The Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery’s National Works on Paper (NWOP) was established in 1998 and incorporated the former Spring Festival of Drawing and Prints Acquisitive which began in 1973 and 1974. With a long and rich history, NWOP attracts leading contemporary artists from across Australia working in the fields of drawing, printmaking, digital prints and paper sculpture. […]
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Experimenta is Australia’s leading organisation dedicated to commissioning, exhibiting and touring contemporary art driven by ideas and shaped by technology. We are seeking Expressions of Interest for media artworks by Australian artists for the touring exhibition Experimenta Emergence (2025-2027). About the commission Our commissions provide a significant opportunity for Australian artists to undertake professional and creative development, with financial and in-kind support from Experimenta, in order to realise
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Radiate is a survey exhibition of the past 20+ years of practice for internationally acclaimed artist Donna Marcus. In this exhibition, Marcus threads familial connection with conceptual and historical underpinnings from marine salvaging in the early 1900s to themes of memory, minimalism, and geometry. A once long-term resident of the Gold Coast Hinterland, Marcus is
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BBA Prizes has launched a new open call for international artists and photographers. Any medium, no restrictions for themes or experience. The opportunity to be featured in an online exhibition this May 2024. Join our growing online community focused on giving a platform for your emerging or mid-level careers. Enter now on our website.
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Colour is desire (Amy Silman). Colour is a power which directly influences the soul (Kandinsky). Colour is an industrial process. Colour is a commodity. We ‘learn’ colour but do not necessarily understand it (Derek Jarman). Colour places practice before theory (Josef Albers). Colour is the first piece of magic Dorothy encounters in Oz (over the
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Set during the 2022 Meanjin Floods, In the Mudline uses digital artmaking to reflect on feelings of agentive paralysis in contemporary society, caught between virtual spectacle and looming catastrophe. While urgent challenges such as climate change demand attention, Lobwein highlights the societal immersion into virtual-digital realms as a complicit factor. Lobwein contemplates the paradox of art-making with
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Lewis Miller (b. 1959, Melbourne) is a celebrated figurative and still life painter. Painting from life; the close observation of Miller’s subjects is revealed through bold linework, vivid colour and expressive brushstrokes. Miller trained at the Victorian College of the Arts, where he also completed his post graduate studies. One of Australia’s leading portrait painters,
‘I wanna be rich’ features episodes from 2 bodies of work: a suite of reconstructed Glomesh and faux-mesh sculptures from the Postcard series and oil on linen works called Immediacy Paintings. The title is a tongue-in-mouth-cheek fantasy amidst the reality that visual artists are almost always broke. ‘I wanna be rich’ is also coined from
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A group exhibition featuring art from: Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Debra Wurrkidj, Paddy Bedford, Nyilyari Tjapangati, Samuel Namunjdja, Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, Patrick Tjungurrayi, Ivan Namirrkki, Angelina Pwerle, Johnny Warangula Tjupurrula, Burrunday, Old Walter Tjampitjinpa, Makinti Napanangka, Wingu Tingima, Kaapa Tjampitjinpa, Billy Benn, Sylvia Kanytjupai Ken, Wawiriya Burton, Yirawala, Paddy Jaminji Jampin, Hector Jandany, Timothy Cook, Carbiene
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China Shanghai International Arts Festival is calling for artists from across the world, 45 years old and under, to apply for the Rising Artists’ Works programme (R.A.W.!). The call is for professional young artists, amateur young artists, and curators and both individuals and teams can apply. Established in 2012, R.A.W.! is a leading artwork incubation
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Sally M. Nangala Mulda lives at Abbott’s Town Camp, near the riverbed of the Todd River in Mparntwe (Alice Springs). Born in Titjikala, 130 km south of Mparntwe, she went to school in Amoonguna. Her childhood wasn’t stable because she had difficulties with her vision and lost the use of her left arm due to
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Celebrate the opening of our three new exhibitions, It Is Not a Place, Platform, and The Magnificent Levitation Act of Lauren O. At 3pm, hear artist Jasmine Togo-Brisby in conversation with Imelda Miller (Curator, Torres Strait Islander and Pacific Indigenous Studies, Queensland Museum) as they discuss the Australian South Sea Islander artist’s new exhibition It Is Not a Place. Afterwards, join us for opening celebrations
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Join us in the Outer Space Main Gallery for an artist talk and participatory workshop with Norton Fredericks as part of their exhibition, Contaminated. In the Loop is a dual-purpose offering, where participants will learn and contribute looped, woven outcomes towards the exhibition, and engage in shared discourse and insights on the current states of ecological health and contamination within our local
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sis: Sunameke Performance – 10.30 – 10.00am, Sun 14 Apr Join Papua New Guinean performance group Sunameke as they revisit their 2015 APT8 work A’inaisa in the context of new work created for ‘sis: Pacific Art 1980-2023’. sis: Backhand Maiden Tour – 11.30am – 12.15pm, Sun 14 Apr Embark on a tour of the
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Alongside our curated program of major site-specific works, Umbrella and PUNQ are inviting expressions of interest to propose major works for this year’s festival. About the Festival Festival Dates: 2 – 18 August PUNQ is a biennial place-making festival which activates and engages with spaces, histories, and futures through art. It celebrates the distinct landscapes of
“A mirage is an atmospheric illusion, one conjured as immense heat radiates off a scorched earth. It manifests as a shimmering promise of cool water bubbling away on the horizon however, it is a cruel trick of the eye, a lure that draws a thirsty traveller deeper into the peril of the baking desert. A
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Nature’s apparent chaos is ultimately deceptive: oceanic tides are orchestrated by powerful astronomical helixes, and the bee-swarm returns to a hive of mathematical precision. Jason Fitzgerald works on similar principles, creating labyrinthine sculptural reliefs that resonate with the minutiae of nature whilst distilling a universal rhythm. A professional cabinet maker with a compulsive drawing habit,
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Take, Replace, Cover presents landscape-based works that explore the imbuement of affect, warmth and connectedness in both physical and digital transitory spaces. The exhibition essay by Emmalyn Hawthorn can be found here.
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Gemma Smith’s work takes the form of both painting and sculpture. Through her explorations of colour theory, pictorial depth and sculptural form, Smith has developed a body of abstract work that both playfully and seriously investigates the shifting pictorial plane. Her early work was based on abstract paintings of crystalline forms exploring geometric and spatial
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In 1994, Courtney Pedersen and Charles Robb began an artistic collaboration that has spanned almost thirty years. Over that time, they have accumulated a large store of materials and equipment that rests as a shadow record of their processes and investigative interests. This project considers the invisible cost burdens experienced by artists over the duration
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John Young (b.1956, Hong Kong) is a Melbourne-based artist whose practice is informed by formal philosophical and theoretical tenets. Young’s interest in examining and engaging with conceptual art and post-modernist concepts has him placed among the forefront of those involved in the critical assessment of contemporary art practice since the 1980s. Arriving in Australia
Tidal continues Kasper’s dedication to exploring line, colour and form through his unique geometric abstractions. Presenting a view into other worlds, these paintings rise and fall, they ebb and flow, push and pull, much like the tides of the sea. A master of precision, Kasper’s paintings offer reflective spaces and moments of stillness. Established through a
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Yuriyal Bridgeman: yubilong(mi)bilongyu includes significant new works that reflect the culmination of Bridgeman’s most recent research practice, along with a selection of works, many in bold and breathtaking bright colours, surveying the breadth of Bridgeman’s career to date. Bridgeman’s work is deeply anchored in the traditional cultural practices of his Papua New Guinean community while also
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The Typism Book began as a simple black-and-white publication for a one-day type and lettering conference on the Gold Coast in 2013. Fast forward ten years, and the tenth edition of the Typism Book is in the works. To commemorate this milestone and coincide with the 2024 ATypI: Association Typographique Internationale Conference in Brisbane, Typism
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Join us for a special in-conversation event with artists Dylan Mooney and Casey Coolwell as they discuss their practice and their mural collaboration at QUT Garden’s Point. This event is presented in collaboration with QUT Pride Staff Network and QUT Galleries and Museums. Please note: The event will be held in the courtyard behind B
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Cyber Bunker, the sibling space of Cyber Palace, is a new project space for noise, new media, experimental arts, sound and performance. Come along on Sunday, 21 April to break in the space together and experience a clash of sound, poetry and art. SoundsRoss ManningYvette Ofa AgapowT.B.I.A.T. + Steel PuddingDigicarrieIsadora Chadeaux ArtRin CharltonA.T.G. PoetryRae WhiteEd
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Here Space, Brisbane’s newest art space—featuring working artist studios—invites you to join our creative community for our launch party, exhibition opening and first ever open studio weekend. Join us for: LAUNCH PARTY & EXHIBITION OPENING: (Fri 3 May 5:30-8 pm) – Kick off the celebrations with an opening night party! Meet the resident artists,
Darwin-based artist Franck Gohier returns to Mitchell Fine Art in Brisbane with a series of artworks that continue his reflection of society with its frailties, faults, and triumphs. Franck Gohier has an extensive portfolio as a painter, sculptor, and printmaker. Gohier’s homage is to the history of Australian Pop, his artwork steeped in his political
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Texibition brings together a diverse group of emerging artists whose experimental practices incorporate text as a principal element of their work. Toying with the boundaries between the subtle and the explicit, these artists utilise text in unique, evocative and satirical ways, to address issues both personal and political, and encourage critical dialog. This exhibition is generously
The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award 2024 presents a diverse selection of artworks by artists at the forefront of photographic media. As a survey of contemporary practice, the award plays an important role in representing the ongoing evolution of photography and the ways in which artists use it to create striking and memorable
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Migratory birds travel long distances, from one end of the earth to another. They are known as ‘birds of passage’; an expression that can also be applied to people. For artists Ian Fairweather and Paul Jacoulet, their journeys across Asia and the Pacific, in the first half of the twentieth century, influenced both the content
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Call for submissions for the 26th Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi to be staged along the coastal walk from Bondi to Tamarama in Sydney, Australia from 18 October – 4 November 2024 are now OPEN. ARTIST AWARDS AND SUBSIDIES Each year we seek to generate artist subsidies and awards, many of which are finalised throughout the year. Subsidies
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In just seven-and-a-half minutes, Arthur Jafa’s roller-coaster montage video Love Is the Message, the Message Is Death encapsulates African American experience as a tale of resilience. It combines original footage by Jafa—an artist with a long career as a cinematographer and director—with excerpts from films, newscasts, sports coverage, music clips, and citizen videos. Scenes of trauma, racism,
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We were honoured by the sheer volume and calibre of responses to our exhibition call out late last year. With over 120 submissions from artists across the country, selecting just eight projects to exhibit in the Main Gallery was a task of great deliberation and consultation for the Outer Space programming committee. We’d like to
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DAILY DILEMMAS is Christopher Zanko’s third solo exhibition at Edwina Corlette and is a show that subtly, yet decidedly shares with the viewer the lens through which the artist sees the world, and importantly, the streets, homes, and locale of his youth, and now his own young family’s upbringing. The title of this exhibition draws
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Glass artist Magdalena Marciniak explores tranquility in her exhibition. Inspired by the Bunyaville Forest around her studio, her artwork reflects nature’s influence through lines, lights, and shadows. Tranquil Threads highlights our connection to nature, exploring its impact on art and ourselves as an integral part of a natural tapestry. Image: Magdalena Marciniak, Golden hours, 2023, flamework
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