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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Artists from all arts disciplines are invited to apply for a fellowship, which includes a two-month residency in Athens and a two-month residency in Zutphen in 2024, both in a fully equipped studio-apartments. Successful applicants will additionally receive a total fee of 8000 euro which is intended to cover travel costs/expenses, a visa (where necessary) and
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Now in its 36th year, ‘the churchie’ has become one of Australia’s leading prizes for emerging artists, offering a $25,000 prize pool to support artists at a critical moment in their careers. The finalists’ exhibition will take place at the Institute of Modern Art from 20 May to 19 August 2023, featuring compelling works by thirteen early-career artists
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Contemporary society has become increasingly attuned to the self-image through social media’s ‘selfie’ culture and reality TV, providing a fascinating backdrop in which to examine the self-portrait today. ‘Looking Out, Looking In’ explores the genre of the self-portrait, a distinct form of portraiture in which subject and artist are one. The exhibition examines the human
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Brisbane Festival returns in 2023 with a program that promises connection, community, complexity, and joy in a city-wide celebration of arts, culture, and live performance from 1 – 23 September. The fourth program from Artistic Director Louise Bezzina simultaneously welcomes the world and spotlights Brisbane on the global stage across 23 days of evocative, accessible, and uplifting work.
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I am not a noun. I am an ecology. FUTURE NOSTALGIA looks at emergent narratives of the future through our relationships to song, dance, craft, food, ecologies, ourselves and each other. Drawn from evolutionary ecological research + restoration, speculative fiction, surrealism, ecophilosophy and biomimicry. Haywood works to congeal collaborating participants, including; multi-instrumentalist/artist Sue Simpson, evolutionary biologist Dr.
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‘Contemporary Art X Cinema’ showcases films by multi-disciplinary artists whose practice has expanded into moving image works that directly engage with the language of cinema. From riveting historical dramas and heart-wrenching biopics, to thought-provoking experimental films that push the boundaries of narrative storytelling, this program brings together a curated selection of films that look at
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This exhibition builds on Matt’s trademark approach exploring the movement and drama of the natural world. The collection sees Matt turn his attention upwards, with a series of works predominantly representing the patterns of the sky. The paintings aim to show a split-second moment in time, whilst capturing the ever-changing and eternal flow of nature.
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Sam Harrison is a Brisbane based artist and curator with cultural connections to Kamilaroi and Wiradjuri people of Central NSW. He completed a bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting) in 2018 from the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne. Sam has worked in a number of creative capacities, as an exhibiting artist, curator, artist assistant and
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An exhibition that brings together a group of emerging artists, all students or recent graduates of the Queensland College of Art , aiming to emphasise the role of the viewer and the ambiguous interpretations derived from their personal experiences. Exploring the relationship between reality, the perspective of the artist and the power of art to
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In 2021, an ‘artist in residence’ opportunity, which accompanied Rich’s Fleeting World exhibition at Side Gallery, created a compelling need for Rich to explore the circle and all this holistic symbol represents. In addition, at that time, Rich had several conversations with fellow artisans from diverse disciplines of practice. These conversations led to the idea of undertaking
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Join Artist-In-Residence Kellie O’Dempsey and sound artist Mick Dick for a live drawing and sound performance. This performance is an exciting outcome from Kellie O’Dempsey’s three week Artist-In-Residence at The Condensery, where she will research and develop new work responding to the architecture and history of the bomb shelter. Built in the 1940s as a
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The International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA) is a prominent event that brings together scholars, artists, and scientists from around the world to explore the intersection of art, science, and technology. The symposium was first held in 1988 and has since become one of the most significant forums for exchanging ideas and presenting cutting-edge work
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In some cultures, it is not just humans who carry a spirit or soul. Objects too can maintain such qualities. In November 2019, one-hundred-and-four stowaways, simplistic Russian educational robots, boarded a container ship in the Chinese port city of Shantou. For three weeks they sat in darkness, their only certainty a variable state of undulation
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Join the Get me out! exhibiting artist, Spencer Harvie, in an experimental and collaborative drawing workshop. You will explore the role of drawn images in the era of information overload. In this workshop, you will use a wide range of methods including tracing, collaging, photocopying, erasure, and remixing. Together with the artist, you will create
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