental publication structured as a chronological timeline of press releases, essays, interviews and notes.
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To respond intimately to a landscape is to engage in a process of sustained observation and translation. I was the River Gum and the Pond Lily brings together paintings inspired by two geographically disparate places –works made at a residency at Fowlers Gap, in the far North West of NSW, and works inspired by the
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Studio Maverik is popping up at Our Space Brisbane for two cosy, social life drawing sessions in the community ceramics studio. Each session features a professional nude life model, with poses ranging from 30-second warm-ups to 15-minute studies. Sessions are self-guided and facilitated by local artists Frances and Rhianna. Basic drawing materials are provided, including
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Mitchell Fine Art presents Incantation, a major exhibition by one of Australia’s leading contemporary landscape artists, Idris Murphy. The exhibition brings together two significant bodies of work: a rare collection of previously unseen dioramas alongside a new series of paintings inspired by the Australian outback. Combining three-dimensional works with expansive, luminous landscapes, Incantation offers insight
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Join Griffith University Art Museum for a Pep Talk with Yuriyal Bridgeman, following his inclusion in the 18th Lyon Contemporary Art Biennale in France. The event begins with a free BBQ in the QCAD Courtyard from 4:30–5:30pm, followed by an artist talk and Q&A from 5:30–7:00pm at Griffith University Art Museum. Pep Talks offer an
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Trade Practice examines the divergent creative lineage of labour through the shared history of blue-collar work. Daniel Wallwork, Jack Rodgers and Matthew Rees draw on techniques and experiences from signwriting, automotive spray painting and commercial trades, integrating these practices into their artistic processes. Their work includes unsettling, metallic-sheened creatures, abstracted historic imagery and objects reproduced
Part of NIGHT MOVES, exploring what we keep hidden in our darkest corners. (In)Sight is an immersive installation by Kuweni Dias Mendis and Grant x Wilkes that explores perception, representation and the relationship between seeing and being seen. Mirrors fracture perspective, screens shift with changing images, and handmade objects create a sensory environment where light
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Your Pals presents Along the Way, an analogue photography exhibition featuring the work of 20 artists. The exhibition brings together photographs captured during three photo walks, each shaped by a different prompt and location. Every artist has selected five photographs from each walk, resulting in a total of 300 images that reflect moments, observations and
Stories of daylight presents a new body of landscape paintings by Adam Pyett, developed through his long-term engagement with the Macedon Ranges in Victoria. Pyett’s paintings explore how landscapes are experienced through repetition, memory and changing light. Working from drawings made on site, he develops his paintings later in the studio, alongside small gouache works
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MADE 2026 is artisan’s inaugural Queensland Craft and Design Sector Symposium, bringing makers, designers, arts organisations and sector leaders together to discuss the future of contemporary craft and design in Australia. The program explores the priorities, partnerships and actions needed to strengthen the sector, with discussions around visibility, skills, access to collectors and markets, sustainability
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Road Trip, A Residency is the third iteration of Side Gallery’s residency project, curated by Laura Brinin and directed by Leesa Hickey. A small group of artists travelled to Armidale for a long weekend to explore how their practices might shift when removed from their usual studios and routines. Artists were encouraged to make, wander,
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Lethbridge Gallery presents Fragments from the Fire, an exhibition by Brisbane-based artist Scott Breton. “The various works of this collection are not neatly harmonised. Rather they are fragments from my own fire – from my diverse obsessions, drives and discoveries. They are somewhat in tension with each other visually and psychologically. Yet in this tension
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Redcliffe Art Society (RAS) celebrates 65 years in October 2026 with a special exhibition showcasing past winners of its annual Exhibition of Excellence art competition, alongside five historical works from the Moreton Bay City Art Collection. The exhibition forms part of RAS’s 65th birthday Open Day on 3 October at the Fire Station Gallery in
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The Blaklash FORUM series returns with Creating Impact for First Nations Communities, bringing together three First Nations leaders to discuss the work they are doing within major Australian organisations and what it takes to create meaningful outcomes with and for First Nations communities. Jordan Eaton (Lendlease), Mel Grills (Arup) and Norman Laing (EY Australia) will
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Medicine Woven Through the Tide is the first solo exhibition by Quandamooka artist Kieron Anderson. Developed through the OCCUPY Artist Residency, the exhibition brings together ceramics, carving, painting and moving image to explore Anderson’s relationship with saltwater Country, ancestral knowledge and the living systems that have sustained Quandamooka people for generations. At the centre of
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Ride the Chronovore explores time through Geoffrey Burns’ repeated encounters with locations at different times of year. The works emerge through observation, repetition and memory, tracing seasonal and environmental changes across surfaces and forms. The exhibition considers time as an active force that consumes, transforms and leaves evidence behind, bringing the shorter span of human
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Kairos is an interactive oculo-chrono-metric artwork that combines computer vision and real-time animation to respond to viewers in the gallery. Rather than simply telling time, the artwork records the time spent being viewed. When the computer vision detects a viewer’s face, emoji “complications” appear and interact with the simulated hands of the analogue clock, altering
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Continuing the 2026 Making Of series, Outer Space and Griffith University Art Museum present an evening exploring the career of Richard Bell, one of Australia’s significant contemporary artists. The series invites established arts professionals and artists to reflect on their early career experiences, significant opportunities, creative processes and the decisions that have shaped their practices.
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J.N. Fountain (Jared) is an Australian classical painter exploring the archetypal and mythological dimensions of human experience. His practice centres on the figure of the Outsider and the journey into the Underworld — a descent into darkness, confrontation and the possibility of transformation. Drawing on personal experience, dreams, literature and mythology, Fountain transforms inward experiences
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FONT is a solo exhibition by Tay Haggarty that reimagines and queers the classic water fountain structure. The exhibition features abstract splattering, misting, dripping, squirting and imperfect fountain forms made from recycled car parts. Through these installations, Carpark Gallery is transformed into an inclusive speculative sapphic sauna — a space to sweat, rest and reimagine.
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FireWorks Gallery presents Party Gone Bad, a new exhibition of large-scale paintings by acclaimed Australian artist Pat Hoffie. Bringing together works produced between late 2025 and 2026, the exhibition responds to the anxieties, fractures and absurdities of contemporary life, including the challenges of free speech and the online “Hateosphere”. Hoffie’s energetic paintings layer colour, darkness,
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