Awarded biennially, the A.M.E. Bale Travelling Scholarship and Art Prize supports Australian artists working in traditional styles. There are three categories: a $50,000 Travelling Scholarship, a $5,000 Art Prize in oils and/or acrylics, and a $5,000 Art Prize for works on paper. Image: Edward Essing | Still life with paired objects | Oil on […]
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Dane Mitchell’s exhibition ‘The Imponderables’ explores loss, containment, and future-contingent propositions by way of an island that is not, and a place that does not. Continuing Mitchell’s long-standing interest in the evanescent nature of loss, absence, and the porous boundaries between natural and artificial worlds, The Imponderables offers a perspective on our relationship with matter and the environment
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For artists seeking inspiration rooted in the heart of Queensland, the State Library’s annual Highlights magazine is a must-read in 2025. This year’s edition celebrates iconic Queensland stories, from Stefan’s legendary rainbow to other unexpected treasures within the library’s vast collections, exhibitions, and programs. Whether you’re diving into historical archives or seeking fresh creative sparks,
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Join Sandra Selig, Ross Manning and Robert Curgenven and experience a sound performance among artwork in the Arriving Slowly exhibition. Manning and Selig’s visual practice is featured in the exhibition, and their work explores parallel ideas. Manning will perform live with custom devices, generating sonic worlds that work with the inherent quality of his simple
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Thanks for Nothing is a body of work born out of a recent personal experience of recurrent pregnancy loss over a 12-month period. Created with over half a million de-stashed and thrifted melty beads, these works capture fragments of conversations, clinical language, and my own reflections. The process of obsessive, repetitive creation became both a refuge
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Brisbane Quarter, The City’s most stylish restaurant and retail precinct, marks the Year of the Snake with the striking new 静寂 (Seijaku): Serenity art installation by renowned local artist Elysha Rei on display from 24 January to 8 March 2025. The 静寂 (Seijaku): Serenity installation celebrates the 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, which features 70
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Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (FAAM) Artist in Residence Program invites artists from across Japan and worldwide, including but not limited to Asian countries and regions. The program provides them with opportunities to stay in Fukuoka, create and exhibit their artworks so that they can encourage each other to achieve their full potential and expand careers
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Rooted in the experiential and gestural, this exhibition incorporates Plein-air painting, lusciously pigmented watercolours on paper, punctuated with collage and video projection. Created during a period of profound personal transition, the work attempts to translate the temporal life of clouds, sky, and the permanence of the horizon in its many hues. The act of painting
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With its rich textures and layers of pulped sackcloth and ash, Hurdle’s papermaking practice invites a tactile engagement, encouraging viewers to connect deeply with the subtle nuances of the surface. Beneath these layers, a compelling narrative unfolds. The artist’s raw honesty in Should I Remember You… presents a quiet challenge, one that, if evaded, only
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Join Quandamooka artists Sonja and Elisa Jane Carmichael in a weaving workshop at Pine Rivers Art Gallery. Weaving is central to the artists’ connection to Country, reflecting their family’s spiritual connection with the land and seas of Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island). The Carmichael women gather and weave ungaire (freshwater swamp reed) and ghost nets washed
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Wangaratta Art Gallery is now calling for entries to the $40,000 acquisitive Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award. Marking the 9th anniversary of this nationally acclaimed biennial prize and exhibition, the Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award 2025 will be held from 24 May – 17 August 2025. With the generous support of project partners, the Kyamba Foundation, the award celebrates the strength,
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The Culterim | Residencies programs have been a pillar of Culterim since the beginning. The aim of the residencies is to create places in which artists from different backgrounds can meet both artistically and personally. The focus is on free artistic work, exchange and community. The moderated accompanying program guides the participants through the residency
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The Outer Space 2025 program promises a vibrant showcase of contemporary art from across Australia. Following an impressive response to last year’s open call, with over 120 submissions, eight outstanding projects were carefully selected for the Main Gallery. These works reflect the incredible talent, vision, and creativity of both emerging and mid-career artists. The 2025
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The Theodore Urbach Landscape Prize and Studio Scholarship (“The Urbach”) is a prize and scholarship offered at Shepparton Art Museum (SAM). The Urbach is designed to encourage continued exploration of Australian landscape painting by contemporary artists. The Theodore Urbach Landscape Prize & Studio Scholarship consists of: $5,000 cash prize $5,000 scholarship stipend 3-month access to
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Regi Cherini, recipient of artisan‘s inaugural Regional Artisan Residency Program, presents Such is Life, a provocative exploration of Australian identity through the lens of “bogan” culture. This exhibition showcases Cherini’s masterful subversion of traditional embroidery techniques, challenging perceptions of class, nationalism, and cultural stereotypes. Drawing from her experiences living in regional Northern Australia, Cherini’s work offers
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Larissa Borteh’s evocative paintings explore the delicate interplay between memory, mark-making, and storytelling. Her works, created on Yupo paper, reveal the layered process of their creation, reflecting the transient and fragile nature of past experiences. Inspired by the movement of her brush and the organic evolution of each piece, Borteh captures moments of flux where
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Launching our 2025 program is a stunning exhibition, titled Furari Flores (Stealing Flowers) by newly represented artist Cara-Ann Simpson. Furari Flores is a rich visual display of the Australian landscape and Cara’s deep personal connection to it. This exhibition is a multi-sensory project celebrating the wonder and exploration of plants. Filled with botanical magic, the
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Dr Ata Tara, a registered landscape architect and academic, explores the intricate relationships between people, culture, and the land. Utilizing geospatial mapping and design tools, he transforms technical data into compelling visual art, offering fresh perspectives on environmental and cultural connections. His work, influenced by his Iranian heritage, employs vibrant colors, resin, and laser cutting
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Established to foster and support both established and emerging visual artists and provide a platform for publication, the competition is open to multiple genres including painting, printmaking, mixed media, photography and digital media. Works entered must not have appeared on the cover of another publication and not entered simultaneously in any other contest or competition.
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Mitchell Fine Art begins its 2025 gallery exhibition calendar year with the personally curated exhibition ‘Director’s Choice’ showing from January 28th. The gallery greets the year with an especially enthused spirit as it celebrates the 10th anniversary of opening its Brisbane space. A dynamic mix of artworks by represented artists Arwin Hidayat, Carlos Barrios, Franck
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Open to photographers working at any level, the Anthology Photography Award celebrates outstanding standalone images. It also provides a platform for photographers to showcase their work through publication. Images submitted must be on the theme of ‘Where I Live’. Submissions will be judged on quality, creativity, originality, and visual/emotional impact. Photography styles can include street photography, landscapes,
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Join the UQ St Lucia Museums for a FREE community day, art, workshops, performances, tours, learning, heritage, food and more! Enjoy exclusive openings at four of UQ St Lucia’s Museums, all day food trucks and drawing on the Art Museum Lawn, free workshops, tours and talks across the Museums, and exclusive performances by artist Alicia
Please join us for a discussion exploring the modes of collective and customary practices across contemporary art. Reflecting on Yuriyal Bridgeman: yubilong(mi)bilongyu, panellists will discuss concepts of the individual artist and collaborative ways of making and modes of belonging to multiple communities and cultural languages. Panellists: Yuriyal Bridgeman (Artist) Warraba Weatherall (Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art, Griffith
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Onespace invites you to an exclusive walk through the gallery with exhibiting artist, Cara-Ann Simpson to explore the beautiful intricacies of Furari Flores (Stealing Flowers). Furari Flores is a multi-sensory project celebrating the wonder and exploration of plants. Filled with botanical magic, this exhibition journeys through deep listening, Earth admiration, and plant love. Combining focus-stacked photography of plants
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Join us for an experimental artist talk by Arianna Nixon and Amy Sargeant that will explore the themes of their exhibition Climate of Violence II: Lamentum through performance, sound and vision. Climate of Violence II: Lamentum is the latest ongoing collaborative series of work by Arianna Nixon and Amy Sargeant. The exhibition is a creation of work that critically
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Karen Black’s practice operates in a state of constant tension – between abstraction and figuration, vulnerability and resolve, myth and autobiography. What she builds is not a world of fixed forms, but a charged space where emotional states are unearthed through gesture, where identity slips its frame, and where slowness becomes a kind of political
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Join Norton Fredericks for this workshop where participants will be guided how to mindfully create humanity’s oldest fabric, wool felt. Felt is an ancient craft practice that combines soapy water and wool to create a sustainable biodegradable material. Create bespoke surface design with natural fibres of hemp and flax and stitch a personal symbol for
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We’re used to seeing dance on film. But what is lost—and gained—in the translation? And, in a time when film has become the key medium for recording and disseminating dance, how can dance itself—live, momentary, in the flesh, in the round—be sustained? Choreographer Amy Hollingsworth (Australasian Dance Collective) and dance-film director Ryan Renshaw (Kiosk Films)
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Contemporary Queensland Glass is an exhibition celebrating the exceptional talent, innovation, and craftsmanship of five accomplished glass artists from Queensland. Despite limited local glass training opportunities and facilities, these artists have excelled in their craft. The exhibition showcases a wide range of techniques and aesthetics in glassmaking, from sculptural installations to functional objects, demonstrating the diverse
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Artists are invited to be bold with their creative minds and apply to be a part of SWELL 2025, Queensland’s largest outdoor sculpture exhibition taking place at Currumbin Beach on the Gold Coast. SWELL is a ten-day manifestation of conceptions and visual commentary, and presents small, medium and large-scale sculpture, installations, and digital works as
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The Homiens Art Prize is an international, non-acquisitive art prize that is valued at $24,000 USD ($37,000 AUD) annually and is open to all artists. All art forms, mediums, and completion dates are eligible. We’re excited to welcome artworks of all dimensions, on any theme. 6 Winning artists are exhibited by Homiens, each receive an unrestricted
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Contact Zone by Victoria Wareham is an exhibition of new and recent work that understands screen-based technologies as temporal living entities that are subject to the mortal conditions of ageing and extinction. The included works use analogue and digital technologies to form a screen-based ecosystem that imagines future screens as mutant, vitalist forms that are reclaiming their materiality. “Working
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Apply now to be part of the 2025 Metro Arts Visual Arts Residency Program Metro Arts is calling for Expressions of Interest from artists to undertake one of three residencies, culminating in an exhibition in our West Village, Brisbane art galleries as part of Metro Arts’ 2025 program. The Metro Arts 2025 Visual Arts Residency
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The SOHO Art Prize provides a prominent platform for artists at various points in their careers, ranging from emerging talents to well-established professionals, who practice their craft across the diverse Australian landscape and beyond. The exhibition encompasses a wide array of 2D mediums, including, but not limited to, painting, drawing, and photography. The 2025 SOHO
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The APA Art Prize categories reflect a commitment to showcasing the breadth of artistic talent, while paying homage to the inspiring beauty and significance of your Park Lands. Who Can Enter? Artists of all ages and skill levels, practising in any media, from Australia and international. Image: Author: Jo Wright, Narnungga Urban Forest
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Presbyterian Ladies’ College, Sydney’s Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing reaches a milestone in 2025. Established in 2006, ‘The Perry’ has drawn the attention of some of Australia’s most accomplished artists and esteemed judges for the past two decades, and in 2025 the $25,000 acquisitive award celebrates its 20th anniversary by adding an additional $5,000+ acquisition:
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