The Portia Geach Memorial Award is Australia’s most prestigious art prize for portraiture by women artists. The Award was established by the will of the late Florence Kate Geach in memory of her sister, Portia Geach. The non-acquisitive award of $30,000 is awarded by the Trustee for the entry which is of the highest artistic merit, ‘…for […]
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Join us at Pine Rivers Art Gallery for the launch of our exciting new exhibition, Fresh Eyes and enjoy an engaging floor talk with Libby Harward and exhibiting artists. Fresh Eyes is an exhibition held every two years, focusing on capturing the evolving landscape of the Moreton Bay region. It invites four artists with a
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A group exhibition of abstract painting curated by Lindsay Crawford. Suburban Abstract showcases a collection of works by 10 local artists exploring daily, suburban experience. ARTISTS: Leighton Craig Yuki Crawford Lindsay Crawford Shari Elise Dillon Michael Donnelly Philippa Ellis Sam Eyles Caroline Gasteen Loki Groves Kahl Monticone Opening Event: Saturday August 19th, 5pm to 9pm
Situated in the expanded field of drawing, Residuals and residues explores the ways in which the residues of history shape our present experiences. It investigates the complex entanglement of Raymond William’s notion of “structures of feeling” with the remnants of the past, and how this relationship relates to the politics of place. These works use experimental
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A rich and diverse exhibition featuring 12 different interpreations of still life. Featuring: Tsering Hannaford Warren Crossett Andrew Bonneau Clare Toms Paul Trefry Daevid Anderson Jeremy Eden Nick Coulson Robert Riggs Ross Harvey Margaret Ingles Image: Unwrapped by Daevid Anderson, 40.5 x 40.5cm | Oil on board
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Since its inauguration in 2016 the Midsumma and Australia Post Art Award has quickly established itself as an important award in the ecology of the arts. With finalists selected from across the country, the non-acquisitive annual award is a survey of outstanding queer artists working across mediums reflecting their potent personal and political perspectives on
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Drawing on the history of symbolism, Greathead’s latest paintings continue to blur the line between figuration and abstraction. Sifting through emotions and experiences, Greathead orders and makes sense of her world through colour, line and composition. The resulting paintings explore quirky tonal terrain, Meridian green and Phthalo blue bounce against zesty golden shades, in contrast
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William Robinson is revered as one of the nation’s great contemporary painters, recognised for his multiperspective depictions of the Australian landscape. While he is most readily identifiable by his monumental paintings, his print works are scarcely understood or fully acknowledged for their aesthetic value and contribution to the artist’s remarkable creative vision. This exhibition provides
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Please join us for a conversation between Charles Esche and Richard Bell on the nascent legacy of documenta fifteen. Charles Esche is the director of the Vanabbe Museum, Eindhoven, and was on the finding committee for the curators of documenta fifteen, the Indonesian collective, Ruangrupa. Richard Bell exhibited in documenta fifteen. Much controversy has surrounded
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Join us at the launch of Tammy Law’s publication Cancelled & Removed, which explores the impact that immigration laws and processes have on family narratives. Developed from Tammy’s MoB Artist in Residence and exhibition, Fractured Dreams & Indefinite Scars in 2021, the inspiration for this publication dates back to 1986, when three generations of Tammy’s mother’s family were
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ANTENNA is a collaborative project by Debris Facility and Bridget Chappell which tunes into the disruptive, discursive and joyous potential of radio, transmission and localised distribution. By re-turning the dial both conceptually and literally on pirate radio, the artists sketch out blueprints for autonomous and micro cultural ecologies, embracing the possibilities of “narrowcasting” – the
Presented by Brisbane City Council and produced by Museum of Brisbane, Botanica is Queensland’s premier outdoor exhibition of site-specific contemporary artwork, taking place in Brisbane’s City Botanic Gardens. Featuring artworks and installations from some of Australia’s leading contemporary artists and designers, this open-air exhibition at the nexus of art and design practice inspires conversations about our
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The Hopper Prize is now accepting entries for our Fall 2023 artist grants. We are offering $3,500 and $1,000 grants to artists & photographers around the world. For this open call, we will be providing 6 grants totaling $11,000 USD. 2 artists will each receive $3,500 and 4 artists will each receive $1,000. This is
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Applications to exhibit at QCA Galleries are now open! Apply to exhibit from January – May 2024. We accept proposals from QCAD students, staff, and external applicants. Please take the time to read through the information listed on the QCA Galleries website, including the Terms and Conditions prior to applying. If you have any questions
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This August we are presenting an exhibition of new works by Gareth Sansom. The exhibition runs across Galleries 1 & 2. It consists of new paintings and works on plywood made between 2021-23. Gareth Sansom is an artist, teacher and provocateur who has placed painting at the centre of his artistic production. A major figure
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Marking Chantal Fraser’s first solo exhibition in an Australian public institution, The Ascended brings together new works across photography, video performance and sculpture that represent the culmination of recent research into capitalism and violence in Australia, and reflections on living as a Samoan-Australian artist in Queensland. Featuring a new five-channel video performance work The Ascended
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Evergreen continues Jane Guthleben’s research into the remnant scrub along the east cost of New South Wales and how to reimagine it through Dutch Still Life painting. Guthleben has long been fascinated with early European encounters of Australian flora, and their interpretation by explorers and botanists such as Joseph Banks and Sydney Parkinson. Her exhibition
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Kate Barry is originally from Christchurch and with a degree in illustration, printing-making and graphic design, Kate enjoyed a hefty career in the book publishing industry, focusing on the design and illustration aspects of this field, before returning to full-time painting. Immersing herself in the visceral stimulus and raw physicality of paint, Kate’s works are
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Brisbane Sculpture Festival, where art comes to life in an extraordinary, enchanting and whimsical presentation at the Mt Cootha Botanical Gardens! Immerse yourself in a world of creativity, imagination, and awe-inspiring pieces. Over 80 sculptures both indoor and outdoor will be on display for your pleasure. The indoor exhibition opens on Friday 9 June, 6pm
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There are many ways to be a mother and an artist, but few of them are easy. There are never enough hours in the day and often it feels as though you’re working on borrowed time, navigating between the studio and caring responsibilities. Similar to many artists I know, Sally Anderson counters this by taking
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The World Press Photo Exhibition 2023 returns to Brisbane Powerhouse on its worldwide tour, showcasing 122 individual images of the best and most important photojournalism from around the globe. For its 66th edition, the contest saw 3,752 photographers from 127 countries enter 60,448 photographs. Representing major news events and important moments overlooked by the mainstream
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Mitchell Fine Art in Fortitude Valley presents an exhibition of paintings showcasing First Nations artists and their spiritual connection to their identity and their country. Connection to country holds a particular significance to Aboriginal people. This exhibition echoes the almost metaphysical relationship an artist has to country and its place within Aboriginal society and spirit.
Gerry Luhman is an artist and designer who works across a multitude of media. He uses different methods and expressions such as color, composition, texture, shape, form and space, point and line, photographic imagery and repeated characters. These combine to provide the viewer a show of artistic variety in expression and visual communication. The gallery
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Nostalgia serves as the anchor that burrows into the layers of our past, providing wistful comfort in the experiences life may have deigned us or leaving us with the bittersweet residue of what remains lost. “Future Past” explores the profound impact of nostalgia through the perspectives of three emerging Brisbane/Meeanjin based artists. Artists: Kathy Mack,
Jun Chen (b. 1960, Guangzhou, China) emigrated to Australia in 1990 and currently lives and works in Brisbane. Chen has become one of Australia’s most prominent impasto painters – working in both landscape and portraiture, his luscious oil renderings are admired for their exquisite execution and allure. Growing up during China’s Cultural Revolution (1966-76), Chen
Pine Rivers Art Gallery is proud to host a two-day intensive art workshop by Flying Arts Alliance Inc. The workshop is designed for early-career artists and arts workers. The workshop will focus on networking, how to pitch your artwork and collaboration skills. These skills are essential for any contemporary artist. You will also cover building
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Jan Manton Gallery is pleased to present our first exhibition with newly represented artist David Frenoglio. Squaring the Circle will be on display between 25 July – 12 August 2023. David Fenoglio is a Brisbane/Meanjin based artist and 2011 graduate of Queensland College of Art. Fenoglio has exhibited nationally and internationally, having spent a year in Europe
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Fellowships and residencies support researchers and creatives of all kinds to interpret the significant collections of the John Oxley Library. Through deep engagement and interaction with the collections, these interpretations provide new insights into the collection and contribute new knowledge about Queensland’s history.
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Want to escape your current reality but don’t know how? Fashion and costume can expand our reality and transcend our earthy bodies to imagine fun and diverse bodies and futures. Join us at the Caboolture Regional Art Gallery for this workshop guided by fashion designer and lecturer Dr. Sal Edwards. Inspired by the visionary work
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Using specialist glover’s leather, a needle and thread, Talitha Kennedy fleshes out her psychological landscapes. Both contained within their skins and bursting forth in biological gestures, the finger-like extremities appear to be simultaneously lifeless and budding with new growth, as a metaphor for the paradox of natural forces in a constructed world. Originally from Melbourne, Kennedy
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The show tends to all things related to the heart. Understanding woundedness and intuitive sense, and the importance of movement toward a more feeling-centred awareness of the present moment. The work encourages listening to the stirrings of one’s heart. I wish to highlight the need to utilise this inner compass, to sever the ties of
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In July we welcome Darren Blackman’s voice into our gallery program. Darren is a proud Gureng Gureng/Gangalu man from Queensland’s central coast with maternal South Sea Island heritage from Vanuatu. Darren has undertaken a wide-ranging cultural practice incorporating printmaking, ceramics, improv performance, music, and painting. More recently he has become well-known for his text works.
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You’ll Know It When You Feel It is a socially engaged art project that seeks to resist bureaucratic representations of women whose lives intersect with the prison industrial complex. Co-created by Raphaela Rosella with several women in her life, this intimate archival project has emerged over fifteen years. From phone calls to photographs, the exhibition unveils the ineptitude of ‘official records’ and examines
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Ian Friend is best known for his subtle and evocative works on paper. With a fascination for the alchemy of materials and an obsession with handmade paper, Friend’s works are made through processes that speak to the artist’s reverence for the materiality of making. Repeated layers of ink and gouache are laid down and then
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Jan Murphy Gallery is pleased to present Kungkarangkalpa: Seven Sisters by Sylvia Kanytjupai Ken. The paintings in ‘Kungkarangkalpa: Seven Sisters’ depict the Seven Sister’s creation story, a well-known ancestral narrative of the Pleiades constellations (the sisters) and a sinister man who followed them across the night sky. The punctuation of dots painted across the vast
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Susan Jacobs’ practice focuses on the nuances of physical forces and material properties, through sculpture, site responsive works, video and drawing. Susan’s works allow the affordances of natural materials to be held in tension with the urge to transform them. They draw from cultural, scientific, and historical references, bringing latent associations to the surface to
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